SweetBlue
BLE on Android, the easy way. THIS IS NOW DEPRECATED. Please visit website for info on new versions. (by iDevicesInc)
Android-nRF-Toolbox
The nRF Toolbox is a container app that stores your Nordic Semiconductor apps for Bluetooth Low Energy in one location. (by NordicSemiconductor)
| SweetBlue | Android-nRF-Toolbox | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | |
| 356 | 1,058 | |
| 0.6% | 0.8% | |
| 10.0 | 6.9 | |
| over 5 years ago | 27 days ago | |
| Java | Kotlin | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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SweetBlue
Posts with mentions or reviews of SweetBlue.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-10.
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Recommendations for beginner BLE development.
https://github.com/iDevicesInc/SweetBlue this readme has links that explain the hellscape
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Hardware suggestion to learn BLE development
Hardware doesn’t matter ideally. Your mountain is the loaded footgun of android’s BLE api. Its so bad companies can offer a solution for pay, https://github.com/iDevicesInc/SweetBlue this was the repo you needed to use until they deprecated it. I’m a bit drunk and didn’t care to read what we should be doing now
Android-nRF-Toolbox
Posts with mentions or reviews of Android-nRF-Toolbox.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-10.
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Recommendations for beginner BLE development.
You can use this library. Here is an example app that uses it (the actual code is in the profile_... directories). If you don't use a library you will end up with code like this.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SweetBlue and Android-nRF-Toolbox you can also consider the following projects:
Android-BLE-Library - A library that makes working with Bluetooth LE on Android a pleasure. Seriously.
kable - Kotlin Asynchronous Bluetooth Low-Energy