BluetoothLeScanner.startScan with Android 6.0 does not discover devices

Question

I\'m trying to use the function BluatoothLeScanner.startScan instead of the deprecated one BluetoothAdapter.startLeScan. Yesterday I updated my Nexus 5 to

Answer 1

One - not perfect answer, is that you can still use the same old method BT scan method, once you have the new runtime Location permission enabled.

            mBluetoothAdapter.startDiscovery();

.......

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

                if (BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND.equals(action)) {
                BluetoothDevice device = (BluetoothDevice) intent.getParcelableExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE);

                mDeviceList.add(device);


            }
        }
    };