Near Field Communication with Android Cookbook

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Near Field Communication with Android Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Chapter 1. Getting Started with NFC

Introduction

Requesting NFC permissions

Indicating that your app uses NFC

Defining minimal requirements

Verifying whether the device has an NFC adapter

Downloading Open NFC Android Edition

Downloading Open NFC SDK Edition

Configuring the Open NFC Android add-on into your Android SDK

Configuring an NFC-enabled testing AVD

Configuring the Connection Center tool

Testing your app all together

Chapter 2. Detecting a Tag

Introduction

Understanding the foreground dispatch system

Understanding the tag dispatch system

Verifying if your app started because of an NFC intent

Filtering tags by their content type

Filtering tags by their content type programmatically

Filtering tags by their technology

Filtering tags by their technology using programs

Filtering URI tags

Chapter 3. Writing Tag Content

Introduction

Working with the NDEF record

Writing a URI-formatted record

Writing a text-formatted record

Using Android Application Record

Working with external types

Working with custom mimes

Chapter 4. Writing Tag Content – Real-life Examples

Introduction

Making a phone call with one tap – Part 1

Sending a predefined SMS – Part 1

Visiting our website

Leaving a (small) note – Part 1

Chapter 5. Reading Tag Content

Introduction

Obtaining NDEF Message from Intent

Getting the data out of the message

Reading a text-formatted record

Reading a URI-formatted record

Reading external types

Reading custom mimes

Chapter 6. Reading Tag Content – Real-life Examples

Introduction

Making a phone call with one tap – Part 2

Sending a predefined SMS – Part 2

Leaving a (small) note – Part 2

Getting the tag information

Chapter 7. Sharing Content across Devices

Introduction

Creating a basic peer-to-peer Hello World application

Sending texts to other devices

Sending a friend invite on Facebook

Inviting a friend to play a game – Part 1

Chapter 8. Error Handling and Content Validation

Introduction

Handling tag-writing errors

Handling tag-reading errors

Testing the tag data for integrity

Chapter 9. Extending NFC

Introduction

Turning other adapters on/off

Configuring a Wi-Fi network

Starting a Wi-Fi hotspot

Inviting a friend to play a game – Part 2

Controlling hotel room access with Arduino and NFC – Part 1

Controlling hotel room access with Arduino and NFC – Part 2

Chapter 10. Real-life Examples – NFC Utilities

Introduction

Creating multi-action tags

Choosing the best format for our data

Locking tags

Joking with a friend