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To be able to write to an NFC tag / sticker you will require an Android mobile that has NFC capability, an iPhone that is 7 or newer or a USB read/writer. Android and iPhone are very simple as there are many applications available that can ne used to write instructions to an NFC tag or sticker - most of which are free unless yuo need some of the more advanced features We do sell a range of USB reader and writer that attaches to a PC or MAC using a USB - see below some recomended products.
Here are some examples to get you started:
Google Play: NXP TagWriter
Apple Store: NXP TagWriter
Provided by NXP the same supplier of the NTAG range of chips that we supply
February 05, 2024 -
One difference between Android and iPhone is that when an NFC tag is tapped that contains a URL it will bring up the URL in your default browser on Android, but with an iPhone you get an extra prompt from Safari asking if you wish to open the URL. This is not such a nice look, but since IOS 14 as a developer you can create an App Clip which is a small applet and if it is asscoiated with a URL. The user gets a neat dialogue with a picture and options for next such as open on a browser or open the app.
We have seen clients using this when we test tags we have encoded for them and it really does make such a difference to the user experience.
Worth looking in to if you have your own application on IOS. The developer documentation can be found here: CLICK HERE
Android has a similar capabilty and works via the URL, so it is possible to encode with a URL works on both Android and IOS with a neat look.
February 05, 2024 -
It would seem we have many more clients using NFC Automation on their iPhones these days and it would seem to be fragile. Linking the automation to the NFC tag seems fine, but when you try to tap a tag it sometimes works and other times it does not. Once it stops working it is difficult to get it working again. We have proved many times that using the tag and iPhone without the automation works fine and looking online there many posts about issues. So be aware of this if you hit issues. An example of a post is here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/shortcuts/comments/pzgdf3/im_having_a_problem_with_automations_set_to/
Some fixes mentioned are to reboot the phone and also to delete and reinstate the NFC Automation - but will not always fix the problem that seems a little gremlin!
If you use a standard app like NFC Tools and just read the tag you can prove to
February 05, 2024 -
NFC Tag / Stickers - things to know and comparison between iPhone and Android compatibility
Last updated: 5th February 2024
General
We have started this document and will add to it over time so that when you are using the NFC tags you can understand what will and wont work on a tag when you need it to work with the iPhone using IOS or with an Android mobile with NFC Capability.
Compared to Android mobiles, when using NFC the iPhone is very restricted with the data that it accepts and will process natively without an application. The reality is that the only data an iPhone can handle is a URL and that URL must not have a Description field added.
WIFI
You can write to an NFC tag / sticker with WIFI credentials using one of the major apps available, for example NFC Tools or NFC TagWriter, and while this suggests that they will work on iPhone and Android, this is not the case. You can write to a tag using
February 05, 2024
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