Cordova Bluetooth status plugin

Cordova Bluetooth status is a Cordova plugin allowing to check for Bluetooth adapter status. The plugin currently offers the following features:

• check for Bluetooth capability
• check for Bluetooth LE capability
• check if use of Bluetooth is authorized (iOS only)
• monitor/check Bluetooth enabled/disabled state
• force Bluetooth activation (Android only)
• prompt the user to enable the Bluetooth (Android only)

Currently supported platforms

• Android
• iOS

Installation

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-bluetooth-status

Usage

Initialize the plugin with the cordova.plugins.BluetoothStatus.initPlugin() method. Otherwise, the BT adapter state may not be correctly populated until the next time adapter is switched off/on.

Documentation

This plugin exports its methods and properties on cordova.plugins.BluetoothStatus.

Properties

BluetoothStatus.hasBT (Boolean variable)

Variable storing the presence of a Bluetooth device

BluetoothStatus.hasBTLE (Boolean variable)

Variable storing the presence of a Bluetooth LE device

BluetoothStatus.BTenabled (Boolean variable)

Variable storing the state of the Bluetooth adapter (enabled or not)

BluetoothStatus.iosAuthorized (Boolean variable) [iOS only]

Variable storing the authorization to use the Bluetooth adapter on iOS

Methods

BluetoothStatus.initPlugin()

Initialize the plugin and populate the initial state of the Bluetooth adapter

cordova.plugins.BluetoothStatus.initPlugin();

BluetoothStatus.enableBT() [Android only]

Activate the Bluetooth without prompting the user:

cordova.plugins.BluetoothStatus.enableBT();

BluetoothStatus.promptForBT() [Android only]

Prompt the user to activate the Bluetooth:

cordova.plugins.BluetoothStatus.promptForBT();

Events

These events are fired on the window object.

'BluetoothStatus.enabled'

This event is triggered when the Bluetooth adapter gets enabled.

window.addEventListener('BluetoothStatus.enabled', function() {
    console.log('Bluetooth has been enabled');
});

'BluetoothStatus.disabled'

This event is triggered when the Bluetooth adapter gets disabled.

window.addEventListener('BluetoothStatus.disabled', function() {
    console.log('Bluetooth has been disabled');
});

Changelog

v1.0.4:

• correct bugs for iOS9+ where initial BT adapter state was not correctly gathered

v1.0.3:

• correct some build errors for older Android versions