Enable bluetooth method is deprecated in Android API 33

[marllonfrizzo]

Hello!

After updating from version 3.2.1 to version 3.4.0, the enable method stopped working on Android API 33.

I noticed that this function was deprecated on Android API 33 and to activate Bluetooth programmatically, it is necessary to request user permission.

According to the documentation, for this request to work, an ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE Intent must be used. I have no experience with Android development, but checking the changes that occurred between versions 3.2.1 and 3.4.0, this PR #1232 possibly introduced the change that caused the reported problem as a side effect. By reverting this change for testing, the enable method works by opening a dialog for the user to provide this permission.

I believe that reverting is not a solution, since this change fixes other problems, but perhaps think of some other solution to work on Android API 33 or update the documentation regarding this.

Best regards!

[Rafaelbg107]

Hi!

At the meantime I found a workaround using expo-intent-launcher to access ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE.

Your enabler function should be like

const enableBT = async () => {
  if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
    try {
      startActivityAsync('android.bluetooth.adapter.action.REQUEST_ENABLE');
    } catch (error) {
      console.log(error)
    }
  }
}

At least while it is fixed.