BLUETOOTH_CONNECT denied

Wes_Savage · July 10, 2023, 8:53am

I am running Android 13

I have an app that has been running perfectly since February 2022 and I use it every day. I recently discovered that it had a minor bug I needed to address. The change for said bug was only to change the way my clock counts seconds:
Old:

NEW:

With this small change I now get:

So I used Anke's suggestion from " Android permissions - BLE - Android 12" (Android permissions - BLE - Android 12) and added this:

YES the phone has location switched on but I now get this error:

Patryk_F · July 10, 2023, 8:57am

We don't see your bluetooth blocks. Also what brand of phone.

Wes_Savage · July 10, 2023, 9:00am

Brand is Oppo A95.
I can give the bluetooth blocks but they did not change. They app has been working perfectly for more than a year until I changed the clock seconds counter. No other changes were made

Patryk_F · July 10, 2023, 9:02am

You've provided some minor information about the clock, but you haven't written the most important one. Are you using bluetooth component or BLE extension?

Patryk_F · July 10, 2023, 9:06am

If you are using the BLE extension, you must use the latest version from this year.

Wes_Savage · July 10, 2023, 9:08am

Extension BluetoothLE
Extensions

Patryk_F · July 10, 2023, 9:09am

So as I wrote above, use the latest version of the extension. Yours is already deprecated for the latest versions of android.

Wes_Savage · July 10, 2023, 9:10am

WOW ok will try that! I did not notice that earlier... thanks

Anke · July 10, 2023, 9:28am

I never suggested that. It wouldn't work because there are many Android versions that are not numeric (e.g. 2.3.3, 4.4.4, 5.0.1 or 6.0.1 or 7.1.2, ...).

Wes_Savage · July 10, 2023, 9:40am

I installed the new beta and it said it updated but now the app will not compile
NoCompile

Patryk_F · July 10, 2023, 10:10am

Check if you have any errors in blocks. I hope you didn't remove the old version of the extension before adding the new one...because then you removed all the BLE blocks.

Wes_Savage · July 10, 2023, 10:38am

Haha! Yes, the first time, I did delete the BLE and install new BLE and yes a ton of errors (I have been away from coding for a year). I restored from a .aia and installed the new BLE the second time. There are no errors but it refuses to compile.

Anke · July 10, 2023, 10:43am

Try this one (and post screenshots):

Wes_Savage · July 10, 2023, 11:18am

Patryk_F · July 10, 2023, 12:01pm

It's impossible for the app to not compile only after adding the ble extension. Perhaps the other extensions you use are outdated and need to be updated. Publish your project aia here. After that, you can check if the scan is working in Companion.

Wes_Savage · July 10, 2023, 1:59pm

I would be happy to do that Patryk but the app has 8 screens, with 700 -2000 blocks per screen; a bit overwhelming.

Considering your certainty that "its impossible for the app to not compile" I will attempt a few things in the next couple days to see if I can narrow this down some.

I sincerely appreciate your help and will get back to you as soon as I can hopefully get a clue

Patryk_F · July 10, 2023, 3:55pm

Make a small sample project with the ble extension, where you will be able to connect to your device and send/read data. If all goes well, adopt it for your big project.

ABG · July 10, 2023, 4:22pm

Wes_Savage · July 11, 2023, 6:44am

Compiling problem solved!

I copied all blocks to backpack, deleted all blocks, removed BLE, installed new BLE, Restored all blocks

Compiled without a problem. Obviously the AI does not "update" properly.

Problem seems to be solved

Anke · July 11, 2023, 7:44am

Here are the blocks of my BLE test APK:

Note: The bluetooth permissions should be requested automatically on Android 12+. However, I have explicitly requested them here for teaching and documentation purposes (among other things, to be able to trigger and display the PermissionGranted events).