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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eventnick:
What does the setting " Disable limiting of Profile Tags" do?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xoxoJI:
If somebody in Latvia want to get Tags, I have found local seller. Probably he could deliver Tags in nearest countries also. You can ask him directly by e-mail: vik188@inbox.lv, or visit web page http://www.uzlimepats.lv/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
3.1 up on the market

- Completely new UI

- Improved saved tasks (creation and management)

- Improved switch tag creation (formerly profiles)

- Custom licensing policy to address former issues with LVL

- Improved dialogs when writing

- Added NTAG203 detection for Gingerbread

- Switch tags now separate from one off tags when using rate limiting

- Fixed bugs with tag names containing invalid characters

- Added analytics (opt out in preferences)

- Free link up in the OP as a 7 day trial (fully functional)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pjjanak:
I love the look and feel of the new app and having the list of already existing tags on the home page was great. The only thing I don't like is the naming of the 'Write Tag' button on the home page. I couldn't figure out how to create a new anything, and eventually I decided to click on the 'Write Tag' button. That, of course, brought me to the menu with new tag, switch, etc. The wording on that button could probably be a little better....

Other than that, this just keeps getting better :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Looks like the issue with NDEF Formatting will be fixed in the next release: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22258&thanks=22258&ts=1322236730
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tehsam:
does tagstand automatically ship all stickers NDEF pre-formatted? or do you need to email it as a special request?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
I believe that by default all are encoded with a tagstand URL.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tehsam:
thanks for the quick reply- looking forward to trying this app out when my nexus and tags arrive.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
So has anyone in the UK been able to get some tags which are writable and work with the Nexus and this app?

If so, where'd you get them from?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Any tags that are pre-formated should work. Tagage will pre-format if you ask them. Tagstand will ship to the UK and they pre-format.

We did get some confirmation that this will be fixed in the "next maintenance release" but it's unknown when that will be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kwazi:
yea, I emailed them about it and they said its pre-formatted so shouldn't be an issue. Mine shipped out recently so can't wait :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Fred23:
I bought some on eBay from nfc-supplies and he offered to format them. He's recently joined xda (same name) and commented on another nfc thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Excellent :) might order some later
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tehsam:
just got my tags and the app seems to be working great...awesome stuff!!

Is there any way to enable reading tags with the device locked? I thought I remembered reading somewhere that you only need to have the screen on to read tags, but it seems that I need to swipe to unlock before anything will happen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] watso4183:
Would the tags from TagsForDroid.com work?

They're pretty awesome looking compared the the blank white squares...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Where'd you get them from?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Looks like no. On <=2.3.7 the tags would read if the screen was on (an intent would be dispatched indicating a tag was found). It's not a setting, it's just how it works. This no longer occurs in ICS. The device must be unlocked before NFC is functional.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Murdock_infected:
do the mifare tags work also?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Mifare tags work fine (Classic 1K, Ultralight, Ultralight C). Just get them pre-formatted NDEF if you purchase them right now as the Galaxy Nexus won't format them using the NdefFormatable class (this will be fixed).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tehsam:
I got mine from tagstand. Just ordered the "hobbyist" kit for $15. I ordered last Wednesday night and received them yesterday (tuesday).

I believe they come pre-formatted, but I emailed their customer service address specifically asking for it. They responded saying it was no problem and the tags are working with no issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nckhawk:
Galaxy S w/ Android 2.3.4 Doesn't Work

Purchased NFC Task Launcher last night for testing on a UK version of the Samsung Galaxy S with what I believe is the latest ICS. The app does not recognize any tags. I would classify this as a major problem if I were Google. They do not appear to be in a big hurry to fix this. Any ideas on how to turn up the heat?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
The Galaxy S doesn't have an NFC radio - perhaps the SII?

Either one of two things is happening. Either the tags aren't compatible or they are not NDEF formatted. If it's the latter it's fixed and should roll with the next Maintenance Release according to Google. If it's the former there's nothing to be fixed.

Specifically what tags did your purchase?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nckhawk:
Thank you for the quick response. The phone model # is GT-i9020A and while the onboard model number just says S, it has NFC management w/ NFC enabled. The phone is thru a NFC test lab so I'm pretty sure it has a radio that is working. The tags (I have just about everything they sell) came from gototags.com and work well with their Windows app and the ACR122 reader.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Nexus S, not Galaxy S :) Specifically the Nexus S for 850/1900 Mhz

The tags you got should likely work fine. The larger issue is that they may not be formatted NDEF. ICS has an issue right now where it does not enumerate the NdefFormatable tech for blank tags, and as a result won't format them NDEF. As Android does everything leveraging the NDEF format this makes them not work until formatted NDEF by another means.

With that being said, you should be able to format them using the Gototags windows software (create a Text, URL, URI tag) and then use them on the Nexus S.

Now, there is another point here to be considered; NFC on an ICS build. So the i9020a didn't get updated to 2.3.7 (Which updated the firmware on the NFC chip). ICS builds require this updated firmware, but do not perform the update.

If the ICS build was installed over an old 2.3.6 build (the latest build for the i9020a) NFC will likely not work. Check under the settings and see if NFC will even enable. If it won't you can fix this by flashing any 2.3.7 ROM, letting it boot and upgrade the firmware in the process, and then re-flashing the ICS rom.

If it does enable then it should read any tags formatted in the gototags windows app at the very least (as those will be NDEF).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
True, "Create Tag" or something of that natures may be better there. Thanks for the feedback :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NLatuny:
Hi, I'm new with the NFC tags. I just got my samsung galaxy nexus but I'm really interested into using NFC tags to create different profiles. For example a tag for when coming home or a tag for entering my car and not having to change the 'state' of my phone.

So I did a little research and I think/hope I figured it out. I'm I right when I say I can buy the following NFC tags http://www.tagstand.com/products/type-2-nfc-token-laundry-ultralight-c-circle-30mm and set the different profiles the way I like through the NFC Task Launcher app?

Also the tags are 144 bytes, I don't have an understanding about how much this is. I mean I know how much a byte is compare to a KB or MB, but I don't know if it's enough to program the different profiles I want to use.... So second question is how much can be programmed to set the different profiles? Of course 1 profile on 1 NFC tag

Third questions is, is it possible to set 2 profiles on 1 NFC Tag? I saw something like 1 time touching the tag set profile A and touching it the 2nd time will set profile B....

Thank you very much in advance! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Those will work fine. How much can be programmed depends entirely on what you want to program. *Most* operations take 4-5 bytes. There are a few things that take a variable amount of space: configuring a wifi network, launching an app or activity, launching a URL. Those take user input and have to store it on the tag so it has to store those characters.

Switch tags (formerly profile tags) allow you to define two tasks on a single tag. The first time the tag is read it will perform the first Tasks, the second time it will perform the second.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NLatuny:
Thnx krohnjw,

Still have these final questions... I read in the first post of this Thread that I need to buy a pre formated tag, because the Galaxy Nexus could have some problems otherwise. I'm guessing 'NDEF Formatted' will good?

Could you give me an indication of how many bytes launching an app will take? more than 20? 40?

And if also just switching my wifi/bluetooth on or off will also take more then 4-5 bytes? because the configuration is already set. Just manually switching them on is enough right now to connect.

Thank you again so much!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Yeah. You can also get them blank and use NXP's Tag Writer to format them to NDEF (they updated their app to manually format Mifare based tags).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NLatuny:
Ah you're so fast :p I updated my post, because it seems it wasn't the last question... I added the following:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
That depends on the package name. 2 bytes + size of the package name. So amazon mp3 is com.amazon.mp3 (14 bytes), for a total of 16 bytes.

If your network is saved in your phone then yeah, you don't need to tell it to connect unless you have more than one network present and want to connect to a specific one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NLatuny:
Thank you for your help!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leranp:
it is possible to turn on\off gps?

i am with a root phone and i don't see that option

and the music play launch is not working
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
GPS is a no right now. It's part of the secure settings, only available to apps signed with the platform key or on system. I am looking in to a way to either allow this if moved to /system or via a plugin.

Can you give me some more detail regarding "music play launch"? Launching the "Play Music" app or using the "Start/Stop Media" function?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leranp:
i meant Launching the "Play Music" app
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Segarra:
You have the option to launch app... In the main menu in create task
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leranp:
i know,i did it and it doesn't open when i start a task with a tag
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
I'll take a look.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] suhas_sm:
Are mifare tags like ultra light and desfire rewritable?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P500:
Hi,

I finally got my NFC Tags and wanted to try out your App before buying it, so I downloaded the 7-Days Trial. But whenever I start the App, it quickly appears and then disappears. I already cleared the cache and redownloaded/reinstalled it again, but no luck.

I'm on GSM AOKP build 29 with Android 4.0.4 btw, if there's the failure.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
I'm aware of the issue. A new version will go up this evening to fix that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Try it now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nu_skool:
Came to report 2 things and both have been mentioned on this page...

Firstly on standard 4.0.4 the app works but as reported starting Play Music doesn't work properly.

I just changed my ROM to AOKP build 29 and as reported the app just closes instantly. I pulled logcat but I don't think there was anything too useful...

I/NFCT ( 2327): Skipping license check for trial user
I/NFCT ( 2327): Got Expiry date of 2012-4-8
I/NFCT ( 2327): License Response is true
D/OpenGLRenderer( 482): Flushing caches (mode 1)
D/OpenGLRenderer( 482): Flushing caches (mode 0)
W/InputManagerService( 207): Focus gain on non-focused client com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@41c23150 (uid=10025 pid=482)
W/InputManagerService( 207): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy@41bac670
D/dalvikvm( 482): GC_CONCURRENT freed 2288K, 22% free 21133K/27079K, paused 9ms+7ms
D/dalvikvm( 482): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 1538K, 21% free 21405K/27079K, paused 39ms
D/dalvikvm( 207): GC_EXPLICIT freed 906K, 14% free 20479K/23623K, paused 6ms+6ms

I'll mention it to the AOKP people too but I checked and another NFC app works so it's a touch one as to which bit is at fault!

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Yes mate working now. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P500:
Works like a charm! I'm going to buy the full version as soon as possible. I haven't thought it's THAT useful! Saves me a lot of time remembering to switch between being home and on-the-go, now I just touch my tag at my door and ba-doom switched.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Awesome :) I use it every day, so I am always glad when people find it as useful as I do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wljohnson05:
Once this app can have individual tags play different sound clips when activated, it will be great.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] machiz7888:
I've actually had GPS working for a few months with my "car mode" tag. I used titanium to change the app Secure Settings to a system app, then I created a tasker app to toggle it.

So when I hit an NFC in my car it turns on car dock, wifi off, gps on, and all volumes to max, when i hit the tag again it reverses all those.

Love the app btw!

One glitch I noticed is when I create large profiles (similar to the one above) it doesn't always read it correctly and i have to push the phone against the tag again. Is there a solution for this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
No :) The actual throughput of NFC isn't great (although it's improving). What tags are you using for large tasks?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ars0n:
awesome product. finally got my tags in. in conjunction with the tasker app, the options are endless!!!!

THANK Youuu!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gszeman:
Nicely done! I just got my tags, and was looking for a way to get the gps toggle on there...would you mind explaining how you did it?

Thank you!

Glenn
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evangelion01:
Just saw a video of a similar application for NFC BlackBerry devices on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_H31rvmmG0

As you can see, this application saves macros, so the possibilities are endless. When he drops his phone onto the NFC tag, you can see it completing a bunch of actions.

Are there any plans to bring macros to a future version of NFC Task Launcher?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Not currently, but it's something I can stick on the list to look into later.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] idan_mo:
i set the app to set 2 alarms and when it reads the nfc tag, it opens the clock app so i can confirm the 1st alarm, it didn't open or set the 2nd alarm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
The "Alarms" just dispatch an intent to the native alarm handler with the alarm info. The application itself has to accept the alarm and set it. In Gingerbread this required no user confirmation. This changed in ICS.

You can pass the alarm handler an extra flag to skip the UI and it will not show the confirmation dialog. This does "set" the alarm, but it's not actually set. The checkbox is set, but the alarm will not go off until you "save" a change within the clock app at which point it will actually set all of these alarms. Until I can get sorted how to get it to actually set the alarms when skipping the UI I can't make that the default option as the alarms never actually fire. I'm working on that though.

The only other option would be to write a full alarm replacement app - this may end up happening as some devices don't handle the default alarm intent (Galaxy S II for example). But for now i'd like to see if I can get a working solution with just the native apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] short/y:
I'm one of those who the Market/Play Store thinks bought the app but it won't let me download it. I'm pretty sure I HAVEN'T bought it and that's what Play tells me when I try to download. Is there some way people like me can pay for it and enjoy the benefits of the full version?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
You could try this: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23356474&postcount=18
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manekineko:
Any chance you could add an auto-rotation toggle as an option?

I recently started using my phone most of the time with rotation disabled, but when I switch into a car or nightstand mode, it'd be nice to be able to have it re-enable rotation so that the maps and the clock display landscape.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
That's on the list
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] short/y:
Thanks for the link. I tried going out to the Play Store and it showed that I had NOT purchased the app (guess I haven't checked in quite a while). So, I clicked on the purchase button and it went through! Don't know if Google finally fixed their problem or what but I now have the pro version. Loving it! Thanks to whomever!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Glad to hear it worked.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] manekineko:
Is there any way to speed up the speed at which the tasks are executed? It seems like NFC Task Launcher might be slowing down my tasks to match the toast notifications that come out.

If that's not in the cards, the ability to drag the individual actions up and down to change the order in which they're executed might be nice.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
No tasks are slowed down with the following exceptions:

- Enable/Disable wifi (also if not explicit but done during an operation, for example connecting to a wifi network will enable wifi if it is not on) will wait for the broadcast receiver to receive complete (as subsequent tasks may rely on this state and the hardware will otherwise report enabled/disabled when the operation is not complete).

- Bluetooth state changes for the same reason as above

- Airplane mode enable/disable sets an arbitrary timer to allow the operation to complete (as it is asynchronous) before proceeding.

Everything else operates synchronously or asynchronously as defined by Android. Synchronous calls obviously block until they complete. There is not an arbitrary wait for toast messages, they are dispatched to the system and it goes on. Often all actions will have completed prior to half of the toast messages displaying.

I'll make a note regarding re-ordering actions as something to look in to.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
3.2 is up in the market and trial. Changelog

- Continued UI enhancements with respect to android design guidelines

- Track last 5 unsaved tags created for re-use or tweaking

- Simplified loading tags

- Simplified creation of Switch tags

- Simplified preferences

- Saved tags now auto-save when finishing

- Fixed reported NPEs

- Removed unnecessary menu entries

- Added contact us to menu

- Improved Foursquare venue checkins to support searching for venues

- Actions in Task tags now show their size

- Tasks in switch tags now show their size

- Eliminted unnecessary steps in tag creation

- Performance improvements when building Task tags
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] freerunner:
First time I tried the new version. I love the new UI, it's really beautiful and intuitive.

Looking forward to rebuilding my old profiles. :)

Signatures are overrated.

Nexus Prime/Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leranp:
It is possible to make a message with the name of the task after the tag is recogniz

Like in the nfc retag

Sorry about my english
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
What do you mean?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
you mean if you touch a NFc tag, with a wifi function toggle, each time the phone touch the tag it will say "you have turned on the wifi" and if you touch the second time"you have turned off wifi".

am I correct.

I think you can alread do this, use the new switching function and rename.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Each action already displays the action it takes (via the notification bar or a toast message). If you rename the tag prior to writing it will display the tag name in place of the actions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
@krohnjw

is there anyway to clear the history when using the new switch or other tag feature, if not can this be added.

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
What history?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leranp:
I mean when you touch nfc tag a task is now active so i want it to say the name of the task that is now open
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
it already states thename of the task executed, or as said, you can just rename it to what you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leranp:
I know, the name is show only at the status bar, can you put the task name like when the wifi/bluetooth/... is open/close ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kms108:
after successfully completed a create task in the new switch, all the task and renamed task that has been created cannot be erased.

eg

when starting the app

home screen (screen showing new tag and buy tag)

a list of history will show along the bottom blank area where it say's your tag.

and when you select the new switch after creating a tag function to task 1 and task 2, a pop up window will show ASsign Task, it will list all the history there as well, the only way i found to erase the info is in android default task manager and clear all data.

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have you tried going into settings in task launcher and tick toast notification.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
i have a tasker task to shut off LTE based on the widget from bamf (http://rootzwiki.com/topic/14024-widgetltetasker-bamf-lte-widget-v04-01122012/),

the task itself works fine when i test it through tasker, but it will not execute from NFC task launcher. am i doing something incorrectly?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Load the saved tag, Menu -> Delete Tag
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
IDK, Maybe :)

Tasker is fickle due to Android permissions. Was Tasker installed before NFC Task Launcher (necessary). Is External Access allowed? All NFCTL does is use Tasker's shared activity to tell Tasker to start a Task by name, the rest is done by Tasker.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
tasker was installed after NFCTL. would uninstalling and reinstalling correct this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
Yes.

Due to an Android permission issue Tasker needs to be installed first or the permission isn't properly exported for use by other apps. The Tasker dev actually opened an issue on this, but there's not any indicator it will be changed in the near future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leranp:
The new update not working good,not all the tasks are open when i am switching tags

I don't know why, but it is only after the new update
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
You have to give me some more detail than that. Specifically what is occurring?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leranp:
When i touch a tag the task is now open and need to active the bluetooth/wifi/... and sometime he is active only some of them

Maybe there is a log of the app that i can send you to see the problem?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MarkGbe:
i noticed the same behavior, thought it was just me.

For instance, i have a tag in my car to disable wifi, enable bluetooth, media vol to 100. Lately only wifi is disabling and media volume is going to 100. If i scan the tag a second time then bluetooth seems to turn on.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] krohnjw:
How often does this occur?

Can you give me the exact sets of tasks it's trying to operate so I can try to recreate it?

Does it always seem to "stop" in the same place or does it vary?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MarkGbe:
This seems to occur every time.

i just tested some things.

my original tag that i had set in this order:

disable wifi

enable bluetooth

media vol 100

This stops at wifi every time. does not execute disable bluetooth or media vol 100

I created another tag to test in this order:

enable bluetooth

disable wifi

media vol 100

This stops at wifi, did not execute media vol 100

Created another tag:

media vol 100

enable bluetooth

disable wifi

This one went through but did not disable wifi.