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    <li><a href="#Profiles">Working with Profiles</a> 

      <ol>

        <li><a href="#AT-Commands">Vendor-specific AT commands</a>

        <li><a href="#HDP">Health Device Profile</a>

      </ol></li>

  </ol> 

  <h2>Related samples</h2> 

  <ol> 

    <li><a href="{@docRoot}resources/samples/BluetoothChat/index.html">Bluetooth Chat</a></li> 

    <li><a href="{@docRoot}resources/samples/BluetoothHDP/index.html">Bluetooth HDP (Health Device Profile)</a></li>

  </ol> 

</div> 

audio can be streamed from one device to another over a Bluetooth connection.

"A2DP" stands for Advanced Audio Distribution Profile.</dd> 

<dt>{@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealth}</dt>

<dd> Represents a Health Device Profile proxy that controls the Bluetooth service.</dd>

<dt>{@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealthCallback}</dt>

<dd>An abstract class that you use to implement {@link

android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealth} callbacks. You must extend this class and

implement the callback methods to receive updates about changes in the

application’s registration state and Bluetooth channel state.</dd>

<dt>{@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealthAppConfiguration}</dt>

<dd>Represents an application configuration that the Bluetooth Health third-party 

application registers to communicate with a remote Bluetooth health

device.</dd> 

<dt>{@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothProfile.ServiceListener}</dt>

<dd>An interface that notifies {@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothProfile} IPC

android.bluetooth.BluetoothA2dp} class, which is a proxy for controlling

the Bluetooth A2DP  Service via IPC.</li> 

 <li><strong>Health Device</strong>. Android 4.0 (API level 14) introduces

support for the Bluetooth Health Device Profile (HDP). This lets you create

applications that use Bluetooth to communicate with health devices that support

Bluetooth, such as heart-rate monitors, blood meters, thermometers, scales, and

so on. For a list of supported devices and their corresponding device data

specialization codes, refer to <strong>Bluetooth Assigned Numbers</strong> at <a

href="http://www.bluetooth.org">www.bluetooth.org</a>. Note that these values

are also referenced in the ISO/IEEE 11073-20601 [7] specification as

MDC_DEV_SPEC_PROFILE_* in the Nomenclature Codes Annex. For more discussion of

HDP, see <a href="#HDP">Health Device Profile</a>.</li> 

</ul> 

<p>Here are the basic steps for working with a profile:</p> 

state of the connection and perform other operations that are relevant to that

profile.</li> 

</ol> 

<p> For example, this code snippet shows how to connect to a {@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHeadset} proxy object so that you can control the

<p> For example, this code snippet shows how to connect to a {@link

android.bluetooth.BluetoothHeadset} proxy object so that you can control the

Headset profile:</p> 

<pre>BluetoothHeadset mBluetoothHeadset;

mBluetoothAdapter.closeProfileProxy(mBluetoothHeadset);

</pre> 

<h3 id="AT-Commands">Vendor-specific AT commands</h3> 

<p>Starting in Android 3.0, applications can register to receive system

user or take other action as needed. Create a broadcast receiver for the {@link

android.bluetooth.BluetoothHeadset#ACTION_VENDOR_SPECIFIC_HEADSET_EVENT} intent

to handle vendor-specific AT commands for the headset.</p>

<h3 id="HDP">Health Device Profile</h3>

<p>Android 4.0 (API level 14) introduces support for the Bluetooth Health Device

Profile (HDP). This lets you create applications that use Bluetooth to

communicate with health devices that support Bluetooth, such as heart-rate

monitors, blood meters, thermometers, and scales. The Bluetooth Health API

includes the classes {@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealth}, {@link

android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealthCallback}, and {@link

android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealthAppConfiguration}, which are described in <a

href="#TheBasics">The Basics</a>. </p>

<p>In using the Bluetooth Health API, it's helpful to understand these key HDP concepts:</p>

<table>

  <tr>

    <th>Concept</th>

    <th>Description</th>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td><strong>Source</strong></td>

    <td>A role defined in HDP. A <em>source</em> is a  health device that

transmits medical data (weight scale, glucose meter, thermometer, etc.) to a

smart device such as an Android phone or tablet. </td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td><strong>Sink</strong></td>

    <td>A role defined in HDP. In HDP, a <em>sink</em> is the smart device that

receives the medical data. In an Android HDP application, the sink is

represented by a {@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealthAppConfiguration}

object.</td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td><strong>Registration</strong></td>

    <td>Refers to registering a sink for a particular health device.</td>

  </tr>

  <tr>

    <td><strong>Connection</strong></td>

    <td>Refers to opening a channel between a health device and a smart device

such as an Android phone or tablet.</td>

  </tr>

</table>

<h4>Creating an HDP Application</h4>

<p>Here are the basic steps involved in creating an Android HDP application:</p>

<ol>

  <li>Get a reference to the {@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealth} proxy

object. <p>Similar to regular headset and A2DP profile devices, you must call

{@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothAdapter#getProfileProxy getProfileProxy()}

with a {@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothProfile.ServiceListener} and the {@link

android.bluetooth.BluetoothProfile.ServiceListener#HEALTH} profile type to

establish a connection with the profile proxy object.</p> </li>

  <li>Create a {@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealthCallback} and register an

application configuration 

({@link android.bluetooth.BluetoothHealthAppConfiguration})

that acts as a health

sink.</li>

  <li>Establish a connection to a health device.  Some devices will initiate the

connection.  It is unnecessary to carry out this step for those devices.</li>

  <li>When connected successfully to a health device, read/write to the health

device using the file descriptor. <p>The received data needs to be interpreted

using a health manager which implements the IEEE 11073-xxxxx

specifications.</p></li>

  <li>When done, close the health channel and unregister the application.  The

channel also closes when there is extended inactivity.</li>

</ol>

<p>For a complete code sample that illustrates these steps, see <a

href="{@docRoot}resources/samples/BluetoothHDP/index.html">Bluetooth HDP (Health

Device Profile)</a>. </p>