macos - Android 4.3 as a Bluetooth LE Peripheral

Question

Quick question. I can't seem to find this in the Android docs, so I don't think it is possible, but is it possible to have an Android 4.3 device (in my case, a Nexus 4) behave as a Bluetooth peripheral? I know iOS supports both peripheral and central, but it seems like Android only supports central.

I'd like to connect an Android device to a Mac using Bluetooth LE, but since OS X doesn't support peripheral mode and it looks like Android doesn't either, I might have to go with Bluetooth 2 or another communication method.

Answer 1

Unfortunately there is no way for Android devices to act as a peripheral. He can creates GATT servers, services and charachteristics but there is no way to make the advertising.

Doc: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/connectivity/bluetooth-le.html

The phone supports the central role;

I'm waiting for this feature too, but it seems we have to wait for next Android releases.