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Bluetooth

  • Migrating Wiki content from CodePlex to GitHub

    I’ve seen a few articles on migrating your projects from CodePlex but they kind of ignore the Wiki and suggest just copying and pasting the text across. There is a way which will copy the entire contents and only require… Continue reading

  • Talking to Printers

    Recently I’ve been working with a selection of Bluetooth printers. During this work I’ve noticed an odd thing about the UWP Bluetooth APIs. It’s all about the Class of Device. These are a set of defined device types and are… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Development made easier in Windows 10

    With Windows (and Phone) 8.1 there were two different device capabilities which needed to be set to use either RfComm or Bluetooth LE from your app. You had to specify a target device (or All) and target service name(s). With… Continue reading

  • 32feet and Windows Apps

    Some time ago I created a subset of 32feet.NET to extend the Bluetooth functionality in Windows Phone 8.0. This was for the Silverlight app model and the only API at the time was based around the Proximity APIs. When Windows… Continue reading

  • Background Bluetooth Services on Windows Phone 8.1

    Added in Windows Phone 8.1 was a new RfcommConnectionTrigger which allows you to host a Bluetooth service on the device and have your background task triggered when an incoming connection is established. This makes a lot of sense as having… Continue reading

  • Resources from Bluetooth and NFC for Windows Phone and Beyond

    As promised here are the resources from yesterday’s session on Bluetooth and NFC. I’ve begun uploading the slides and code to this SkyDrive folder:- http://sdrv.ms/143OZD7 I have a few finishing touches to put on the sharing library for NFC –… Continue reading

  • Update to 32feet.NET for Windows Phone

    Version 8.1 of 32feet.NET for Windows Phone is now available via NuGet. This package adds some helper functionality for Bluetooth development. In particular this version includes the RfCommServiceId (designed to match the Windows 8.1 API) to provide information about various… Continue reading

  • Bluetooth Development with Windows 8.1

    Unless you’ve been stuck under a rock (in which case what are you doing reading this?) you’ll know that Microsoft announced a preview release of Windows 8.1 at Build yesterday. While I haven’t got a development machine up and running… Continue reading

  • 32feet.NET for Windows Phone

    With the recent announcement of Windows Embedded Handheld 8 it seems fitting to discuss something related to industrial and line-of-business applications which you can develop now on the Windows Phone platform. I’ve released the first drop of 32feet.NET for Windows… Continue reading

  • Persist Bluetooth Addresses on Windows Phone 8

    The Bluetooth API on Windows Phone 8 is based around some customisations to the Proximity APIs which are part of the Windows API introduced with Windows 8. When you “discover” devices you can retrieve a collection of device identifiers for… Continue reading