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Android BluetoothChat Sample
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This sample shows how to implement two-way text chat over Bluetooth between two Android devices, using
all the fundamental Bluetooth API capabilities.

Introduction
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This sample should be run on two Android devices at the same time, to establish a two-way chat over
Bluetooth between the devices. Select "Made discoverable" in overflow menu on one device and click
on the Bluetooth icon on the other one, to find the device and establish the connection.

The sample demonstrates the following, using the [Bluetooth API][1]:

1. [Setting up][2] Bluetooth
2. [Scanning][3] for other Bluetooth devices
3. [Querying][4] the local Bluetooth adapter for paired Bluetooth devices
4. [Establishing RFCOMM][5] channels/sockets
5. [Connecting][6] to a remote device
6. [Transfering][7] data over Bluetooth

[1]: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html
[2]: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html#Permissions
[3]: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html#FindingDevices
[4]: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html#QueryingPairedDevices
[5]: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html#ConnectingDevices
[6]: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html#ConnectingAsAClient
[7]: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth.html#ManagingAConnection

Pre-requisites
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- Android SDK 23
- Android Build Tools v23.0.3
- Android Support Repository

Screenshots
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<img src="screenshots/1-launch.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/2-devices.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> <img src="screenshots/3-chat.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 

Getting Started
---------------

This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the
"gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio.

Support
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- Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968
- Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android

If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue:
https://github.com/googlesamples/android-BluetoothChat

Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and
submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details.

License
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Copyright 2016 The Android Open Source Project, Inc.

Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for
additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this
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use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may obtain a copy of
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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