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NFC & RFID on Android

Post by dave.kilroy » Wed Oct 30, 2013 3:54 pm

Hi all

Having done some research it looks like LiveCode can't access NFC on Android devices - pity

If I'm wrong and someone has developed a way to do this, please tell us about it!

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Re: NFC & RFID on Android

Post by Mark » Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:17 pm

Hi Dave,

It can be emulated with GPS and a server.

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Re: NFC & RFID on Android

Post by dave.kilroy » Wed Oct 30, 2013 10:51 pm

Hi Mark

If you mean the kind of thing I think you mean - then that won't work for the scenario I have in mind where an Android device could 'read' an RFID tag via NFC by waving the device over the tag within a range of 50mm - it's the local communication between the tag and the device I'm interested in...

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Re: NFC & RFID on Android

Post by Mark » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:08 pm

Hi Dave,

Right, that won't work. I was thinking about two devices, not a tag and a device.

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Re: NFC & RFID on Android

Post by dave.kilroy » Wed Oct 30, 2013 11:32 pm

Oh well thanks for confirming what I though - guess I'll make an entry for it in 'feature requests'

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