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/*!
\ingroup technology-apis
\title Qt Bluetooth Overview
\page qtbluetooth-overview.html
\brief The Qt Bluetooth API enables connectivity with other regular Bluetooth
and Bluetooth Low Energy enabled devices.
\tableofcontents
With the Qt Bluetooth API typical use cases are:
\list
\li Retrieve information about the local Bluetooth device.
\li Scan for other Bluetooth devices in range and retrieve information about them.
\li Push files to remote devices using the OBEX Object Push Profile (OPP)
\li Connect to remote devices through a RFCOMM channel using the Serial Port Profile (SPP).
\li Create a RFCOMM server that allows incoming connections using SPP.
\li Retrieve specification about Bluetooth Low Energy device.
\li Connect to Bluetooth Low Energy device.
\li Receive advertisement from Bluetooth Low Energy device.
\endlist
Note that the Object Push Profile is not supported on Android.
The following sections describe how to use the Qt Bluetooth C++ API classes
for the above use cases.
\section1 Retrieving Local Device Information
The Qt Bluetooth API has three main purposes. The first one is to
obtain local and remote device information. The first steps in retrieving device information are
to check if Bluetooth is available on the device and read the local device address and name.
QBluetoothLocalDevice is the class that provides all of this information. Additionally you can use it
to turn Bluetooth on/off, set the visibility of the device and determine the current connections.
\snippet doc_src_qtbluetooth.cpp turningon
\section1 Scanning for Bluetooth Devices
Similar to the QBluetoothLocalDevice, the API offers QBluetoothDeviceInfo which provides
similar information for remote devices. Although you can just create QBluetoothDeviceInfo objects on
your own and fill them with data, the easier way is to use the QBluetoothDeviceDiscoveryAgent to
start an automated search for visible Bluetooth devices within the connectable range.
\snippet doc_src_qtbluetooth.cpp device_discovery
\section1 Pushing Files to Remote Devices
Once the desired device was found, there are two main use cases provided by Qt Bluetooth. The
simpler one is to send files via the Obex Object Push Profile (OPP). As the name describes, this
profile can push files from one device to another. Currently it is not possible to pull files
or browse the remote file system. The profile does not require the two devices to be
paired before exchanging data. To push files to remote devices, create a
QBluetoothTransferRequest and ask the QBluetoothTransferManager to push the file contained in
the request by calling its \l {QBluetoothTransferManager::put()}{put()} function.
\snippet doc_src_qtbluetooth.cpp sendfile
\section1 Exchanging Data Between Devices
The more flexible approach for communication between two Bluetooth enabled devices, is to
create a virtual serial port connection and freely exchange data over that connection. This can
be done by the Serial Port Profile (SPP). The Serial Port Profile emulates a serial connection
over the Bluetooth transport protocol RFCOMM.
To be able to receive incoming SPP connections, you need to listen to incoming connections using
\l QBluetoothServer.
\snippet btchat/chatserver.cpp Create the server
Connect to this server from another device playing the client role by using a
QBluetoothSocket:
\snippet btchat/chatclient.cpp startClient
Using such a connection allows to exchange any form of data in both directions.
It is perfectly suited for gaming or for syncing the state between two instances of
an application on two devices. For more detailed descriptions on how to configure the server
and client, please refer to the detailed description sections in the \l QBluetoothServer and
\l QBluetoothSocket classes. A good example to start with SPP is the \l{btchat}{Bluetooth Chat}
example.
\section1 Bluetooth Low Energy
Bluetooth Low Energy, also known as Bluetooth Smart, is a new technology enabling
devices with low energy consumption to communicate with each other. More details about
this technology and the related Qt APIs can be found in the \l {Bluetooth Low Energy Overview}.
*/
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