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AudioPlaybackCaptureConfiguration not working in Android BOX (Using HDMI)

I am using google Audio Playback Capture API in ANDROID API Level 29 and its working fine on Android mobile devices i get easily internal audio from the devices but when i test it on the Android TV Box , Basically this app is TV box app where i have to capture internal audio. My Android TV Box connected with HDMI cable but i didn't receive any sound i am using Attributes : USAGE_MEDIA,USAGE_UNKNOWN and USAGE_GAME
they are all working fine in mobile app but not when i run on Android Box. I have done everything from my side now i just need help regarding getting audio from HDMI.
Thanks
val config = AudioPlaybackCaptureConfiguration.Builder(AudioCaptureService.mediaProjection!!)
.addMatchingUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_MEDIA)
.addMatchingUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_UNKNOWN)
.addMatchingUsage(AudioAttributes.USAGE_GAME)
.build()
val audioFormat = AudioFormat.Builder()
.setEncoding(AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT)
.setSampleRate(buffer.sampleRate)
.setChannelMask(AudioFormat.CHANNEL_IN_MONO)
.build()
val record = AudioRecord.Builder()
.setAudioFormat(audioFormat)
.setAudioPlaybackCaptureConfig(config)
.setBufferSizeInBytes(buffer.size)
.build()

RhoMobile on TC52, Android 8.1: "DS8178 Bluetooth Scanner is not connected ..."

I am trying to get an existing RhoMobile APK running on a TC52, Android 8.1.
The App is running fine on TC51, Android 6. On the TC52, when i start the app I get a toast message
DS8178 Bluetooth Scanner is not connected, therefor BTPairing Utility will be started.
The problem is that - ignoring the BTPairing Utility App (i also tried to disable it) - i cant use the build in scanner in my rho mobile app. When I try to use it I see the following message in the log
"The decodeSound barcode property can only be set once the scanner has finished initialising"
Looking at the underlying code, it looks like that the scanner has not initialised, probably due to not be able to pair the bluetooth scanner. But there is now such scanner and there never will be. Anybody know how to disable this behaviour?
Edit 1:
Here is my javascript code for enabling the scanner
Rho.Barcode.enable({ allDecoders: true }, this.onScan);
But, I think it happens before that javascript is accessed; the app is hosted on web server; even if i disable WIFI and starting the app, the toast is displayed. It seems like that RhoMobile is trying to setup all known scanners.
Edit 2:
When I enumerate all scanners, i get those in this order
Scanners found: '[
"Camera Scanner",
"2D Barcode Imager",
"Bluetooth Scanner",
"RS6000 Bluetooth Scanner",
"DS3678 Bluetooth Scanner",
"LI3678 Bluetooth Scanner",
"DS2278 Bluetooth Scanner",
"DS8178 Bluetooth Scanner"]'
Default scanner: '2D Barcode Imager'
Default scanner is determined by
Rho.Barcode.getProperty("friendlyName");
Edit 3:
Ok, as suggested in the comments, using the actual instance returned from the enumeration works; triggering scanner buttons works well.
What remains is the toast that asks to connect the DS8178 Bluetooth Scanner; is there a way to disable scanners from config.xml?

This error:
DS8178 Bluetooth Scanner is not connected, therefor BTPairing Utility will be started.
Is not coming from RhoMobile, it is being generated from the low level scanning framework. I checked on a more up to date device and I'm glad to say they fixed the spelling error. It is caused when something (either EMDK or DataWedge) tries to enable the DS8178 scanner. The DS scanner support was only added in a recent version of the mobile computing scanner framework so that probably explains the difference in behaviour you are seeing between TC51 and TC52.
RhoMobile (on Zebra Android devices) wraps the EMDK and exposes each supported scanner as a separate Barcode object and you can see all of these in the array returned from enumerate. What is strange is that, per your second edit, the default scanner is '2D Barcode Imager'.
There are a few options / possibilities:
There is a bug in the RhoMobile framework and for some reason the DS8178 scanner is being enabled. I checked https://github.com/rhomobile/rhodes/tree/master/lib/commonAPI/barcode/ext/platform/android/src/com/rho/barcode and cannot see any such bug. Rho is open source but supported by Tau-Technologies if you wanted to explore that route.
Something else on your device is enabling the DS8178 scanner, e.g. a DataWedge profile or other app using the EMDK. You could disable DataWedge (from the DataWedge app settings) and reboot your device to test this.
There is an issue with the TC52. I would say this is the least likely as I have never heard of a similar issue
There is no way to disable any of the scanners via XML

BLE scan is not working when screen is off on Android 8.1.0

I am using pixel with latest android 8.1.0 update.
I am facing issue related to BLE advertisement scanning. Whenever I turned off the screen(i.e power button press) my scanning will stop.
it will restart immediately after turn on the screen.
I have checked latest code for BLE. google newly introduce this feature (Reference Link).
Is there any way to skip this part, I mean scan should not stop regardless of the screen on or off.

As of Android 8.1, unfiltered bluetooth scans are blocked when the screen is turned off. While it is surprising for such a dramatic change to be made in a minor release of Android, this is certainly an intended change based on the comments in the commit:
Stop unfiltered BLE scans when the screen goes off.
The workaround is to use a ScanFilter with all scans. The new 8.1 operating system code simply verifies that any scans active when the screen is off have at least one scan filter. If those conditions are met the scan results are delivered as in Android 8.0.x and earlier.
In order to set up such a scan, you must use the APIs introduced in Android 5.0 and create a ScanFilter with each scan. Below is a filter that will find manufacturer advertisements for any device from Apple with manufacturer ID 0x004c (this will include iBeacons):
ScanFilter.Builder builder = new ScanFilter.Builder();
builder.setManufacturerData(0x004c, new byte[] {});
ScanFilter filter = builder.build();
Similarly, if you are interested in GATT Service advertisements (like the kind used with Eddystone beacons) you can search for a GATT Service UUID with a filter like this:
ScanFilter.Builder builder = new ScanFilter.Builder();
String serviceUuidString = "0000feaa-0000-1000-8000-00805f9b34fb";
String serviceUuidMaskString = "FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF";
ParcelUuid parcelUuid = ParcelUuid.fromString(serviceUuidString);
ParcelUuid parcelUuidMask = ParcelUuid.fromString(serviceUuidMaskString);
builder.setServiceUuid(parcelUuid, parcelUuidMask);
ScanFilter filter = builder.build();
If needed, you can add multiple filters to a single scan, and any that match will return results. The only real limitation here is that you must know all of the manufacturer codes or all of the GATT Service UUIDs that you might match up front, at least when scanning with the screen off.
You start your scan with code like this:
bluetoothAdapter.getBluetoothLeScanner().startScan(filters, settings, scanCallback);
EDIT: It is also possible to do this with an empty ScanFilter that looks like this:
ScanFilter.Builder builder = new ScanFilter.Builder();
ScanFilter filter = builder.build();
If you use such a scan filter, it will match any advertising packet, and still allow detections with the screen off on Android 8.1, effectively giving you the same behavior on Android 8.0.x and earlier.
EDIT 2: On the Galaxy Note 9 with Android 8.1 and perhaps other Samsung devices with 8.1, scans are blocked with the screen off even with an empty scan filter. Scans are allowed with the screen off with a non-empty scan filter as described above.

I faced the same issue. I had Scan filters in order to scan BLE devices even if the screen were locked. But on Samsung devices it didn't work, so I search on Samsung forum and I discovered Knox SDK (https://seap.samsung.com/sdk/knox-android).
And it was the solution of my problem. All you have to do is add it to your app, create a license and activate it and finally use this method addPackageToBatteryOptimizationWhiteList to unlock the scan when the Samsung device screen is lock.

Obviously not, unless they missed something. But it will still work in the background if you have scan filters, which you should have anyway. So is it really an issue?

in android 11
scanFilter can't being null
you need to set something then will working
like:
List<ScanFilter> filterList = new ArrayList<>();
filterList.add(new ScanFilter.Builder().setDeviceAddress(address).build());
BluetoothAdapter.getBluetoothLeScanner().startScan(filterList, scanSettings, scanCallback);

Mobile Vison API detect no QR code

I'm developing a QR code scanner with Mobile Vision API (play-services-vision 11.0.1). I've run my application on two Android devices (Xperia SO-04E Android 4.2.2). My application works correctly on one device but does not detect QR code on the other. Camera started correctly, but detected no QR code. Does anyone know a solution? Might does a device's configuration cause this?
A part of source code(Activity written in Kotlin) is as below. I've configured the camera permission in AndroidManifest.xml.
// instantiate barcode detector in an Activity onCreate method
val barcodeDetector = BarcodeDetector.Builder(this).build()
cameraSource = CameraSource.Builder(this, barcodeDetector)
.setAutoFocusEnabled(true)
.setRequestedPreviewSize(1600, 1024)
// set callback
barcodeDetector.setProcessor(object: Detector.Processor<Barcode>?) {
override fun release() {}
override fun receiveDetections(detections: Detector.Detections<Barcode>?) {
・・・
// parse a detected QR code
・・・
}
}

Check internet connection on the second device; As Vision API requires Google play services and this needs internet connection; however need not to provide permission in Manifest file..

How to get MediaRouteSelector to show available MiraCast and Chromecast devices?

I am trying to get my Media Route Selector to show both MiraCast and Chromecast devices. I have a Chromecast receiver app and also make use of the Presentation API in Android so ideally the user should only have to click the media router button and chose the device they have without even having to think about it. I was following this guide (https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/mediarouter.html#selector) to achieve this and in the picture it shows both a Chromecast and wireless display available in the route selector. However, after adding the control categories I still only see the Chromecast.
Here is the relevant code.
mMediaRouteSelector = new MediaRouteSelector.Builder()
.addControlCategory(MediaControlIntent.CATEGORY_LIVE_AUDIO)
.addControlCategory(MediaControlIntent.CATEGORY_LIVE_VIDEO)
.addControlCategory(MediaControlIntent.CATEGORY_REMOTE_PLAYBACK)
.addControlCategory(CastMediaControlIntent.categoryForCast(CAST_APP_ID))
.build();
...
mMediaRouter.addCallback(mMediaRouteSelector, mMediaRouterCallback,
MediaRouter.CALLBACK_FLAG_REQUEST_DISCOVERY);
I have tried changing the callback flag also but saw no change.
EDIT:
I ended up creating a custom dialog factory for the router button and using a separate layout that includes a button that will send the user to wireless display settings. Not exactly the solution I was looking for but it appears that what I was actually trying to do is not supported.