Question

I just want to do a simple check of whether bluetooth is enabled on the device or not.

I don’t want to change the status from inside an app (or at all), use private API’s, jailbreak a device, or do anything that would cause Apple to reject an app.

All I want is to know whether bluetooth is turned on or not.

Can anyone shed any light on this? Is there any Apple-allowed way to do this?

I am fully aware, after reading countless posts and documentation that Apple is very restrictive when it comes to Bluetooth (among other things).

If you are only able to contribute to this question with a link to documentation and/or some snide remark about learning objective-c, reading documentation, etc., then please don’t respond.

Answer 1

The only way I’ve ever found to do this is with private frameworks (like Bluetooth Manager, for one) that are only useful for Jailbroken apps… and Apple will reject any app using a private framework. I believe it’s even against their ToS to do anything with bluetooth, so you’re out of luck there.