Kotlin-BLE-Library/v2 or Android-CommonLibraries/scanner-ble

[rhkean]

I feel like this may be a dumb question, but which should I include in my android app?

it seems like scanner-ble would be the correct and/or easiest choice here since it has a dependency on blek2, but I'm not sure if I'm overlooking something?

thanks in advance,

rob

[philips77]

Hi,
This library exposes scanning API in client-android or client-android-mock modules.
You may build a UI around it, like the sample module does.

For our convieniece, we made a "common" library, where we have UI components that we reuse in our apps. Feel free to use it if it suits your needs. It has a built-in filter and can be used full-screen, with AppBar (ScannerScreen) or just as view to place somewhere (ScannerView + FilterDialog). See the example here:
https://github.com/NordicPlayground/Android-Common-Libraries/blob/main/app/src/main/java/no/nordicsemi/android/common/test/simple/ScannerDestination.kt

[philips77]

One problem with scanner-ble in Commons is that it is not fully compatible with client-android-mock. The RequireBluetooth and RequireLocation check the native API for features. It would be better if they just try scanning and in case of no permissions (or mock permissions) fail to show the "no permissions" view.