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The local Bluetooth address is no longer available on the Nexus 5X running Android 8.1. BluetoothAdapter#getAddress() returns the fake address 02:00:00:00:00:00, and Settings.Secure.getString(ctx, "bluetooth_address") returns null.

This means we can no longer include our Bluetooth address in the QR code when adding a contact. Instead we'll need to make the device temporarily discoverable, and indicate in the QR code that the contact should use discovery to find us. The contact will need the ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION permission for discovery.

The contact will need to store our Bluetooth address for future connection attempts. We don't currently have a way for plugins to store local per-contact information, but we can add one.