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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drdino:
Its allright, seems like a decent app so I still want to explore the possibilities. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
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 :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
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
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
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).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Atreus:
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.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
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.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
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?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
From a capacity standpoint the most commonly available tags are the Mifare Classic 1K tags. However you can also find Desfire tags in 2K and 4K sizes that are NFC Forum type tags (the Classic 1K are not).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scuzzbag87:
Thanks

Gonna purchase some
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sparda:
Hi NFC-supplies,

I'm from Spain and am interested in placing an order.

Could you send me a MP with the 10% coupon?

thank you so much! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bullhonkie:
Thanks for a great app. Just picked up some tags recently and I'm in the process of setting up some home/car/work profiles.

I was wondering though, is it possible at all to close an application as an action? It'd save me from having to close a couple apps each time I leave the car.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] shanedroid:
Just a thought -

Is there anything that protects our phones from responding to NFC tags. This is just a wild example but say someone programmed a tag that made the browser go to a malacious website. As long as the screen is on and you were in range this would auto execute correct?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rman18:
Custom Tasks

What is the Custom Tasks field used for? Shell Commands? And does anyone have any good Custom Tasks that would be useful for the rest of us?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Closing an application, no. This was removed from the API as of 2.2 I believe so it has not been included.

As long as the screen is on and the device is unlocked. The range is literally 1-2 cm though. This seems like a rather unlikely scenario.

Custom Tasks is used to specific a specific activity to launch. Some packages have more than one activity that can be launched that will not get picked up when the package is queried for its main activity. This allows you to specify the specific activity to launch.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rman18:
Eek.. I don't get it... Its probably just me. Can you explain it like I'm six? Or use an example for me?

BTW I bought your app in the Market and I love it... Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Sure.

Each "app" you install is a collection of activities. When you click on the app icon the "main" activity is launched. Normally from there you navigate through the app and into the other activities as a result.

However, some apps have more than 1 launchable activity. These apps usually create multiple icons in the launcher. You can also directly launch some activities even if they don't have an icon.

Custom task allows you to specify a specific activity to launch in the form of packagename.activity. For example, Google Talk launches: com.google.android.talk.BuddyListCombo
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rman18:
AHHH - Now I get it... Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dakota0206:
Is it still necessary/recommended to purchase pre-formatted tags?

I appreciate the advice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droid_does:
check with whichever ROM you're running first

I think AOKP has the fix baked in; not sure though
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MontAlbert:
yes it does. confirmed working.

With the specific tasks can you set a certain shortcut (eg. how ADW and LPP allow you to search ithin apps for tasks that each does- eg. the flashlight app that opens to then turn on the flashlight- you cld put in the specific command to turn the torch on rather than to just open the app)?

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tjhart85:
4.0.3 based ROMs do not need them to be pre-formatted. The place I bought mine from wanted an extra $4 to pre-format them, so I took the chance and can confirm that on the 2-3 ROMs I've tested since I got the tags, it works fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lynseyw:
When checking into Lattitude it goes to a black screen. Once the back button is pressed it goes back to the launcher screen. Anyway to fix this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Did you store the oAuth credentials yet? Does it successfully check in?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] machiz7888:
Accidentally posted this under the galaxy S forum:

Is there anyway to use Tasker/ Secure Settings (link http://www.reddit.com/r/tasker/comme...and_other_fun/) to make a decent NFC activated gps toggle?

I've got it so gps will turn on if maps is on and off when its off, but its not a fast enough toggle to turn on before Navigation asks to turn gps on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lynseyw:
Uh no? How do I do that?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] versd:
is this application able to read rfid cards and write the data to a single card? I'm sick of carrying 4-5 rfid cards, it would be great to combine them all onto one! especially if that one sticker card will fit inside the back cover of my nexus!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sblantipodi:
What app?

Is there an app to change profile using nfc chip?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
When it launches the first time it will prompt for a login (the standard oAuth do you want to allow this app access to XYZ) and cache those credentials. I see now that I get the same black screen with no prompt to enter the credentials. I'll see if I can track down why (maybe an oAuth change in ICS) and get it fixed for the next release.

I am going to assume he means the app that this entire thread is dedicated to ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Stringar:
Has anyone figured out a way to have one sticker set multiple alarms in the stock alarm/clock app? I have tried using the alarm set option in NFC task launcher and tried using Tasker to do it as well. The problem is both ways just set the first alarm and nothing happens for the other alarms I tried to program.

Thanks

Stringar
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dmonzel:
This is the perfect application! Thanks to Verizon shipping an inferior car dock, NFC Task Launcher has helped me turn my dock into what it should be. Pop the phone in, and it launches Car Home, turns on bluetooth, disables wifi, and adjusts some volume settings.

Thank you very much for making this possible!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garysargent:
Just a tip here - some of you seem to have say one card to turn wifi on when you enter your home, and another to turn it off when you leave.

You don't need this! You only need the card to turn wifi on. Tasker can detect the event when you disconnect from wifi and you can then turn wifi off.

Likewise in a car dock if you're using a card to turn bluetooth on and connect to your car, you can use Tasker to detect when the bluetooth connection disconnects (ie you move away from your car) and it can disable bluetooth.

Using other triggers like these you don't need an "exit" card, or the ability to detect that the trigger card is no longer present.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akellar:
You assume everyone has tasker...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ranova:
so I've read that 4.0.2 has a NFC write bug, I'm still on 4.0.1 GSM, does it also have the bug or am I good to go for writing on blank NFC stickers?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
The bug was not fixed until 4.0.3. If you are running anything > 2.3.7 and < 4.0.3 then I'd get formatted tags. I can confirm it exists on 4.0.1 and 4.0.2. I can't speak to 4.0 ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sophware:
You can also setup the tag as a "profile" tag, which will make it alternate between one set of responses and another. If the last thing you did was check in at home, the next interaction will be treated as you leaving. This has two benefits immediately apparent to me: 1) one tag only 2) good for those who prefer to manually initiate the action (not just turn off wifi if I go out to get the paper, etc.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Redflea:
Just created a Profile Tag to set my phone in night mode, and then return to day mode. While I'm waiting to get a real dock, I've worked out a temporary solution. :)

Tap tag to go into night mode and drop phone into dock. In the am, lift phone up and tap tag to return to day mode. Sweet...love this app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] itsjusttim:
Excellent! Haha legos are so useful.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sophware:
Awesome. Totally copied you (with less style): http://www.imgur.com/m8NMu.jpg

What apps/tasks did you make part of each mode?

Night = Some clock? vibrate only?

Day = regular ring? any app?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madmak:
Thanks for a great app. Got some tags today and it works flawlessly. things I'd love to see this get even better

GPS toggle - would love to turn this off when indoors

Brightness control

Integration with Llama

And this might be a request more to a ROM/Kernel dev - ability to use this when the screen is locked or off (this might be asking for too much)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akellar:
-I believe he already said GPS can't be done because of the way Android has programmed the GPS setup.

-Brightness control I don't really understand what you would want to do? If you already have the screen on (I assume you do or why do you care what the brightness is?) just adjust the brightness.

-AFAIK NFC isn't active unless the screen is on and the phone's unlocked. Not sure if this is anything that can be changed but regardless it wouldn't be changed at the app level.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rman18:
Is a 4G toggle and brightness control possible?

I know you said GPS isn't possible... what about the other location services?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akellar:
First off just want to make sure it's clear that I'm not speaking for the OP and he very well could tell me I'm wrong. I know he was looking at making LTE on/off an option if it can be done. I still don't understand what you mean by brightness control though? How would you use that with NFC? Maybe I'm just not seeing the idea.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] qsec:
Which is that clock app?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jbdan:
For example: setting a car profile, to turn on BT, turn off WIFI, change ringtones and volumes, and set brightness to max. Also maybe something like a screen timeout change as well. All of those BUT the display settings can be achieved presently.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DroidSloth:
Like jbdan said, I like to turn up the brightness when I'm outside driving (unless its at night, so maybe I could use tasker to only do this at certain times of day, or just set it to auto bright), and have the brightness lower when I'm in my house or office, or extremely low when I tag my nightstand at bedtime. I know this can just be done manually once the screen is on for NFC scanning, but the whole point of this app is automation, so it would be wonderful to add this as another aspect of my phone I could automatically control.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dawgpound6985:
Thanks for this app! I was also looking for Automated Brightness control as well. When I'm at home I usually set my display to 30-40%. In my car, I like to make it Max. I hate AutoBrightness as its sometimes too slow to adapt or doesn't get the correct values I want. Would be nice for this app to allow automation of the brightness to a set value for each profile/nfc tag we choose.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Brightness is something that is on the list to add. I'm pretty swamped right now with my actual job and no one likes to write code for 10+ hours a day every day, so it may take a bit of time. It is on the list though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dawgpound6985:
One more request if its not too much as I understand it takes a while to code these things and test. Would it possible to add in Autorotation control as well. I like to disable Autorotation for a good portion of my day. If I dock my car, I would like to enable Autorotation automatically with my Car Profile and then disable it when I use my Home or other profiles, etc. Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
I'll take a look and see if it's part of the API.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bushbrother:
NFCDog

Just thought I would post here to give the guys at www.nfcdog.com some kudos. I ordered a few of the 1K NFC stickers to play with my Nexus. I noted that my order was #100 and cheekily asked if I had won a prize.

They have thrown in a free anti-metal tag too :)

Nice easy order process via Paypal too. I look forward to messing with them :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bananebieger:
Hey there, I am a newb with this NFC and Tag stuff but I want to know something.

If I can assign a task or whatever to this tag and "program" it with an app... can other guys that have this app too do the same?

Reprogram them or something like that? Or am I the only one that is allowed to program them?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Anyone can program the tag unless it is locked when written. With this app the command set is encoded on the tag, so any device that reads the tag will perform the same set of actions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3Shirts:
Hi, sorry this is a bit off topic but does anyone know which audio file is the one that launches when ICS reads an NFC tag. I want to replace it with a silent one but I can't find it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidukfl:
is there any reason data toggle isn't available? or has that feature just not been added yet?

I'd love to be able to turn off data at night while I'm sleeping
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
I believe this is a protected API - so the app would need to be in /system/app or signed with release keys. I can easily test it, but I am pretty sure it's restricted. It's not part of the public API, but can be reached via reflection.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidukfl:
alright cool. It'd be a sweet addition, and I don't think many people would mind installing the app to system if necessary.

thanks :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
The larger problem is restricting it with market distribution. I might end up with a few "plugin" apks that you can manually push to /system/app and leverage with the app (just dynamically show up if they are in the PM) for data / gps connections.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidukfl:
yeh that's a pretty good idea. It's not like the plugin apks would work without the main APK which you have to buy from the market.

Even better would be packaging a plugin apk into a flashable zip to make the install even easier. Pushing to system with adb or root explorer isn't difficult, but I'm sure someone would find a way to screw it up :rolleyes:. So the easier you can make the install the better
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wljohnson05:
Is there a way to have it play an audio file as one of the tasks? I imagine you can do it with the launch custom task thing, but I don't know what the command would be. Basically I created audio files that are spoken when the tag is activated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wljohnson05:
No one knows if this is possible?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mjb413:
With tasker you can set a task with media- music play. You can set the tasked task linked to the nfc tag. I don't believe it is possible with nfc task launcher alone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wethead4:
so has everything been fixed in terms of tag usability with android 4.0.3? I saw the disclaimer in the first post about using preformatted tags. Has this been fixed?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
In 4.0.3 you can format blank NDEF tags - that bug was fixed. However 4.0.3 has not OTA'd yet (it is in AOSP). So you need to be running a custom rom or AOSP to have 4.0.3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wethead4:
Cool, yea I'm rooted with AOKP so i think i'm good there. Is there any recommendation for which type of tag to get? i've got an outdoor type 2 and type 2 ultra light C in my cart right now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
I would generally not get the Ultralight tags just because they have very limited capacity (if you ever want to launch an app or something like that). The Ultralight C tags are a very good size for the money.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wethead4:
A little confused, you say you wouldn't get ultralight tags b/c of the limited capacity, but then you say ultralight C are good for the money? ultralight and ultralight C are different?

WOuld you go with the mifare classic sticker then? are they compatible with the galaxy nexus?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Yes. Ultralight = 48 bytes of memory. Ultralight C = 144 bytes.

Mifare Classic tags work fine with the GN, but they technically aren't NFC Forum type tags and aren't guaranteed to work with all devices in the future (Blackberries don't work very well with them for example).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wljohnson05:
That sucks. I imagine there has to be a command in custom command that says to play a certain file. If not that would be a great addition to the app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davidukfl:
so do you think data toggle is something you're going to do?

If not I'm gonna set up tasker to do data toggle, but if it's something you're gonna add then I'll hold out and wait for your app to support it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
In the future most likely, but not in the next few weeks in all likelihood.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wethead4:
Is there a way to program the galaxy nexus nfc to replace my key fob that opens the front gate?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bushbrother:
If your key fob is not protected and lets you read all the data out of it then I guess not. You would need to have some kind of "app" to send the data though ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wethead4:
You mean to the gate box? I know there is a txt file that that has the fob info
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vwdriver67:
is there any issue with extended 2100mah battery that i got from verizon for my galaxy nexus not working with your app or tagstand nfc tags??

running AOSP milestone 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] URPREY:
Working fine on mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vwdriver67:
is your phone being picky on when and if it scans the NFC tags? I can get it to work most of the time with the stock battery but with the extended im lucky if i get it to work 1 out of 5 times
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] URPREY:
Mine works fine every time. It might be the tags - some of the tags are weaker than others.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vwdriver67:
ya I thought about that and have been testing it out with 3 different type of tags i got. Where did you pick up your tags from?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] URPREY:
Mine came from tagsfordroid.com
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manekineko:
Is there a way to have a task boot me out to the home screen?

I have a profile app so that the first half of it opens up my clock. On the second half I'd like it to take me back out to the home screen.

If it makes a difference, I have a Galaxy S2 and am using the built-in TouchWiz launcher.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] StuMcBill:
I have tried to install the app from the market, I have uninstalled the free version, however, it is showing as "Purchased" in Android Market and whenever I try to download it it tells me I can't because I havent paid for it?

Is there anyway I can reset the Purchased Status? I have tried clearing Market data.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mobilehavoc:
I just bought the app to use with tags I bought and it works great. Does anyone know if this app interferes in anyway with Google Wallet? I haven't had a chance to check. Do they coexist without an issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
I would suggest emailing the developer and explaining the situation to him/her. Then maybe forward the confirmation email if they ask?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dawgpound6985:
Google Wallet works fine. Made a transaction today and the NFC tags are still working no problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nonameduck:
Does anybody else using CyanogenMod have trouble reading tags? I'm using "Outdoor Type 2 NFC Sticker (PVC) - Circle (30mm diameter)" from tagstand, and my phone doesn't detect them at all. They work fine with my Nexus S. I know NFC works on my phone because Google Wallet and Android Beam work perfectly. If I go back to stock Android, my phone can read the tags perfectly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] OSully:
How are you guys getting your brightness level to change? I set up a tasker profile to do it but it doesn't seem to work. :confused:

I know its activating it but the effect does not take place. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ejkeebler:
I'm having the same problem, I thought maybe it had to do with me activating Car Home and it changing the brightness, but now I may have to revisit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manekineko:
FYI, ran into a bug where my Saved Tags database got corrupted and was causing NFC Task Launcher to force-close.

I initially discovered it because NFC Task Launcher was force-closing whenever I tapped one of the tags that I had previously saved with a profile.

I then found when I opened up NFC Task Launcher myself, that everything seemed to work except for tasks involving the Saved Tags database, such as clicking Load Saved Tag, which would cause force-closes.

Restarting my phone did not fix this, nor did clearing NFC Task Launcher's data, which I found surprising.

However, after uninstalling and reinstalling, all seems to be well again with everything working smoothly.

Sadly, this means I have to re-create all my profiles. Maybe the ability to save profiles to file and back them up/share them would be a good feature for the future?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Odd, as that database is literally just stores rows of: [id] [name] [command string]

Profiles will be encoded on the tags entirely with the next update.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] OSully:
Itd be awesome if you could add brightness to the options. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kyoteqwik:
Alarm clock toggle on/off would be great too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vacuum007:
Hi,

Would it be technically possible to assign tasks to a given tags "signature" instead of writing the instructions to the tag? I don't have writable tags, yet, but a lot of dedicated nfc cards I don't really use and could use to trigger actions.

Cheers

Simon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muml:
I bought the full version of the App and it's really great.

But an option to toggle the usb debugging unfortunatly is missing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Is this something people actually toggle with any frequency?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manekineko:
So no way to do this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] runandhide05:
I just have it launch my launcher app. I'm on galaxy nexus using nova lanucher, so on my profile the second tap just launches nova and returns me to homescreen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manekineko:
My database has just corrupted itself in the exact same way again. Any attempt to view saved tags force closes NFC Task Launcher.

Is there anything I could send you that you'd like to see to help debug this, or is this pretty much moot at this point anyway?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] muml:
i think so. On my desire hd it was always on, now with the galaxy nexus, there were some issues with the mtp connection. I would like to put a toggle tag on my notebook
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
If you can try to grab a logcat I'd appreciate it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manekineko:
Here ya go:

http://pastebin.com/AANNgqaf
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Odd - What are the odds you can recreate this?