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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 18:00:19 +0300
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Subject: Re: BlueZ and Android - question
From: Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com>
To: Andrei Emeltchenko <andrei.emeltchenko.news@gmail.com>,
	Kevin Wilson <wkevils@gmail.com>,
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Andrei,
Thanks a lot for the Quick response.
Can you please provide a link for the alternative for Bluetooth stack in
Android or specify its name ?  I did not know about it.

Best Regards,
Kevin

On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Andrei Emeltchenko
<andrei.emeltchenko.news@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
>
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 04:16:45PM +0300, Kevin Wilson wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> I have a question:
>>
>> I saw in several places on the web text which says, in some
>> variations,  that "BlueZ has been removed starting from Android  4.2
>> and the  Broadcom-supplied Bluetooth stack (bluedroid) has replaced
>> it. It says also that the bluedroid
>> stack relies on HAL-loading like most other hardware types.
>>
>> On the other hand I see in the official page,
>> http://www.bluez.org/
>> something which I am not sure how to interpret.
>>
>>
>> I want to resolve my confusion.
>> So here is my question:
>> In Android 4.2 and above - is the BlueZ removed ?
>
> Yes
>
>> is the BlueDroid
>> used instead ?
>
> Yes
>
>>or are they both used?
>
> No.
>
> Now there is a project to provide alternative for Bluetooth stack in
> Android.
>
> Best regards
> Andrei Emeltchenko
>