Profiles: Message Access Profile (MAP)

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Not really an issue, but I couldn't find another way to contact you regarding 
the work you have done here. I come to you here from the WebOS community, where 
we have a wonderful (cheap) tablet called the TouchPad that a few hundred 
thousand people just picked up over the last few days. Many of us, had 
abandoned the WebOS smart phones of 2 years ago and in my case picked up an 
Iphone.

One of the beautiful features of the TouchPad and WebOS is that when paired 
with another WebOS phone, the TouchPad can be used to answer phone calls and 
text messages from the phone. I.E. Phone on the charger across the room, 
browsing the internet on your TouchPad and your friend sends a text, it pops up 
in the chat client of the TouchPad for you to reply to. We have been able to 
make this work with non-webOS phones, but most cases only phone calls work and 
not text messages. For the many Iphone users out there, we are to assume it is 
due to the lack of the MAP Bluetooth profile on the iphone. 

I have an iphone and would love to be able to use it with my TouchPad. Is 
implementation of MAP something that is possible with BtStack?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by michaelp...@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2011 at 1:00

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If MAP is about providing remote access to the phone's text messages over a 
standardized protocol, it should be rather easy to implement (in general). 
Also, the iOS APIs for text messages are either open or well used by the 
community. So, yes, MAP is clearly possible, but someone would need to do it. :)

Have a look at the specification which should be on 
https://www.bluetooth.org/Technical/Specifications/adopted.htm

If you decide to get started with this, you may join the BTstack Developer 
maliing list (a Google Group).

Original comment by matthias.ringwald@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2011 at 6:22

• Changed title: Profiles: Message Access Profile (MAP)
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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The spec is here: 
https://www.bluetooth.org/DocMan/handlers/DownloadDoc.ashx?doc_id=215400

It uses a simple protocol on top of OBEX. OBEX is a protocol similar to HTTP on 
top of RFCOMM, which is supported by BTstack. So a minimal OBEX implementation 
is needed as well. 

MAP reminds me on rSAP, please check out "issue" 32, it might be related. 

Original comment by matthias.ringwald@gmail.com on 2 Sep 2011 at 6:38

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A MAP on my iPhone 4S would be great for use with my BMW's office feature. 
There are thousands of people out there looking for a solution for their BMW 
Office and Ford Sync systems. This might give them a reason to jailbreak if 
they haven't already. Some people even buy a blackberry on an additional line 
just to use this feature in the car.

Original comment by sims5...@gmail.com on 11 Feb 2012 at 8:49

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I'm also really anxious to get this. This would be great to have in my car 
(even moreso if it would integrate with other messaging apps like Facebook, IM 
apps, etc.), and I'd gladly pay for it. 

Original comment by adamsgui...@gmail.com on 27 May 2012 at 1:41

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Apple announced at WWDC that in iOS 6, notification center (so all apps that 
post notifications) will be posted to a Bluetooth device using MAP over OBEX.

So adding MAP support to BTstack would be a very good thing.

Original comment by j...@netgate.com on 19 Jun 2012 at 1:07

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Thanks, I know and will add it to the iPhone wiki page.

It doesn't get easier to implement MAP on top of BTstack when Apple adds it to 
the official stack. If anything, it gets harder as the business case for 
implementing MAP vanished (got "Sherlocked"/"Steve'd".)

Original comment by matthias.ringwald@gmail.com on 19 Jun 2012 at 7:51

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Issue 162 has been merged into this issue.

Original comment by matthias.ringwald@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2014 at 7:45