SerialPort / Bluetooth support in Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.UWP

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I'm making an app for Android and UWP that connects to a barcode scanner over bluetooth, but I'm really struggling getting the right lib or something because System.IO.Ports isn't available.

I also tried to implement both in some abstraction library, but it seems difficult. Is there someone who can help me out?

Thanks in advance

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You need to create different implementation for different platform.

For Android platform, there are some discussions, for example:

For Universal Windows Platform, the Barcode Scanner API is the right thing we need to use. Please notice the Remark part in that document.

The official Barcode scanner sample is a good demo for beginner.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Sep 02 '16 at 08:45

Franklin Chen - MSFT

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Thank you for this, but as it uses the android bluetooth classes, i want something more event driven like a connected and disconnected event. – Maxim DC Sep 02 '16 at 15:19
Can i use Plugin.Ble if i buy a bluetooth 4.0 scanner? – Maxim DC Sep 02 '16 at 18:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 12 '22 at 14:23

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A bit late but... I am using this Nuget Package: https://github.com/inthehand/32feet

It supports Classic Bletooth and Bluetooth BLE, and it works both on Android and iOS. The project is supported at this date and it is very well documented.

answered Dec 12 '22 at 14:23

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SerialPort / Bluetooth support in Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.UWP

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