Re: [iPhone] Is it possible to search and detect Bluetooth [MFI] headset or other [MFI] device with SDK
Re: [iPhone] Is it possible to search and detect Bluetooth [MFI] headset or other [MFI] device with SDK
- Subject: Re: [iPhone] Is it possible to search and detect Bluetooth [MFI] headset or other [MFI] device with SDK
- From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:17:56 -0800
Again, if you have previously paired the device, I think you can get some form of notification, especially if your app is already running.
But if the device was never paired, the user would have to explicitly pair them first. It's a security issue.
I don't know even that another device running your app could notify your app in any other way.
--
Rick
On Feb 2, 2011, at 04:03:48, Tharindu Madushanka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> mm.. ok. So that would mean even applying for MFi cannot notify that a new (MFi) Bluetooth device nearby to an iPhone app. (other than an iPhone or iPod touch running the app)
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
>
> Tharindu
>
> On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Rick Mann <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Feb 2, 2011, at 03:22:18, Tharindu Madushanka wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thanks. So it would be searched by iPhone it self.
> >
> > I found another confusing article on web.
> > http://www.objectpartners.com/2010/09/14/communicating-with-external-devices-from-the-iphone-and-ipad/
> >
> > Would that mean when we go to a nearby MFi Device could our application be locally notified and get its name ??
>
> Again, no. You have to first pair with the device. If the device has already been paired once, and it's configured to automatically re-connect when it notices the iPhone, then it's likely you'll get a notification.
>
> There are some things you can do to auto-launch an app when a device appears, too, but I haven't looked much at that.
>
> --
> Rick
>
>
>
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