BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter() throwing RuntimeException while not in Activity

Question

When I\'m trying to get default bluetooth adapter while i\'m NOT in Activity, but in TimerTask (created inside Service) by using:

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Answer 1

Calling BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter() in the UI thread works, but is not very practical. I have tried the workaround with a fake Activity, but since I hate such workarounds, I decided to READ what the error message really says and it is nothing more than that the thread didn't call Looper.prepare().

So calling Looper.prepare() just before calling BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter() should solve the problem anywhere, not just in a UI thread.

Works fine for me so far.