SerialPort / Bluetooth support in Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.UWP

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I'm making an app for Android and UWP that connects to a barcode scanner over bluetooth, but I'm really struggling getting the right lib or something because System.IO.Ports isn't available.

I also tried to implement both in some abstraction library, but it seems difficult. Is there someone who can help me out?

Thanks in advance

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You need to create different implementation for different platform.

For Android platform, there are some discussions, for example:

For Universal Windows Platform, the Barcode Scanner API is the right thing we need to use. Please notice the Remark part in that document.

The official Barcode scanner sample is a good demo for beginner.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Sep 02 '16 at 08:45

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Thank you for this, but as it uses the android bluetooth classes, i want something more event driven like a connected and disconnected event. – Maxim DC Sep 02 '16 at 15:19
Can i use Plugin.Ble if i buy a bluetooth 4.0 scanner? – Maxim DC Sep 02 '16 at 18:45

SerialPort / Bluetooth support in Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.UWP

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