How to periodically scan for bluetooth devices on android

Question

Hi this may sound as a stupid question.But I was unable to find any answers for this, thus posting here.

I am building an indoor application which continuously scans

Answer 1

As stated in the documentation device discovery is a lofty process that will directly degrade the performance of any bonds you have with other devices.

Caution: Performing device discovery is a heavy procedure for the Bluetooth adapter and will consume a lot of its resources. Once you have found a device to connect, be certain that you always stop discovery with cancelDiscovery() before attempting a connection. Also, if you already hold a connection with a device, then performing discovery can significantly reduce the bandwidth available for the connection, so you should not perform discovery while connected.

With this in mind (error handling omitted):

private final BroadcastReceiver deviceBroadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            String action = intent.getAction();

            if (BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND.equals(action)) {
                 deviceFound = true;

                 adapter.cancelDiscovery();

                 //process new device.

                 deviceFound = false;

                 adapter.startDiscovery();
            }
}

private final BroadcastReceiver adapterBroadcastReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            String action = intent.getAction();

            if (BluetoothAdaptor.ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED.equals(action)) {
                 if (deviceFound == false) {
                      adapter.startDiscovery();
                 }
            }
}