2014/1/3 Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko.news@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi Bilel, > > On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 12:39:04PM +0100, bill dr wrote: >> Hi all, >> Thank you Luiz and Andrei for your responses. >> >> @Andrei : I am aware that the latest android version supports "as best >> as it can" BLE. But I have a constaint to use 4.1 Android only. >> >> >> That lead us to my second question : what should I do to add such support ? >> >> If I have understood correctly the HAL Bluetooth (in Bluez package) is >> different from Android HAL. > > There is no Bluetooth HAL in Android 4.1, HAL appeared when Android moved > to Bluedroid stack in version 4.2. > OK I got it. Indeed, my confusion comes from bluedroid >> so to have BLE support in Android 4.1 I have to: >> >> 1- Adding the last Bluez package and compile it. >> 2- make changes to Android Bluetooth HAL or just add a JNI interface >> wrapping the Bluetooth HAL one ? >> 3- make changes to system service to support BLE. >> 4- make changes to Android SDK to export these changes to developpers. > > Looks too much work for nothing. isn't it required to have a proper support ? indeed it is too munch work. is there any alternative ? > >> Is it correct ? is there more straightforward way ? >> especially about the second point and the confusion between Bluetooth >> HAL and Android HAL. > > Forget about HAL, hack JNI .... OK. > > Best regards > Andrei Emeltchenko > Thank you. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-bluetooth" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
