How to scan for available bluetooth devices in range in android?

Question

I need to get a list of available bluetooth devices in the area using google android 2.1.

Thing is, i don\'t just need a list of those devices, i need some unique id

Answer 1

This code uses BeaconManager, it continuously scans for new Bluetooth devices and returns a Beacons List object which you can use to get what ever information you need.

Make sure you import BeaconManager

private BeaconManager beaconManager;

//In onCreate method
beaconManager = BeaconManager.getInstanceForApplication(this);
beaconManager.getBeaconParsers().add(new BeaconParser().
                setBeaconLayout("m:2-3=0215,i:4-19,i:20-21,i:22-23,p:24-24"));

//use these out of the onCreate method
public void onScanStart(View view) {
        stopScanButton.setEnabled(true);
        scanningButton.setEnabled(false);
        beaconManager.bind(this);
}

@Override
public void onBeaconServiceConnect() {
    beaconManager.removeAllRangeNotifiers();
    beaconManager.addRangeNotifier(new RangeNotifier() {
    @Override
    public void didRangeBeaconsInRegion(Collection beacons, Region region) {
    for (Beacon b : beacons) {
        System.out.println(String.format("%s: %f: %d", b.getBluetoothName(), b.getDistance(), b.getRssi()));
  });
    try {
//Tells the BeaconService to start looking for beacons that match the passed.
        beaconManager.startRangingBeaconsInRegion(new Region("myRangingUniqueId", null, null, null));
    } catch (RemoteException e) {
        Toast.makeText(this, e.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

Let me know if that works for you!