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flutter_blue_classic

A flutter plugin for communicating with bluetooth classic devices

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flutter pub add flutter_blue_classic

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flutter_blue_classic is a Flutter plugin enabling communication with Bluetooth Classic devices on Android. It provides a straightforward API for discovering, connecting to, and exchanging data with classic Bluetooth peripherals. Designed for developers building apps that interact with legacy Bluetooth hardware such as audio devices, sensors, or custom IoT gadgets, it integrates seamlessly into Flutter applications. The plugin supports essential Bluetooth operations like scanning, pairing, and handling streams of data from connected devices. It is maintained by lenhart.dev and hosted on GitHub for transparency and community contributions.

Use cases

  • Connecting to legacy Bluetooth audio devices
  • Interfacing with custom Bluetooth sensors
  • Building IoT control applications
  • Transferring data between Android devices
  • Developing industrial or medical Bluetooth tools

Key features

  • Android-only support
  • Bluetooth Classic protocol compatibility
  • Real-time data streaming
  • Device discovery and connection management
  • Simple event-driven API

Suitable for

  • Android-focused Bluetooth app development
  • Projects requiring classic Bluetooth integration
  • Developers working with older Bluetooth hardware
  • IoT and sensor-based applications
  • Prototyping Bluetooth-enabled solutions

Considerations

  • Limited to Android platform
  • No support for Bluetooth LE
  • Requires Android permissions for Bluetooth access
  • May need additional device-specific configuration
  • Depends on external native Bluetooth libraries

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flutter_blue_classic

Flutter_blue_classic is a flutter plugin for communicating with bluetooth classic devices. If you want to use an Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device, you might want to consider flutter_blue_plus.

A note on iOS

This plugin is currently only compatible with Android. iOS does not provide a similar interface for Bluetooth Classic like Android does. On iOS your BL device must be MFi (Made for iPod/iPhone) certified and you will have to use the External Accessory Framework. Since this is out of the scope of this package, you will have to implement this yourself.

Getting Started

minSdkVersion

This package is only compatible with Android SDK 21 or higher. Please set your minSdkVersion in the android/app/build.gradle accordingly.

Permissions

As the Android permission requirements can differ from case to case, this package does not define any permissions in it's Manifest. It is therefore necessary to declare them yourself. For detailed information, take a look at the Android Developer Documentation on Permissions.

Below are two common presets:

Without location access

In the android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml add:

<!-- Permissions for Android 12 or above -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN" android:usesPermissionFlags="neverForLocation" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT" />

    <!-- legacy for Android 11 or lower -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />

    <!-- legacy for Android 9 or lower -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="28" />
With location access

In the android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml add:

<!-- Permissions for Android 12 or above -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />

    <!-- legacy for Android 11 or lower -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" android:maxSdkVersion="30" />

    <!-- legacy for Android 9 or lower -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" android:maxSdkVersion="28" />

Then pass the accessFineLocation parameter when initializing the plugin:


final blueClassic = FlutterBlueClassic(usesFineLocation: true);

Reference

FlutterBlueClassic
Description
isSupported Checks whether the device supports Bluetooth
isEnabled Checks whether Bluetooth is enabled
adapterStateNow Current state of the bluetooth adapter
adapterState Stream of on, off and intermediary states of the bluetooth adapter
bondedDevices Returns the list of bonded (paired) devices
startScan Starts a scan for Bluetooth devices
stopScan Stop an existing scan for Bluetooth devices
isScanningNow Checks whether the Bluetooth adapter is currently scanning.
isScanning Stream whether the device is scanning for BL devices.
scanResults Stream of found devices during scan
turnOn Requests to turn the bluetooth adapter on
bondDevice Requests to create a bond with a bluetooth device
connect Tries to connect with a bluetooth device
BluetoothConnection
Description
input The stream of data received from the connected BL device
output A stream sink to send byte data to the connected BL device
writeString A helper to send utf-8 encoded strings to the remote device
isConnected Indicates whether the connection is still open.
dispose This should be called, when the Connection is no longer needed and will call finish (see below).
finish This will wait for any ongoing writes to be finished and gracefully close the connection.
close This will immediately close the connection.

Acknowledgement

flutter_blue_classic is loosely based on flutter_bluetooth_serial.

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Dependencies

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  • plugin_platform_interface^2.0.2

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