IOBluetooth Rename JBL/UE Speaker - objective-c

I am currently building a massive Bluetooth control framework for Mac OS X in Objective C and I have included a rename method that can send a rename request (change advertised name) to compatible bluetooth devices.
For Example: Rename a JBL Speaker through the JBL Connect App or Rename a UE Speaker through the UE Boom app.
It would be awesome to learn how to do this.
For anyone who's not really sure but is smart with bluetooth, How do you think this would be accomplished? would it be in the SDP or in a service attribute or perhaps something in the Low Energy section? how would i do this.
Even if someone could get me the .ipa of the JBL Connect app that would be a massive help cause I could disassemble it and have a lil look inside see if theres anything i can learn.
Anyways thanks :D

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iPadOS USB Volume Control knob interaction programatically

I am working on a non-audio app for iOS and iPadOS and macOS. This question is specifically about iPadOS for now.
I purchased a generic "USB Volume Control" knob device. I am able to plug it into my (non M1) iPad Pro 12.9 and it does indeed control system volume (rotate), as well as things like rotate through tracks in the Music app (push and rotate), mute (push), etc. I have a second such device from another manufacturer on the way to test with as well.
What I'd really like to do is use it in a non-music context. To be able to capture the raw actions and interpret them in my app's subject domain (DCC model train control).
I have been able, on iPadOS but not iOS [as it doesn't have generic USB support as I understand it] to capture the volume changes by using AVAudioSession and KVO tracking the outputVolume property. I haven't yet figured out how to get the push and push-rotate yet but assume I just need to find the analogue functions in AVAudioSession or some other Apple class.
But I would rather not dink around with the Audio/Music classes and have to "re-purpose" them into my own control needs and was wondering if anyone knew of a way to be able to find and connect to the device and get the values directly.
As iPadOS now has pretty good generic USB support for all sorts of devices, I am hoping there is a way for me to provide service to/with/from those devices but I can't find information through normal internet searches. Poor Google-fu.
I looked at the External Accessory framework but my understanding is that only for MFi certified devices and my attempts to detect the devices have not worked as these are generic USB devices. (Unless there are generic protocols one can register for and make this work).
Thanks for any hints, pointers, admonishments, etc. RTFM is welcome if you tell me the M.

Utility like iFinBox and iExplorer for OS X

I want to make a Utility app like iFunBox and iExplorer for Mac OS X where i can retrieve information and files of connected device and display it.
Though i have good experience in iPhone Development, I have never developed anything for mac.Can anybody provide me good starting point from where i can start.
Thanks
There isn't a public API from Apple for working directly with iOS devices. There are open source solutions like libimobiledevice if you want to make an iFunBox style application.

AirPlay API for Mac OS X

Is there currently any API (public or private) that will allow a 3rd party Mac OS X application to stream audio to AirPlay receivers? Airfoil by Rogue Amoeba Software seems to be able to do this, same goes for Erica Sadun's AirFlick, but I was unable to find any source code that would demonstrate how to do this. Any pointers are appreciated!
Here is an open source ruby implementation. It's pretty straight forward. https://github.com/elcuervo/airplay
It turns out AirPlay audio streaming is possible as of OS X 10.8 using public APIs, but wasn't really documented anywhere. Joris Kluivers wrote a great blog post on how to get it going.
There are a couple of open-source RAOP players available; I haven't tried them, so I don't know if Apple has broken them since they were written.
Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) has added AirPlay support in the sound settings. The user can choose to send the local sound output to an AirPlay device. However, I don't think that you have access to any API within your app.
There are some libraries available to implement AirPlay, but know that Apple will reject your app if you try to publish it on the App Store. At least, that's what happened to me.
I wrote a node.js module to support AirPlay. Even if you don't use node, you can just pipe your audio data through stdin.
https://github.com/lperrin/node_airtunes/
I don't think it's available. At least not in versions prior to 10.7.
I'm guessing that Airfoil uses something like DVD John did a while ago when he cracked the Airport Express key payload. He released the code (C#) you should be able to find it but it's pretty cryptic.
I'm not aware of what AirFlick uses but you could always try pinging Erica, she usually shares her stuff.
Someone recently managed to obtain the AirPlay private key which allows you to have your program listed in the AirPlay menus on devices on your network.
You can read about it here. There is also an open source project linked from that page.
http://mafipulation.org/blagoblig/2011/04/08#shairport
Be aware that obviously any application you create will never be approved by apple and the private key could potentially be changed in a firmware/software update.

how to get notification of devices in the bluetooth range in objective c?

I am working on one application where i need to display notification for the devices in the bluetooth range. I surfed a lot also searched in the stack overflow,but got most of the questions unanswered or the solution to use pacifist,which is quite impossible for me,as i cant download old version of xcode,its not allowed in my organization.
So can anybody help me out with some sort of example code or something that i can use in my application and proceed further?
Thanking you.
-Sarah.
Is this for the Mac or for iOS? If it's the latter, I'm sorry to report that after having researched the heck out of it, there's no App-Store-safe way to access the Bluetooth stack. That leaves no way to detect nearby devices except through Gamekit, which is very limited.
[Edit: note that this is old information, and that much more is available now.]
Try Bonjour for zero-configuration networking/detection between devices. It silently switches between Bluetooth and WiFi but it may still suit your needs.

How to access device settings on a Sony Ericsson mobile phone?

Edited on April 29th, content changed
Hello everyone,
I recently bought a Sony Ericsson mobile phone and I would like to add a missing feature myself. In fact I cannot actually disable Internet connection in an easy way when roaming, which cost me a lot of money last time I moved away ... So I would like to develop a little application that would just replace the actual Internet configuration with a fake configuration to avoid auto-connections.
So what I would like to know is how can I access programmatically to my phone settings? I know that Sony Ericsson provides a SDK to run Java applications on its customised JVM. So what I am actually looking for is to know if they extended the J2ME functionality to fit their devices requirements.
This is not well documented so I am asking this question with the hope that someone here already had experience with development targeted for Sony Ericsson devices.
Thanks.
NB: This is a Sony Ericsson Elm which is based on the Sony Ericsson OS with SE Java Platform 8.5.
Edit: I accepted QuickRecipesOnSymbianOS answer as it gave me a clue on the only feature that could have helped me, but which is unfornatunately missing. The Sony Ericsson Java Platform is the only API I could use to develop real programs on my phone. But the JP-8.5 does not implement the JSR-307 package which could help me in managing APN. Thanks everyone for your help.
Well, I hope you got the great Vivaz phone, not the Satio.
In order to learn about Symbian OS C++, first go to the Foundation website.
Relevant plug: the latest introduction to Symbian OS C++ in book form is Quick Recipes on Symbian OS
For now, you won't find a better way than Symbian OS C++ to manipulate your handset access points.
JavaME simply doesn't have the correct APIs for this, at least not until JSR-307 is implemented.
I believe Qt isn't integrated quite tightly enough just yet either but that should change soon enough. Keep an eye on it.
Extending the Symbian Python runtime to do what you want would require some Symbian OS C++ anyway.
Yes you will need to use Symbian C++ to modify the CommDB, which holds the list of connections. It is quite painful to work with it directly, but there are some utility classes that can help you out. Take a look at CApSelect, CApDataHandler and CApAccessPointItem, all in the developer library.
And yes, these will work on all modern Symbian handsets, independent of brand.
Note: My answer below assumed it was about a symbian device. Since it was actually a J2me device none of the below applies
The easiest way to achieve what you want to do is probably to just remove all the "destinations" when you want to prevent auto connections. Otherwise the device will test each destination in turn until it finds one that works.
You can also set up your destinations so that they are not allowed to be used automatically. This setting must be done individually for each destination.
You can also group your destinations and set one of the groups to the default. If you set the default to an empty group you should not get any automatic connections.
Note that I have not tested any of these methods myself. When I roam I turn off automatic updates in the apps that use them. Some apps can even detect when you are roaming and avoid auto connects.
There are S60 apps available that improves the connection management of vanilla S60, but I do not know if any of them can help you with your problem.
If you are dead set on doing the programming yourself you have to use the C++ SDK for Symbian S60 available from Forum Nokia. Java ME does not allow you to manipulate the destinations of the device.
The Elm device should have (I haven't verified this) the access point API originally designed by Nokia. Not sure whether you can use it for the purpose you want though. The J2me developer guidelines available from developer.sonyericsson.com should have all the information you need.