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It's difficult to comprehend what's going on here without it being spelled out because it really is that dumb. For an Android app to connect to BLE devices, it
by russdill 3y ago
It's difficult to comprehend what's going on here without it being spelled out because it really is that dumb. For an Android app to connect to BLE devices, it needs the location permission. An Android app with the location permission gets access to gps location. It's not possible to allow an app to connect to a BLE device without also giving the app access to the location API.
- lultimouomo 3y agoAgain, this is before Android 12 - afterwards the app can declare that it just wants BLE not for location purposes, and not get access to GPS (and apparently certain kind of BLE beacons). Still it's mind boggling that this glaring issue survived so long.