In The Hand Ltd

NFC

  • NFC support for all Uri types

    In order to save a few bytes, there is a special mechanism used in Uri NFC tags where one byte is reserved to match with specific Uri prefixes. A value of zero means the following text contains the full Uri,… Continue reading

  • Writing NFC Tags in .NET

    I first added NFC code to 32feet.NET back in 2020. However, as other priorities came along it never got fully polished and released on NuGet. This year I finally got around to it and updated the code for .NET 8.0… Continue reading

  • Android deep-links and NFC

    Deep-linking is the ability to define a Url which will direct the user straight to a specific feature of your app. On Android these are called App-links, for iOS they tend to be called Universal links. These can be an… Continue reading

  • Introducing Charming NFC Share

    In my talk this week I demonstrated a simple library for sharing a single Uri over NFC. I’ve now completed packaging it up and it is available on NuGet – https://www.nuget.org/packages/InTheHand.Phone.Nfc/ This is a very simple component to use in… Continue reading

  • Resources from Bluetooth and NFC for Windows Phone and Beyond

    As promised here are the resources from yesterday’s session on Bluetooth and NFC. I’ve begun uploading the slides and code to this SkyDrive folder:- http://sdrv.ms/143OZD7 I have a few finishing touches to put on the sharing library for NFC –… Continue reading

  • NFC Text tags on WinRT

    To follow the last post I thought I would quickly round it off by looking at the code required to listen for tags on a Windows 8/RT device. Devices with NFC built in are like hens teeth but one such… Continue reading

  • NFC – Simple text tags on Windows Phone

    This article follows on from the last post on NFC to dig a little deeper on Windows Phone and Windows 8 (both of which share the same APIs for NFC). Requirement or just Capability In Windows Phone you have to… Continue reading

  • Cross Platform NFC

    NFC support in Windows Phone provides an exciting new way to add interactivity to apps and games. This series of posts will look at the state of NFC across the Windows and Android platforms. There are a number of standard… Continue reading