Location needs to be enabled for Bluetooth Low Energy Scanning on Android 6.0

Question

After upgrading to Android version 6.0 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scanning will only work if Location services are enabled on the device. See here for reference: Bluetooth L

Answer 1

You can scan BLE devices without location access using CompanionDeviceManager (API26). https://developer.android.com/reference/android/companion/CompanionDeviceManager.