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Probably a cleanout (which means it probably should not have been tiled over) You can get a dressier "flush cover" to allow access to it without being that much of an eyesore.

Given your question, you have to move the drain. You cannot put the drain hose in the wall and pass plumbing code. It's not suitable for installation in a wall. … Thus, you need to move the drain using proper pipe, properly installed for the purpose. …

There absolutely must be an access panel over the vent location large enough to replace it, so buy one, reference the picture, and cut a hole to put it in. Not impressed with your plumber (this should …

You can't increase to 2" pipe unless you increase all the downstream drain pipe to 2" until it joins 2" or larger pipe. The vent itself could probably remain at 1-1/2." … But it's almost certainly easier to add a dry vent arm into the cross drain. …

Because the standard tub drain has a sharp right-angle T junction where the overflow and tub drain meet (this is also where the stopper is located if the stopper is operated by a lever on the overflow … plate, as opposed to an in-the-tub stopper or rubber stopper over the drain.) …

You'll need to cut the hole for the drain properly if, as it appears, it's not really matching the hole in the pipe. …

That is a bone stock "bell-trap" floor drain. …

A Trap Filler AKA Trap Primer and/or a floor drain seal may also be required to protect the trap seal. https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IPC2018/chapter-10-traps,-interceptors-and-separators#IPC2018_Ch10 …

So, shut off supply, open hot taps, drain both, turn on the supply to flush the first, close the drain on the first, let the first fill until it runs into the second, flush the second, close the drain …

You can keep beating on your drain connection until you break something, or stop - your choice. …

It's preventing air movement through the drain pipe. … So, it's doing exactly what you understand, but your understanding was perhaps limited to the case of "sewer gas" while in this case that's handled beyond the air-gapped drain, and the "gas" being prevented …

A trap adapter, which you can get in PVC-glue or threaded flavors for the end that connects to the drain. …

Try cleaning it... It probably won't be pretty. Standard tub stoppers collect hair and get rather vile. Pushing down on the lever is raising the stopper higher, giving more space around the hair clog, …

Chisel out some concrete around the pipe, add a coupling and more pipe. That is very easy within 24-48 hours of pouring it, as it's quite weak, having not cured yet (set and cured are different things …

Look at "circuit venting" in the IPC (or your applicable code - IPC is conveniently available on-line.) There are multiple acceptable ways to get this done. You don't need an individual vent riser for …