BluetoothConnection is a Bluecove-based application for sending files to nearby devices via Bluetooth technology.
Features
- This release supports several file formats among which are PNG, JPG, GIF, SVG, PDF, DOC, DOCX, and much more.
- This release is tested on Linux platform, specifically Opensuse Tumbleweed, but it should works on Windows as well.
Configuration and Installation
- Download
BluetoothConnection.zip
- Unpack
BluetoothConnection
directory and put it anywhere on your hard disk drive, for example:/home/BluetoothConnection
in Linux, orC:\BluetoothConnection
in Windows. - Move the
.jar
files contained inlib
directory to a specific directory of your hard disk drive.
In the case of Linux it is recommended to use the/usr/local/share/bluecove-2.1.0
directory. - Set the Bluecove environment variables in the
.bashrc
file of your local user as follows.
export BLUECOVE_HOME=/usr/local/share/bluecove-2.1.0
export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:.:$BLUECOVE_HOME/bluecove-2.1.0.jar:$BLUECOVE_HOME/bluecove-gpl-2.1.0.jar
Run the application
- Access the
BluetoothConnection
installation directory. - Launch the application typing
java -jar BluetoothServiceDiscovery.jar
Important: The aforementioned instructions are explained in a Linux context. If you use a different operating system you must adapt them to the corresponding environment.