We recently released the BlueNox Android Library, a library that enables creating Bluetooth LE enabled native applications much faster.
BlueNox Android Library
Build Bluetooth LE enabled Android applications faster with a cleaner, more reliable BLE development layer.
If you’ve worked with BLE on Android, you already know the challenges. Scanning inconsistencies, connection edge cases, GATT quirks, and device fragmentation can slow down development and make even simple features harder than they should be. BlueNox is built to simplify all of that.
With BlueNox, you can focus on building your product instead of fighting the Bluetooth stack. The library provides a clean and reliable abstraction over Android BLE, helping you handle scanning, connections, data exchange, and device interactions in a more predictable and maintainable way.
Key highlights:
- Simplified BLE scanning and device discovery
- Reliable connection management and reconnection handling
- Clean APIs for reading, writing, and subscribing to characteristics
- Queue mechanism to ensure commands and responses are handled automatically
- Built with real-world BLE issues in mind
Whether you’re building a production application or prototyping a new BLE-enabled product, BlueNox helps you move faster with fewer surprises.
We’ll be sharing more examples, benchmarks, and deep dives soon.
Check it out and let us know what you think.
Library History
The original Android BlueNox Android library was created around 2015 and we’ve used it in multiple products and custom integrations, including the BlueNox Scan Android app (which is in the process of being publicly released).
It was originally written in Java but a couple years ago we ported the library to Kotlin and added a co-routine.
Initially the library contained significant workarounds for Android below 5.0, but given the significant improvement in the last few years, keeping all that code didn’t make sense and we ended up simplifying the library. No longer would we need to cycle the Android Bluetooth adapter on failure. Many of the old errors that used to happen are a thing of the past.
Getting started with BlueNox Android
The library is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License and you can find it at BlueNox Android GitHub Repository
But you don’t need to worry about cloning the repo. You can quickly integrate it to your application and start using it as we’ve integrated it as a Maven package that’s readily available
dependencies {
implementation("com.argenox:bluenox-android:<version>")
}Library Future
We’re actively working to improve the library and add more features and resolve any issues. More than anything the goal is to make the experience of connecting and working with more devices.
As we’ve been developing the BlueNox Scanner for Android we’ve been enhancing the library further and adding back some of the features that didn’t make it in the Kotlin port.
