Bluetooth in Android x86 on Virtualbox

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eang picture eang · Jul 23, 2013 · Viewed 29.6k times · Source

I'm trying to get Bluetooth working on Android x86 in virtualbox. I have tried both Virtualbox on Linux and Windows, with the latest android x86 iso, but the problem is the same: the bluetooth adapter of my thinkpad-laptop host (that is fully working) is not recognized.

I have found similar discussions:

How to test Bluetooth Based Application on Androidx86 on top of VirtualBox with inbuilt laptop bluetooth

how to test bluetooth application on emulators in android

Unfortunately the same steps does not solve my problem.

Should I try another virtualization software and/or another android x86 iso?

Answer

Peetz0r picture Peetz0r · Oct 5, 2014

VirtualBox is capable of sharing USB devices. Your bluetooth dongle may or may not be internally connected trough USB. I have two Thinkpads, both with bluetooth inside, and only one of them has it on USB.

The trick mentioned on many "I want to test my Android Bluetooth app" solutions assume that your Bluetooth device uses USB, ait it won't work when it doesn't.

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