Review Request 122020: Make a bluetooth backend for Android

[Albert Vaca Cintora]

> On gen. 12, 2015, 9:33 p.m., Albert Vaca Cintora wrote:
> > Should I test it pairing a phone with another phone?
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> Saikrishna Arcot wrote:
>     Is that possible? If so, that would test much of the code.

Yes, it is :P You should try it!


- Albert


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On gen. 13, 2015, 1:12 a.m., Saikrishna Arcot wrote:
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> (Updated gen. 13, 2015, 1:12 a.m.)
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> Review request for kdeconnect.
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> Repository: kdeconnect-android
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> Description
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> (Note that this isn't ready for merging yet.)
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> This is an initial implementation of a bluetooth backend. This backend implementation can be run only on Android 4.0.2 or higher. The implementation as-is only looks at already-bonded devices; it does not start a discovery session to see other bluetooth devices nearby.
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> There are several things that need to be worked out.
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> 1. When requesting permission to enable Bluetooth (if it's not already enabled), `startActivityForResult` needs to be called. However, this must be called by a class that implements `Activity`. One possible solution is to call this on the home screen. Another is to just not request it.
> 2. I believe starting a discovery session also requires calling `startActivityForResult`, which has to be called from a class that implements `Activity`. The same solutions for the previous item exist here.
> 3. Options for enabling the Bluetooth backend need to be added to the settings window.
> 4. Some sections of code may warrant a new thread being created, as they may take a while to run.
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> Diffs
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>   AndroidManifest.xml 6cbe4a7830cfe416fe98e42be143c0f26f2bf1e8 
>   src/org/kde/kdeconnect/Backends/BluetoothBackend/BluetoothLink.java PRE-CREATION 
>   src/org/kde/kdeconnect/Backends/BluetoothBackend/BluetoothLinkProvider.java PRE-CREATION 
>   src/org/kde/kdeconnect/BackgroundService.java 576425cf568e4b223d9840842803d7adabf6b990 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/122020/diff/
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> Testing
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> Installed on my Android 4.1.2, and it correctly detected that there are 2 bonded devices. No crashes.
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> Note that since the KDE side doesn't have a bluetooth backend, much of the code wasn't executed.
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> Thanks,
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> Saikrishna Arcot
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