Re: [android-developers] Must Enable Location to use Bluetooth and WiFi Background Scanning: Android API 23 Hardware Identifiers Changes

Those BT and WiFi APIs are used to determine proximity between devices, i.e. location, so it's expected that they are also tied to location as a baseline. JBQ -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" QuéruMobile Excellence Architect, YahooSent from Yahoo Mail On Saturday, April 23, 2016 5:10 PM, Nancy G

[android-developers] Must Enable Location to use Bluetooth and WiFi Background Scanning: Android API 23 Hardware Identifiers Changes

According to the changelog : To provide users with greater data protection, starting in this release, > Android removes programmatic access to the device’s local hardware > identifier for