mob_bluetooth

# MobBluetooth

Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR) plugin for [mob](https://github.com/genericjam/mob):
discovery, pairing, and HFP/HID/SPP profile sessions.

Extracted from mob in Wave 1 of the plugin epic. Provides the Elixir
wrappers around the Android Bluetooth Classic stack that previously
lived under `Mob.Bt.*` in mob core.

## Status

**Session A (this checkout):** Elixir-only extraction. The wrappers
call into mob's existing `:mob_nif.bt_*` NIF exports — the C/Zig NIF
code physically still lives in the mob repo for now.

**Session B (next):** the Android NIF (`android/jni/mob_nif.zig`)
and the iOS stubs (`ios/mob_nif.m`) move here too, the manifest
gains a `nifs:` declaration, and the plugin promotes to tier-1.

Until then, `mob_bluetooth` only works as a host-side declaration of
capabilities (Android permissions + iOS plist keys) plus the public
Elixir API surface.

## Modules

**Bluetooth Classic (BR/EDR) — Android only:**

- `MobBluetooth` — device-level (list paired, discover, pair, unpair,
  disconnect)
- `MobBluetooth.Hfp` — Hands-Free Profile (audio + vendor AT commands)
- `MobBluetooth.Spp` — Serial Port Profile (RFCOMM byte streams)

**Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) — cross-platform (iOS + Android):**

- `MobBluetooth.Le` — GATT **peripheral** role: advertise a service, push
  notifications to subscribed centrals, receive writes. The phone presents
  itself as a BLE device (sensor, accessory, BLE-MIDI peripheral) that a
  computer or another phone connects to. BLE needs no MFi, so this is the
  plugin's cross-platform surface (`CBPeripheralManager` on iOS,
  `BluetoothGattServer` + `BluetoothLeAdvertiser` on Android). Scope is
  peripheral-only for now; BLE central is a future addition.

## Installation

Add to your mob app's `mix.exs`:

```elixir
defp deps do
  [
    {:mob_bluetooth, path: "/path/to/mob_bluetooth"}
  ]
end
```

Then activate in `mob.exs`:

```elixir
config :mob, :plugins, [:mob_bluetooth]
```

Generate + sign + trust the plugin's signing key:

```bash
mix mob.plugin.keygen --plugin /path/to/mob_bluetooth
mix mob.plugin.sign   --plugin /path/to/mob_bluetooth
mix mob.plugin.trust mob_bluetooth
```

## Platform support

- **Bluetooth Classic: Android only.** iOS Bluetooth Classic requires
  Apple's MFi (paid, NDA-gated). The Classic `MobBluetooth.*` functions
  return `{:error, :unsupported}` synchronously on iOS — the host app is
  responsible for guarding the call sites.
- **BLE (`MobBluetooth.Le`): cross-platform.** BLE needs no MFi, so it
  works on both iOS (`CBPeripheralManager`) and Android. Only the host
  dev target (no radio) is unsupported.

## Permissions

Request one capability at runtime before calling into the Android API:

```elixir
Mob.Permissions.request(socket, :bluetooth_connect)
```

It asks for whatever the running Android version needs:

| Android | Runtime permissions requested |
|---|---|
| 11 and below (API ≤ 30) | `ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION` (classic discovery needs it; `BLUETOOTH` / `BLUETOOTH_ADMIN` are install-time) |
| 12+ (API 31+) | `BLUETOOTH_SCAN`, `BLUETOOTH_CONNECT`, `BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE`, plus `ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION` + `ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION` unless `BLUETOOTH_SCAN` is declared `neverForLocation` |

The plugin manifest declares all of these (plus the legacy `BLUETOOTH` /
`BLUETOOTH_ADMIN`). Discovery needs *precise* location wherever location is
required; without it `start_discovery/1` fails with
`{:bt, :error, %{reason: :location_permission_required}}` (or
`:location_disabled` when the device's location setting is off).

### Dropping the location prompt on Android 12+

mob_dev writes plugin permissions as plain `<uses-permission>` tags, so the
plugin can't add `neverForLocation` / `maxSdkVersion` itself. To discover
without location on API 31+, declare these in your app's
`android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml` (mob_dev then skips its own tags
for the same permissions):

```xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN"
    android:usesPermissionFlags="neverForLocation" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION"
    android:maxSdkVersion="30" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"
    android:maxSdkVersion="30" />
```

The plugin reads the installed flags at runtime and stops requesting
location on API 31+. Trade-off: with `neverForLocation`, Android filters
some BLE beacon results out of scans. This plugin's Android side doesn't scan
BLE (only classic discovery, which isn't filtered, plus LE advertising and a
GATT server, which don't involve location), so nothing here loses results.

## Development

Clone, then run once:

```bash
mix setup
```

That fetches deps and activates the repo's git hooks (`.githooks/pre-push`):
`mix format --check`, `mix credo --strict` (incl. ExSlop), and `mix compile --warnings-as-errors` run on every push, plus the full test
suite when `mix.exs` changes — the same gate CI enforces before publishing.