Check if Bluetooth device is available

Tobis Slamstas

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Feb 27, 2021, 3:28:54 PM2/27/21

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Hi, is there any easy way to check if a particular Bluetooth device is available / is in range? "Connect BT device" block works OK (rooted device) if device is available but crashes with illegal argument error if it tries to connect to a device that's not in range. Thank You!

Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist

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Feb 27, 2021, 11:56:58 PM2/27/21

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Use the Bluetooth device scan block:

https://llamalab.com/automate/doc/block/index.html

Henrik "The Developer" Lindqvist

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Feb 27, 2021, 11:59:46 PM2/27/21

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If the goal is to connect to the device then just handle the failure using the Failure catch block, a prior scan/check if the device is "in range" will not guarantee it won't fail connecting anyway. See:

https://llamalab.com/automate/doc/block/failure_catch.html

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Tobis Slamstas

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Feb 28, 2021, 4:39:45 PM2/28/21

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Failure catch block did the trick. Thank You very much!

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