Hi
I've created a small app that automatically switch your device into Bluetooth call mode when an app is playing an audio or when your GPS is giving directions. The benefit is that it will cut what you're currently listening from your car audio system to play the incoming call audio and go back to your current listening on your CD, MP3, FM radio, etc.
There are two ways of using AudioBT.
-One is a background service that monitors the audio focus and turn on the Bluetooth SCO proile when another app is temporarily requesting the audio focus. Unfortunately the first second of the audio might be cut when using this service (to be fixed with upcoming Xposed hook). Some applications do not request the audio focus properly so this might not always work.
-The other approach is an integrated TTS engine. Any app using tne Android TTS service can use the AudioBT TTS service for sending text to speech. AudioBT will automatically turn on the Bluetooth SCO profile before playing the text. Any TTS service or language can be selected in the AudioBT TTS parameters.
It is still experimental and user's feedback is appreciated.
Thank you!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50dXJib2xlZC5hdWRpb2J0Il0
Service intents (for use with Tasker)
com.turboled.audiobtplus.ON : Cat = Default, Target = Service. Turns ON the AudioBT Plus service.
com.turboled.audiobtplus.OFF: Cat = Default, Target = Service. Turns OFF the AudioBT Plus service.
com.turboled.audiobtplus.SCO_ENABLE : Cat = Default, Target = Service. Enables Bluetooth SCO channel audio.
com.turboled.audiobtplus.SCO_DISABLE : Cat = Default, Target = Service. Disables Bluetooth SCO channel audio.
com.turboled.audiobtplus.PLAY : Cat = Default, Mime Type = audio/*, Data = file uri (file:///*), Target = Service. Plays an audio file through the bluetooth channel. No need to call SCO_ENABLE or SCO_DISABLE. Specify file name in Data.
To play notifications through Bluetooth with Tasker, create a new task with the following steps:
-Say to file (Misc), text = %NTITLE, file = /sdcard/Download/1.wav. Use standard TTS engine (Pico, Google, SVox, etc...), EnhancedTTS or AudioBT+ TTS are not supported.
-Send an intent (Misc), action = com.turboled.audiobtplus.PLAY, cat = Default, Mime type = audio/*, Data = file:///sdcard/download/1.wav, Target = Service.
Add a new profile with Event -> UI -> Notification and link with the task created above.
Add the task to any profile triggered on Notification *,*. Make sure Tasker is enabled in your Accessibility parameters.
Re: [APP][4.0+] AudioBT: Use Bluetooth incoming call for GPS audio
TurboLed said:
Hi
I've created a small app that automatically switch your device into Bluetooth call mode when an app is playing an audio or when your GPS is giving directions. The benefit is that it will cut what you're currently listening from your car audio system to play the incoming call audio and go back to your current listening on your CD, MP3, FM radio, etc.
There are two ways of using AudioBT.
-One is a background service that monitors the audio focus and turn on the Bluetooth SCO proile when another app is temporarily requesting the audio focus. Unfortunately the first second of the audio might be cut when using this service. Some applications do not request the audio focus properly so this might not always work.
-The other approach is an integrated TTS engine. Any app using tne Android TTS service can use the AudioBT TTS service for sending text to speech. AudioBT will automatically turn on the Bluetooth SCO profile before playing the text. Any TTS service or language can be selected in the AudioBT TTS parameters.
It is still experimental and user's feedback is appreciated.
Thank you!
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Links please
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Well, it was right there on the Google Play image... I added an hyperlink below.
New version 2.2.0 to be published soon on Google Play. Attempt to fix compatibility issue with some devices. If you tried this app on your phone and it didn't work, try the upcoming version.
Thanks
I've tried your app with my alpine cde 133bt, but the tts-messages were still send to the normal bluetooth audio-out channel, so I have to manually switch from tuner to bluetooth mode. Both the service and the custom tts-engine didn't work. Your app is exactly what i've been looking for, so let me know if there is anything I can do, to help fix this.
my setup: I have a motorola razr running on android 4.0, which connects to the radio with the HFP and with the A2DP profile. turning a2dp off in the bluetooth settings redirected the tts-messages to the mobile speaker.
sebistan said:
I've tried your app with my alpine cde 133bt, but the tts-messages were still send to the normal bluetooth audio-out channel, so I have to manually switch from tuner to bluetooth mode. Both the service and the custom tts-engine didn't work. Your app is exactly what i've been looking for, so let me know if there is anything I can do, to help fix this.
my setup: I have a motorola razr running on android 4.0, which connects to the radio with the HFP and with the A2DP profile. turning a2dp off in the bluetooth settings redirected the tts-messages to the mobile speaker.
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Hi,
I've got other similar complains from Motorola users. I have not been able to figure out the problem yet. Are you able to provide me with a Logcat when you start the AudioBT service ?
Also can you test BTMono, which is a similar app but that leaves the audio channel open (incoming call) ? If BTMono works my app should work. However BTMono is from a different author and uses more permissions.
Thanks
i tried btmono yesterday, it works. I will get back to you with the logcat later
sebistan said:
i tried btmono yesterday, it works. I will get back to you with the logcat later
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At the same time, you could try 2 test versions I created. The first one adds more permissions (Bluetooth_admin and network_access). The second one use Call mode instead of Communiation mode. Please tell me if one of these works on your device.
Here's the link to both APK:
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B2XwV7ab33OAY2tiVVRTWGRRTVE/edit?usp=sharing
here is the logcat record, i hope it helps. i started recording, started your service and pressed the test audio button.
i also tried the two test versions, they both did not work, same behaviour as the original one
edit: aparantly i'm not allowed to post external links (or edit my post for 5 minutes). i've attached the logcat output
sebistan said:
here is the logcat record, i hope it helps. i started recording, started your service and pressed the test audio button.
i also tried the two test versions, they both did not work, same behaviour as the original one
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Thanks for your help. Where's the log ? Ah there it is
sebistan said:
here is the logcat record, i hope it helps. i started recording, started your service and pressed the test audio button.
i also tried the two test versions, they both did not work, same behaviour as the original one
edit: aparantly i'm not allowed to post external links (or edit my post for 5 minutes). i've attached the logcat output
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Hey sebistan, thanks A LOT for your logcat. I saw an error about a missing BROADCAST_STICKY permission. I've create a new version AudioBT-Sticky at the same link: https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B2XwV7ab33OAY2tiVVRTWGRRTVE/edit?usp=sharing
Your help is a blessing. Now if that works, I'll be more than happy to give you the unlimited version if you send me your email address (in a private message).
yay, that would be great. unfortunately, it is still not working, but we are getting closer
when i start the new version, my car audio system switches briefly to calling mode and back to the tuner. But after that, all other sounds are still beeing routed to the standard speaker. I've attached the logcat
sebistan said:
yay, that would be great. unfortunately, it is still not working, but we are getting closer
when i start the new version, my car audio system switches briefly to calling mode and back to the tuner. But after that, all other sounds are still beeing routed to the standard speaker. I've attached the logcat
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There is something odd going on, now that it successfully go into communication mode, it cannot track the audio focus. Your phone/ROM is acting way differently than some others.
I've attempted a fix (AudioBT-focus.apk), please test. I turn off commuication mode between audio, however I fear that it will take too long to switch on and you will lose the first seconds of audio when a message is playing.
I believe the TTS should work (even without the fix above) as it doesn't use audio focus. You can test by playing the sample in the settings.
Thanks!
After looking at Android source code I figured out the focus problem was fixed in JB Android 4.1.1 and up, so anyone running my app with ICS have the same problem. If you have success with my fix above and you don't see a significant delay when playing the audio I could publish a new version with a workaround for ICS, otherwise I will have no other choice than to put a notice regarding incompatibility with ICS.
the fix also does not work, the audio test is still coming from the music channel. the tts-service is not working either. in none of the test versions. i guess i have to wait for the jb update.
sebistan said:
the fix also does not work, the audio test is still coming from the music channel. the tts-service is not working either. in none of the test versions. i guess i have to wait for the jb update.
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Please provide me with a logcat with the focus fix... There's probably something else going on. If you get the incoming call to come up during initialization, that's a good start.
sorry, i had a lot to do, could not make it any faster. Here is the logcat from my focus-fix-test, same procedure as last year
sebistan said:
sorry, i had a lot to do, could not make it any faster. Here is the logcat from my focus-fix-test, same procedure as last year
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Hi seb,
I finally decided to install ICS on my phone. And indeed, it doesn't work well. I see that I cannot prevent the call mode to steal the audio focus in this Android version. For now I don't have any idea out of my head.
However, TTS works on my phone with ICS but not with the fix version. Make sure you turn off the AudioBT service when testing TTS. And maybe send me a logcat while testing the TTS (playing the "Listen to an example" in the TTS settings).
Hi I just wanted to tell you that I recently bought a dice mediabridge for my car and the only issue I was having and it was really bothering me was that when I was in Sirius satellite mode and my phone connected through Bluetooth that the phone calls would come right through but not the navigation if in use.This bothered me because it was a lack of integration that should be there. I searched the web for a few weeks pretty thoroughly and discovered that this was a very common issue reported in threads but no solution at all from anyone.The other day I came across your app and it is wonderful it does exactly what I was looking for and I'm sure once word gets out it will get alot of downloads. My only issues with it is that it does seem a little buggy which I totally understand.A few times the other day it wouldn't activate and I had to reboot my phone to get it to work I have a Verizon note 2. And also a few times the audio just came through as static and not understandable but after playing with it got it to work again.Is development still being worked on for the app? Thanks again.
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Is development still being worked on for the app? Thanks again.
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Hi bman.
First thanks for your comments, those are always appreciated. I wrote the app for myself after knowing that some older non-Android phones and iPhone had this capability. Thanks to Android, the API allows to route audio through Bluetooth SCO although only in very recent versions of Android. Hopefully someday it will be better supported by the OS.
My app has an unexpected success since the beginning, however sales have decreased in the last few weeks. About half the people downloading the trial have ICS 4.0 which is not very well supported except for the TTS engine and nothing I can do to fix it yet.
I've pretty much stopped doing updates as the app has become stable enough on most devices; however I don't have much feedback from users and am not aware of all the bugs and if they are fixable. I'm still ready to publish fix whenever one is found.
Cheers!
Hello,
I recently got a One+ plus phone.
Today, my phone's microphone all of a sudden did not work.
If I call someone they aren't able to hear me. But, if I use Speakerphone they CAN hear.
If I use an external headphone cable. They can hear!
Please help me quickly fix.
- Neo
Neo said:
Hello,
I recently got a One+ plus phone.
Today, my phone's microphone all of a sudden did not work.
If I call someone they aren't able to hear me. But, if I use Speakerphone they CAN hear.
If I use an external headphone cable. They can hear!
Please help me quickly fix.
- Neo
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have you test it with an app (for example Elixir 2)?.
Regards!
pakordo said:
have you test it with an app (for example Elixir 2)?.
Regards!
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I did and i'm getting 24DB or something. But it does not work when I make a call
2) Tried recording app. It just records nothing (it just plays some sound but not really my voice)
- R
Did you install something then mic stopped working?
Did you changed any settings then mic stopped working?
Do you try a hard reset?. (Backup data first).
Regards!
Saludos!
I don't have a oneplus one, but I have the same problem on my Nexus 4. And so do many others from googling. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't now. I do have to turn on speakerphone when the mic doesn't work or use a bluetooth device. I bought a replacement mic and waiting for it to see if its a hardware problem since someone else was able to fix it by replacing it, while others don't. Try clearing the Google Search app and trying it. Some users were able to fix there's on the N4 by clearing the data or deleting that app. I noticed mine clearing it gets the mic back working, and I also noticed it messes with my bluetooth device. Playing music on the Music app or Youtube app it will pause, and I will keep pressing play but it'll pause it immediately unless I swipe up for google search and go back to the app and it'l play just fine.
pakordo said:
Do you try a hard reset?. (Backup data first).
Regards!
Saludos!
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Yes. I did do a hard reset. Still the same issue.
Google now/ Recorder = does not work!
SPEAKERPHONE = MIc works!!
But, when I ran the "Color" rom, the recorder works! But not in CM11 or PA. (*Confused*)
gd6noob said:
Did you install something then mic stopped working?
Did you changed any settings then mic stopped working?
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Nope. I did nothing!
I was on stock and this happened!
Please help guys!
I have exactly the same problem.
My friends can't understand me anymore when we are talking. They can hear me, but my voice sounds kind of "metallic"... like a robot..
Neo said:
Yes. I did do a hard reset. Still the same issue.
Google now/ Recorder = does not work!
SPEAKERPHONE = MIc works!!
But, when I ran the "Color" rom, the recorder works! But not in CM11 or PA. (*Confused*)
Nope. I did nothing!
I was on stock and this happened!
Please help guys!
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Your main mic might be damaged. Try the mic mod from the OP in this thread and report back
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2967925
sent from my amazingly awesome OnePlus One with Stereo Mod
Don't forget to hit thanks!
So I'm not sure if this is an issue in the Doggcatcher app or not. So here's my setup and details.
Nexus 5 completely stock 6.0. Phone has never been rooted, bought new from Play store. Bootloader is locked.
I am using an LG HBS-730 bluetooth stereo headset
I have 2 numbers on this phone, one is the carrier number (T-Mobile), the other is a Google Voice number that is managed by the most recent version of Hangouts with the Hangouts dialer.
Twice today, I have been listening to a podcast using the Doggcatcher app when an incoming call from my Google Voice number happens through Hangouts. The Doggcatcher app will pause, I will push the call answer button on the headset, and the phone call will begin but the podcast will resume playback at the same time. I can pause the podcast via the app controls on the phone and the call will continue as normal. The caller can hear the podcast as well.
Not sure if it's the app or the OS/bluetooth causing this but it's really confusing. I reported the issue with the developers of the Doggcatcher app, but I haven't posted it to Google yet.
Any ideas?
Yaz75 said:
So I'm not sure if this is an issue in the Doggcatcher app or not. So here's my setup and details.
Nexus 5 completely stock 6.0. Phone has never been rooted, bought new from Play store. Bootloader is locked.
I am using an LG HBS-730 bluetooth stereo headset
I have 2 numbers on this phone, one is the carrier number (T-Mobile), the other is a Google Voice number that is managed by the most recent version of Hangouts with the Hangouts dialer.
Twice today, I have been listening to a podcast using the Doggcatcher app when an incoming call from my Google Voice number happens through Hangouts. The Doggcatcher app will pause, I will push the call answer button on the headset, and the phone call will begin but the podcast will resume playback at the same time. I can pause the podcast via the app controls on the phone and the call will continue as normal. The caller can hear the podcast as well.
Not sure if it's the app or the OS/bluetooth causing this but it's really confusing. I reported the issue with the developers of the Doggcatcher app, but I haven't posted it to Google yet.
Any ideas?
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I have a slightly different problem with bluetooth, after update to 6.0 on my nexus 5 (stock) my polar running watch can't sync with the companion app. I can see the watch listed on blue tooth settings but when i click pair nothing happens.. Not sure if it's an app of OS /bluetooth issue.
I have an even more weird situation.
Ever since I updated my nexus 5 to android M, I started to experience google now voice input on android wear showing frequent disconnected in car, and I am streaming music at the same time.
Weird thing is this behavior only happens in car. If I try the voice input without phone BT connected to my car, everything is fast and fine.
I'm not sure what triggered this and I have done several experiments already.
- Even if I pause streaming music to car BT, Google now voice input on wear still shows disconnected in car.
- Weird thing is I can still use Google translate voice input on wear, while streaming music to car BT.
- My wear on Google now used to be able to recognize chinese (I think it's because I add chinese in google now setting on my phone). Now it only recognize english while google now on my phone takes chinese/english mixed. I set english as primary language and chinese as secondary on phone google now. In Google translate wear app, I can speak both english and chinese.
- I have reset/ connect/ disconnect wear multiple times. End result is still the same. Google now voice input on wear shows disconnected in car.
- Add Android Wear app to ignore list of battery optimization seems to make no difference.
Hmmm....strange stuff indeed. Hopefully someone smarter than myself can take a look at the issues. I know that I never had this problem on the final version of 5.1.1.
guavajuice said:
I have a slightly different problem with bluetooth, after update to 6.0 on my nexus 5 (stock) my polar running watch can't sync with the companion app. I can see the watch listed on blue tooth settings but when i click pair nothing happens.. Not sure if it's an app of OS /bluetooth issue.
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I solve my syncing issue between my watch and nexus 5 , it turns out i have to have my location service on along with bluetooth.
Source:
"If you are running OS 6.0 (Marshmallow), please note that Google has changed the permissions required for Bluetooth syncing. You must turn on location services to sync your tracker (Settings > Location). For more information about the latest Google permission requirements, see Google's Android 6.0 Changes document. "
http://help.fitbit.com/articles/en_...s-not-syncing-with-the-Fitbit-app-for-Android