BluetoothSocket Class

Definition

A connected or connecting Bluetooth socket.

[Android.Runtime.Register("android/bluetooth/BluetoothSocket", DoNotGenerateAcw=true)]
public sealed class BluetoothSocket : Java.Lang.Object, IDisposable, Java.Interop.IJavaPeerable, Java.IO.ICloseable
[<Android.Runtime.Register("android/bluetooth/BluetoothSocket", DoNotGenerateAcw=true)>]
type BluetoothSocket = class
    inherit Object
    interface ICloseable
    interface IJavaObject
    interface IDisposable
    interface IJavaPeerable
Inheritance
BluetoothSocket
Attributes
Implements

Remarks

A connected or connecting Bluetooth socket.

The interface for Bluetooth Sockets is similar to that of TCP sockets: java.net.Socket and java.net.ServerSocket. On the server side, use a BluetoothServerSocket to create a listening server socket. When a connection is accepted by the BluetoothServerSocket, it will return a new BluetoothSocket to manage the connection. On the client side, use a single BluetoothSocket to both initiate an outgoing connection and to manage the connection.

The most common type of Bluetooth socket is RFCOMM, which is the type supported by the Android APIs. RFCOMM is a connection-oriented, streaming transport over Bluetooth. It is also known as the Serial Port Profile (SPP).

To create a BluetoothSocket for connecting to a known device, use BluetoothDevice#createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord BluetoothDevice.createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(). Then call #connect() to attempt a connection to the remote device. This call will block until a connection is established or the connection fails.

To create a BluetoothSocket as a server (or "host"), see the BluetoothServerSocket documentation.

Once the socket is connected, whether initiated as a client or accepted as a server, open the IO streams by calling #getInputStream and #getOutputStream in order to retrieve java.io.InputStream and java.io.OutputStream objects, respectively, which are automatically connected to the socket.

BluetoothSocket is thread safe. In particular, #close will always immediately abort ongoing operations and close the socket.

<div class="special reference">

<h3>Developer Guides</h3>

For more information about using Bluetooth, read the Bluetooth developer guide. </div>

Java documentation for android.bluetooth.BluetoothSocket.

Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by the Android Open Source Project and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 2.5 Attribution License.

Properties

Class

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ConnectionType

Get the type of the underlying connection.

Handle

The handle to the underlying Android instance.

(Inherited from Object)
InputStream

Get the input stream associated with this socket.

IsConnected

Get the connection status of this socket, ie, whether there is an active connection with remote device.

JniIdentityHashCode (Inherited from Object)
JniPeerMembers
MaxReceivePacketSize

Get the maximum supported Receive packet size for the underlying transport.

MaxTransmitPacketSize

Get the maximum supported Transmit packet size for the underlying transport.

OutputStream

Get the output stream associated with this socket.

PeerReference (Inherited from Object)
RemoteDevice

Get the remote device this socket is connecting, or connected, to.

ThresholdClass

This API supports the Mono for Android infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

(Inherited from Object)
ThresholdType

This API supports the Mono for Android infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

(Inherited from Object)

Methods

Clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

(Inherited from Object)
Close()

Closes the object and release any system resources it holds.

Connect()

Attempt to connect to a remote device.

ConnectAsync()
Dispose() (Inherited from Object)
Dispose(Boolean) (Inherited from Object)
Equals(Object)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

(Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

(Inherited from Object)
JavaFinalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

(Inherited from Object)
Notify()

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

(Inherited from Object)
NotifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

(Inherited from Object)
SetHandle(IntPtr, JniHandleOwnership)

Sets the Handle property.

(Inherited from Object)
ToArray<T>() (Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

(Inherited from Object)
UnregisterFromRuntime() (Inherited from Object)
Wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>.

(Inherited from Object)
Wait(Int64, Int32)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

(Inherited from Object)
Wait(Int64)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being <em>notified</em> or <em>interrupted</em>, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

(Inherited from Object)

Explicit Interface Implementations

IJavaPeerable.Disposed() (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.DisposeUnlessReferenced() (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.Finalized() (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.JniManagedPeerState (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.SetJniIdentityHashCode(Int32) (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.SetJniManagedPeerState(JniManagedPeerStates) (Inherited from Object)
IJavaPeerable.SetPeerReference(JniObjectReference) (Inherited from Object)

Extension Methods

JavaCast<TResult>(IJavaObject)

Performs an Android runtime-checked type conversion.

JavaCast<TResult>(IJavaObject)
GetJniTypeName(IJavaPeerable)

Gets the JNI name of the type of the instance self.

JavaAs<TResult>(IJavaPeerable)

Try to coerce self to type TResult, checking that the coercion is valid on the Java side.

TryJavaCast<TResult>(IJavaPeerable, TResult)

Try to coerce self to type TResult, checking that the coercion is valid on the Java side.

Applies to