Auto-accept bluetooth pairing possible?

Question

In the Android 2.3.3 BluetoothChat example with with createInsecureRfcommSocketToServiceRecord() API, users are still prompted to accept the pairing request, even though no PIN code is presented.

Is there a way to automate Bluetooth pairing request without user intervention? Or is this never possible due to security concerns? I have been looking online for 2 days now and haven't really found much, so if anybody knows, please post.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Not with the standard API, no: if the MAC address is not already in the pairing database there will always be the prompt. I'm told that if you have a device that has been rooted and have public read/write access to the bluetooth service's DBus endpoint you can work around that but I've never seen that actually implemented.

Answer 2

So, I had this cuestion, if some one needs the answer to this working in android 4.4.2

 IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter(
                "android.bluetooth.device.action.PAIRING_REQUEST");


        /*
         * Registering a new BTBroadcast receiver from the Main Activity context
         * with pairing request event
         */
        registerReceiver(
                new PairingRequest(), filter);

and the code for the Receiver

  public static class PairingRequest extends BroadcastReceiver {
        public PairingRequest() {
            super();
        }

        @Override
        public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
            if (intent.getAction().equals("android.bluetooth.device.action.PAIRING_REQUEST")) {
                try {
                    BluetoothDevice device = intent.getParcelableExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE);
                    int pin=intent.getIntExtra("android.bluetooth.device.extra.PAIRING_KEY", 0);
                    //the pin in case you need to accept for an specific pin
                    Log.d("PIN", " " + intent.getIntExtra("android.bluetooth.device.extra.PAIRING_KEY",0));
                    //maybe you look for a name or address
                    Log.d("Bonded", device.getName());
                    byte[] pinBytes;
                    pinBytes = (""+pin).getBytes("UTF-8");
                    device.setPin(pinBytes);
                    //setPairing confirmation if neeeded
                    device.setPairingConfirmation(true);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }

and in the manifest file

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" />

and the broadcastReceiver

 <receiver android:name=".MainActivity$PairingRequest">
                <intent-filter>
                    <action android:name="android.bluetooth.device.action.PAIRING_REQUEST" />
                    <action android:name="android.bluetooth.device.action.PAIRING_CANCEL" />
                </intent-filter>
</receiver>

Answer 3

i came across the same problem, i hope the following code will help: firsly we need:

<receiver android:name=".broadcast.PairingRequest"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.bluetooth.device.action.PAIRING_REQUEST" /> <action android:name="android.bluetooth.device.action.PAIRING_CANCEL" /> </intent-filter></receiver>

secondly we need the BluetoothDevice class, and:

public class PairingRequest extends BroadcastReceiver{
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent){
if (intent.getAction().equals("ACTION_PAIRING_REQUEST")) {
        BluetoothDevice device = intent.getParcelableExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE);
        byte[] pinBytes = BluetoothDevice.convertPinToBytes("1234");
        device.setPin(pinBytes);
    }
 }
}