I have an app with a button on it that I use to turn BT on and off. I have the following code in there;
public void buttonFlip(View view) {
flipBT();
buttonText(view);
}
public void buttonText(View view) {
Button buttonText = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
if (mBluetoothAdapter.isEnabled() || (mBluetoothAdapter.a)) {
buttonText.setText(R.string.bluetooth_on);
} else {
buttonText.setText(R.string.bluetooth_off);
}
}
private void flipBT() {
if (mBluetoothAdapter.isEnabled()) {
mBluetoothAdapter.disable();
} else {
mBluetoothAdapter.enable();
}
}
I'm calling button Flip, which flips the BT state, and then calls ButtonText, which should update the UI. However, the issue I'm having is, it takes a few seconds for BT to turn on - and during these seconds, the BT status is not enabled, making my button say Bluetooth off, even if it will be on in 2 seconds.
I found the STATE_CONNECTING
constant in the BluetoothAdapter android documentation, but... I simply don't know how to use it, being a newbie and all.
So, I've got two questions:
You will want to register a BroadcastReceiver
to listen for any changes in the state of the BluetoothAdapter
:
As a private instance variable in your Activity
(or in a separate class file... whichever one you prefer):
private final BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
final String action = intent.getAction();
if (action.equals(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_STATE_CHANGED)) {
final int state = intent.getIntExtra(BluetoothAdapter.EXTRA_STATE,
BluetoothAdapter.ERROR);
switch (state) {
case BluetoothAdapter.STATE_OFF:
setButtonText("Bluetooth off");
break;
case BluetoothAdapter.STATE_TURNING_OFF:
setButtonText("Turning Bluetooth off...");
break;
case BluetoothAdapter.STATE_ON:
setButtonText("Bluetooth on");
break;
case BluetoothAdapter.STATE_TURNING_ON:
setButtonText("Turning Bluetooth on...");
break;
}
}
}
};
Note that this assumes that your Activity
implements a method setButtonText(String text)
that will change the Button
's text accordingly.
And then in your Activity
, register and unregister the BroadcastReceiver
as follows,
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
/* ... */
// Register for broadcasts on BluetoothAdapter state change
IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_STATE_CHANGED);
registerReceiver(mReceiver, filter);
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
/* ... */
// Unregister broadcast listeners
unregisterReceiver(mReceiver);
}