[BRLTTY] Latest brltty on android does not work

Peter Lecky peter.lecky at stopka.sk
Thu Mar 6 08:31:18 UTC 2025


Hello,

All works as described and here are outputs:

Android 14 (Samsung device):
03-06 09:12:51.037 23287 23287 W 
org.a11y.brltty.android.BrailleNotification: can't create foreground 
notification: Starting FGS with type connectedDevice 
callerApp=ProcessRecord{57b2413 23287:org.a11y.brltty.android/u0a357} 
targetSDK=34 requires permissions: all of the permissions allOf=true 
[android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE] any of the 
permissions allOf=false [android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE, 
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT, android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN, 
android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE, 
android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE, 
android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE, android.permission.NFC, 
android.permission.TRANSMIT_IR, android.permission.UWB_RANGING, USB 
Device, USB Accessory]


Android 16 (pixel 7):
03-06 09:26:56.446  9360  9360 W 
org.a11y.brltty.android.BrailleNotification: can't create foreground 
notification: Starting FGS with type connectedDevice 
callerApp=ProcessRecord{51cc2a7 9360:org.a11y.brltty.android/u0a318} 
targetSDK=34 requires permissions: all of the permissions allOf=true 
[android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_CONNECTED_DEVICE] any of the 
permissions allOf=false [android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISE, 
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECT, android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN, 
android.permission.CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE, 
android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE, 
android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATE, android.permission.NFC, 
android.permission.TRANSMIT_IR, android.permission.UWB_RANGING, 
android.permission.RANGING, USB Device, USB Accessory]

On 6. 3. 2025 0:02, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Peter Lecky on 2025/03/04 at 13:14 +0100]
>
> There's a new apk. This is how it should work:
>
> It should no longer crash when started without enabling Bluetooth connections. You shouldn't see the BRLTTY notification, and Settings should show Allow Bluetooth Connections.
>
> While BRLTTY is running, click on Allow Bluetooth Connections. That selection should then disappear from Settings, and you should now see the notification.
>
> When you start BRLTTY without having allowed Bluetooth connections yet, there should be a line in the log that says "can't create foreground notificatin". Please post its full text.
>
-- 
Peter Lecký Stopka n. o.


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