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[APP] 6/12 NFC Task Launcher 3.6.1

I am consolidating threads. Maintaining several threads was getting to be too much. Please move to the new thread here with any new questions or comments: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34417369
Market Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jwsoft.nfcactionlauncher
Application Site: http://www.jwksoftware.com/
Screenshots: http://www.jwksoftware.com/screenshots
Where to get Tags?
http://www.jwksoftware.com/nfc-tags
Features:
NFC Task Launcher uses the NFC Hardware and RFID/NFC Tags to allow you to create tags several types of tags, including a custom "Task" tag that will automatically execute tasks when read. See Site for full feature list.
If you do use and enjoy the app it is up in the Market as a paid app. Any purchases / ratings are appreciated as I have put quite a few hours into this expanding it to fill requests for functionality.
Change log:
6/12 Version 3.6
- GPS (Root needed)
- Mobile Data (Root needed)
- Display Timeout
- Fixed Airplane mode bugs
- Precision timer
- New languages
- Cloud backup and restore
5/9 Version 3.4
- UI updates
- Added German, Spanish and Korean
- Removed Italian as it is out of date
- All tags now save to "Your Tags". Recent shows the 5 most recently used
- Changed Tag limiting to uniquely track switch tags
4/19 Version 3.3
3.3
- Added Google Places support in Latitude
- Added Navigate to address support
- Added Auto-rotation
- Added write lock option when writing
- Added size to vCards
- Added setting to pause after launching an app (for launching multiple apps or launching and then interacting)
- Added notification when tags save when hitting finish
- Updated Tasker integration (should fix issues with HTC One X)
- Enhanced debugging to make bug reports easier
- Fixed condition where tasks would stop executing when wifi changed
- Fixed reported crashes and typo
Full: http://www.jwksoftware.com/change-log
If you'd like to see some functionality added feel free to make a request.
The APK linked below is free of the license check of the Market version and is fully functional for 7 days.
http://goo.gl/xBBOU
For anyone who decides to purchase the app after using the APK attached to the thread - un-install the free version first otherwise the market installation may fail.
Here's a few videos I made for a current demo:
Tag Demos
Car Dock Demo

Awesome. I'm gonna have to research this. Off topic but how much do those tags cost?
My mind is racing with ideas.... oh no

player911 said:
Awesome. I'm gonna have to research this. Off topic but how much do those tags cost?
My mind is racing with ideas.... oh no
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They are pretty reasonable. If you check out the site I compiled a list of shops that I've tested. Usually $1.15 - 1.50 a piece for Ultralight C or Classic 1K tags.

Question for you guys with the nfc tags what have you done with them I like the idea of swiping my phone over a credit card scanner but what can be created with your own tags
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Can't wait to try this. Already ordered the starter pack from tagstand. Looks like an amazing app. Will definitely buy as soon as I get my phone = ]. Thanks for the hard work.

@krohnjw
Can these tags be pre-defined and written into the software?
Was just thinking, you could be onto a winner here.
Set your program to know whats tags are, so say put a tag for a store. When someone scans it with your app, it auto checks them in at whatever app they have installed

Evostance said:
@krohnjw
Can these tags be pre-defined and written into the software?
Was just thinking, you could be onto a winner here.
Set your program to know whats tags are, so say put a tag for a store. When someone scans it with your app, it auto checks them in at whatever app they have installed
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The instruction set is encoded on the tag. Any user with the app that scans the tag will see the same actions performed. It makes no calls back to any server or outside service.
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Ah ok, makes sense. How do you code the tag though?
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Evostance said:
Ah ok, makes sense. How do you code the tag though?
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It's fairly simple. I designed a basic syntax describing the actions to be taken and wrote a complementary parser for when the tags are read.

That's simply amazing. I knew the NFC would be a nice toy, but not that nice!
Does anyone know where to get some cheap tags in germany. Cheapest I found so far was ebay, but still around 2,50 EUR per tag (incl. shipping).

Atreus said:
That's simply amazing. I knew the NFC would be a nice toy, but not that nice!
Does anyone know where to get some cheap tags in germany. Cheapest I found so far was ebay, but still around 2,50 EUR per tag (incl. shipping).
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Did you check http://www.tagage.net/tagage-shop/ ?

I purchased these nfc tags which the seller has confirmed that they are in working order and bought the application. However, the app says that the nfc type is not supported. What's up with that?

drdino said:
I purchased these nfc tags which the seller has confirmed that they are in working order and bought the application. However, the app says that the nfc type is not supported. What's up with that?
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See the edited first post. Something in 4.0 changed and Mifare Ultralight, Ultralight C and Classic 1K tags are no longer reporting as NdefFormatable - so the functionality to format them TO NDEF is broken.
Essentially the NdefFormatable class verifies that the tag lists the tech before it will operate on them. As they no longer list that tech it refuses to do anything with them.
This affects all NFC Apps I've tried in the Market so far. If the tags are already formatted NDEF then they work without issue.
I've got a bug report open to see if I can get a response on this as well as a post on the dev group as it's not a listed change in the API changes anywhere from 3.0 up.
If you don't want to wait it out and want a refund let me know and I'll process it.

Its allright, seems like a decent app so I still want to explore the possibilities.

drdino said:
Its allright, seems like a decent app so I still want to explore the possibilities.
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There are shops that sell the tags pre formatted with NDEF - those will work. Anything that comes blank though currently will not.
As a curiosity I sent an email to NXP as well to see if they have any more information. I'd like to get this sorted sooner rather than later so hang in there

Can this app be set to do something when moved away from an NFC tag?
So say you put it in car dock and a tag turns on BT. But when removed its turns off BT
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Evostance said:
Can this app be set to do something when moved away from an NFC tag?
So say you put it in car dock and a tag turns on BT. But when removed its turns off BT
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No, there's no intent raised when the tag is moved out of range, only when it is detected.
It is reported in the logcat, but to do that you'd need to constantly be reading the logs and scanning for that (which would involve a read logs permission).

For all Europeans: I contacted tagage and their tags are not pre-formatted by default, but if you send them an email, they'll format your tags first.

Atreus said:
For all Europeans: I contacted tagage and their tags are not pre-formatted by default, but if you send them an email, they'll format your tags first.
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Most vendors don't pre-format their tags - so get in touch with them before/when your order for now to be sure.
Hopefully this is something that I can get an answer on, but I don't currently see a good workaround.

krohnjw said:
No, there's no intent raised when the tag is moved out of range, only when it is detected.
It is reported in the logcat, but to do that you'd need to constantly be reading the logs and scanning for that (which would involve a read logs permission).
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Can you put implement it as an option on each tag? That way we could enable it for a car tag only and not another tag etc.
If that makes sense?
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Inventory Management with NFC

I am an IT consultant and would like to figure out a way to log systems as they are visited for maintenance with NFC tags. I figure what better way than to simply put NFC tags in\on the machines and simply tap phone or tablet to it to log it as serviced. So here are my questions
Is there any way to program the tags with specific ID's for each system?
Is there software that will track these things?
What apps would be best for this kind of use?

I would love to know about this as well .
I know that u can use a phone with a bluethooth serial code reader and manage inventory that way...but NFC is much better in my opinion
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Inventory
I did this with QR and Bar codes although a bit archaic i would also like to explore this option further
nerdslogic said:
I am an IT consultant and would like to figure out a way to log systems as they are visited for maintenance with NFC tags. I figure what better way than to simply put NFC tags in\on the machines and simply tap phone or tablet to it to log it as serviced. So here are my questions
Is there any way to program the tags with specific ID's for each system?
Is there software that will track these things?
What apps would be best for this kind of use?
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rixking said:
I did this with QR and Bar codes although a bit archaic i would also like to explore this option further
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I'm no IT or inventory expert, but going along with your idea of QR codes, I did notice that the NXP TagWriter app has an option to convert QR codes into an NFC data set and store it on an NFC item. With that in mind, you could take your existing QR codes, scan and convert them into NFC tags. I'm not sure if scanning the tag would bring
I think another potential option is to store the barcode number as plain text, which can also be done within the NXP TagWriter app.
Note, you'll have to enable professional mode from the preferences before the QR and plain text options will appear.

nerdslogic said:
I am an IT consultant and would like to figure out a way to log systems as they are visited for maintenance with NFC tags. I figure what better way than to simply put NFC tags in\on the machines and simply tap phone or tablet to it to log it as serviced. So here are my questions
Is there any way to program the tags with specific ID's for each system?
Is there software that will track these things?
What apps would be best for this kind of use?
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i'm off the IT line for a long time already, php was the last thing i did. But some simple ideas pop-up. since its not out there, than built it sort of thing.
Is there any way to program the tags with specific ID's for each system?
yas, just use tagwriter and write tags with http address and an id at the end.
Is there software that will track these things?
local web server to catch input, ruby or php are simple enough. since you must have already registers an id for a tag for the job.
tags that have a web address and an id will be enough to do tracking. reports are printed from a computer anyway.
What apps would be best for this kind of use?
stock browser.
can do same thing with QR code.

[GUIDE] NFC-AAAC (NFC Assisted App Access and Control)

NFC-AAAC or NFC Assisted App Access and Control
Pretext:
I have 2 children under the age of 3, all of their content (audio/video) is digital accessed. This created a disconnection for them, as they are not able to play /change the content unless my wife or I change it for them. I know there is an interest for them to be able to change the content themselves as when we have Netflix or Pandora open on the touch enables screens they are all was trying to pick the show/music they like. The few places where they do have a physical medium to play content,
The DVD player/CD player (note we have it backed up digitally), there is much interest with the “desk”. The kids would love nothing more to remove and replace it over and over. Watching this behavior over some time has lead me to believe that a simpler solution would/could be doable.
This brings me to NFC tags, with a few add-on programs the NFC tag can be scripted to perform most complicated input tasks.
Goal:
To provide access to complicated tasks via NFC.
To allow a person of limited physical input abalaty to use smart phone tech.
This can include, the disabled, the young, the old.​ To allow access to tasks/apps while driving or when attention is needed other places.​
Current Scope:
Create tags for a radio station that can be quickly taped to change station/play album.
( Keeping the driver form looking at their phone while driving).​ Create tags that auto play Netflix/Amazon Prime/YouTube/Google +/etc videos.
This may include second screen casting​ Create tags to autolaunch/call via Skype/cell phones
Want to call grandma? Or have grandma get on Skype, etc.​ Create tags to attach to things around the house foods/shapes/flashcards etc.
When was this put in the fridge?
Send text to let people know the item is all gone etc.
What was this called.
Call support.​
Where I'm at:
I'm currently gathering URIs / intents for the tasks described.
I will be using a combination of the “NFC task launcher” and “Tasker” to complete the tasks.
I will be following up with more detailed guide on how to set up functions/tasks.​What I am looking for:
Help locating the URI / intents to call to complete tasks.
More tasks, Do have someone you know / you yourself finding something more complicated than it should be let me know and we can discuss how to fix.​

Current URI list
Note Most if not all the URIs are undocumented aka may stop working, I will try to keep the list up-to-date. Please let me know if any stop working.
Pandora:
Add/Play station: pandorav2:/createStation?stationId=<stationId>​
Netflix:
Play Tv Show: nflx://www.netflix.com/Browse?q=action%3Dplay%26movieid=http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles/series/<ShowID>​Play Movie: nflx://www.netflix.com/Browse?q=action%3Dplay%26movieid=http://api.netflix.com/catalog/titles/movies/<MovieID>​
Skype:
Audio Call User: skype:<SkypeUser>?call​Audio Call Phone / Moble: skype:<Phone#>?call​Video Call: skype:<SkypeUser>?call&video=true​
YouTube:
Play Video: vnd.youtube:<VideoID>​

Mmm, interesting.
Bye!
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interesting ... how did you discover the uri to launch apps with arguments?
I also used a custom URI and NFC Task Launcher to launch my app "Badge NFC" and store custom data inside the app database (look at my signature to get a playstore link) ...

furius said:
how did you discover the uri to launch apps with arguments?
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All of the custom URIs prefixes are in the apps manifest.
If I'm lucky I can simply type it into google and find someone else that's done the work, (to get the data argument)
If not I used JD-GUI to look over the source code to trace the Android Intent path and see what the app is looking for.
Another way is to see is if the app has a web app interface. Aka if I go to the web site or get a share link, does the app autolunch the content.
I was a little confused with your question, hope this answers it.
Thanks for the interest.

odwdinc said:
I was a little confused with your question, hope this answers it.
Thanks for the interest.
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Yes sure, that's what I was asking ... Cool!
I'll search in some of my favourite apps manifests to see if I can find something interesting ...
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Specific nfc app

Hello everybody
I was wondering if there is a nfc app which makes it possible to write on a nfc tag to connect to a specific wifi-connection.
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TeunowNL said:
Hello everybody
I was wondering if there is a nfc app which makes it possible to write on a nfc tag to connect to a specific wifi-connection.
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Yep, easy
Get NFC ReTag ...tap a tag ... name the tag....add activity "Add new SSID" (Wireless/Network) configure your SSID, Security and password and then use the Write option within the tag edit screen (action bar above) to write the activity on your tag.
Et voila, ssid and password written on your tag and everybody with nfc retag installed can easily connect to your network ....
Remark: Unfortunately, there is NO WAY to write a tag which doesn´t require an app to interpret the information, because Android (and the NFC specification!) doesn´t provide any native way to do this without an app installed... ... However, if someone without NFC ReTag installed, scans the tag, the tag will open Google Play and let the user download NFC ReTag (FREE version and less than 700kb).

Thanks! It works. I've been searching for an app like this one for so long
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So far, it looks like this is the app I was looking for as well. I wanted something more capable than Samsung's TecTile app and this seems to fit the bill.
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TeunowNL said:
Thanks! It works. I've been searching for an app like this one for so long
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So far, it looks like this is the app I was looking for as well. I wanted something more capable than Samsung's TecTile app and this seems to fit the bill.
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Hmm, you´re welcome .... and thanks for the wake up call ... either I should improve my marketing or you should improve your search skills ...:laugh:... NFC ReTag is currently the number 2 result within Google Play, if you search for "NFC"... ....but apparently a lot of people are not aware of it ....

NFC Retag was #4 when I just searched.
I particularly like that the app doesn't actually seem to write to the tag, it simply forms an association with its value that triggers my settings.
Samsung's TecTile app actually seems to change the tile's value. At least it seems this way when reading the tag first with NFC Retag, programming it with the TecTile app, and then reading it again with NFC Retag.
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liteon163 said:
NFC Retag was #4 when I just searched.
I particularly like that the app doesn't actually seem to write to the tag, it simply forms an association with its value that triggers my settings.
Samsung's TecTile app actually seems to change the tile's value. At least it seems this way when reading the tag first with NFC Retag, programming it with the TecTile app, and then reading it again with NFC Retag.
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Yep, the Google Play search rank is currently a bit unstable ... Goggle obviously had just changed their ranking algorithm and mess it up somehow ....seems that a lot of apps jumping 100+ ranks up and down several times a day ...so #4 is a setback, but it could be worse
However, yes NFC ReTag doesn´t write anything on the tag, unless you want it to do so
It´s designed to work with read-only tags,too...therefore it saves all your activities in an app internal database on your device....
BUT it also has some cool write features: e.g.:
- the write Activity tag option mentioned in post 2 (action bar; tag edit screen) --> writes a cycle on a tag ... and usually needs a lot less space on the tag than the TecTile app --> means more activities per tag ... and it´s perfect for sharing your wifi credentials ...
- the write "special NFC ReTag tag" option (more button) writes only some small dispatching information on the tag ....so it combines both concepts (written tag + database) --> bulletproof dispatching, best performance, cycles and unlimited number of activities ... if you have writeable tags, I would always recommend to write a special NFC ReTag tag ....
So with ReTag, you can use both concepts depending on your use-case, tag size, requirement, restriction or preference ....Hack, you can even beam your tag activities from one device to another device

Send UID in a HTTP request on Android

Hi!
I've been using a lot of NFC Apps on android, integrated to tasker, and it's working very nice
Now I need to integrate some tags with a web app i'm developing.
At this time I'm reading the nfc tags a Raspberry Pi with a Mifare reader module.
But I want to simplify this process using just a smartphone ...
Almost all the apps I tested, need to previous "register" a tag, and than bind some function to it. It isn't good to handle lots of tags.
I'm trying to find an app that just reads the tag id, and automatically sends its UID to a defined url using POST or GET request.
Somebody knows an app that does it ?