Get Bluetooth local mac address in Marshmallow

Question

Pre Marshmallow my app would obtain it\'s device MAC address via BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter().getAddress().

Now with Marshmallow Android is retu

Answer 1

Access to the mac address has been deliberately removed:

To provide users with greater data protection, starting in this release, Android removes programmatic access to the device’s local hardware identifier for apps using the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth APIs.

(from Android 6.0 Changes)