android-beacon-library vs Android-BluetoothSPPLibrary

android-beacon-library

Allows Android apps to interact with BLE beacons (by AltBeacon)

Android-BluetoothSPPLibrary

[UNMAINTAINED][Android] Bluetooth Serial Port Profile which comfortable to developer application to communication with microcontroller via bluetooth (by akexorcist)

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android-beacon-library		Android-BluetoothSPPLibrary
	Project
2	Mentions	-
2,813	Stars	1,661
0.4%	Growth	-
7.3	Activity	1.2
14 days ago	Latest Commit	about 3 years ago
Java	Language	Java
Apache License 2.0	License	Apache License 2.0

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android-beacon-library

Posts with mentions or reviews of android-beacon-library. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-03.

Starting with Bluetooth BLE
2 projects | /r/androiddev | 3 Mar 2023

This project: https://github.com/AltBeacon/android-beacon-library is maintained and
What is the BLE Eddystone Beacon?
1 project | /r/androiddev | 13 Nov 2022

Okay so a beacon is a device that emits a low power signal based on the concept of Bluetooth Low Energy. Google released a standard for these beacons called Eddystone which specifies the data format etc. Android SDK doesn't have built in support for beacons, it's more of an Apple thing, but you can check this library: https://github.com/AltBeacon/android-beacon-library

Android-BluetoothSPPLibrary

Posts with mentions or reviews of Android-BluetoothSPPLibrary. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning Android-BluetoothSPPLibrary yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing android-beacon-library and Android-BluetoothSPPLibrary you can also consider the following projects:

Blueteeth - A simple, lightweight library intended to take away some of the cruft and tediousness of using the Android BLE.

AndroidSmoothBluetooth - Smooth communication via bluetooth with other android devices or microcontrollers such as Arduino.

Bluetooth LE Library for Android - This library allows for easy access to a Bluetooth LE device's AdRecord and RSSI value. It offers additional functionality for iBeacons.

AndrOBD - Android OBD diagnostics with any ELM327 adapter

Bluetooth Helper - Android Bluetooth Helper Library, Bluetooth Device Finder

RxCentralBle - A reactive, interface-driven central role Bluetooth LE library for Android

BLExplorer - Bluetooth Device Explorer