BluetoothSocket

Class Overview

A connected or connecting Bluetooth socket.

The interface for Bluetooth Sockets is similar to that of TCP sockets: Socket and ServerSocket . On the server side, use a BluetoothServerSocket to create a listening server socket. When a connection is accepted by the BluetoothServerSocket , it will return a new BluetoothSocket to manage the connection. On the client side, use a single BluetoothSocket to both initiate an outgoing connection and to manage the connection.

The most common type of Bluetooth socket is RFCOMM, which is the type supported by the Android APIs. RFCOMM is a connection-oriented, streaming transport over Bluetooth. It is also known as the Serial Port Profile (SPP).

To create a BluetoothSocket for connecting to a known device, use BluetoothDevice.createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord() . Then call connect() to attempt a connection to the remote device. This call will block until a connection is established or the connection fails.

To create a BluetoothSocket as a server (or "host"), see the BluetoothServerSocket documentation.

Once the socket is connected, whether initiated as a client or accepted as a server, open the IO streams by calling getInputStream() and getOutputStream() in order to retrieve InputStream and OutputStream objects, respectively, which are automatically connected to the socket.

BluetoothSocket is thread safe. In particular, close() will always immediately abort ongoing operations and close the socket.

Note: Requires the BLUETOOTH permission.

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From class java.lang.Object Object clone () Creates and returns a copy of this Object . boolean equals ( Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. void finalize () Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. final Class <?> getClass () Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class. int hashCode () Returns an integer hash code for this object. final void notify () Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. final void notifyAll () Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. String toString () Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. final void wait () Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object. final void wait (long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires. final void wait (long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
From interface java.io.Closeable abstract void close () Closes the object and release any system resources it holds.
From interface java.lang.AutoCloseable abstract void close () Closes the object and release any system resources it holds.