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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Thanks for the feedback.

And yep, your right the app isn´t perhaps the most beautiful app out there (btw. you should have seen it a couple of month ago :eek:), but surely one of the best working, most stable and performance optimized apps. We always focus on function and performance and the design is second.

e.g. have a look at the app size ....it´s currently around 560kb ...and we want to keep it as small as possible ....even if we have to sacrifice some design improvements for it.

And yep, we are aware of a lot of things that we could improve design wise (and will do it eventually), but the two points you mentioned, I do not fully agree. Sure, we could easily use standard holo buttons, but we want to make these buttons as obviously as possible and standard holo buttons would not be as obvious as these ugly buttons. Same goes btw. for the color code within the whole app. We are not colorblind, as you may think if you have a look at some of the background colors within the tag writing screens :cyclops:, but we want to make it as obviously as possible which screen or function you are currently using....

And regarding the app icon ... your right, we could improve it a little, e.g. higher resolution, different background etc., but it think the basic shape will be always something like the current (((o))), because its sort of self-explanatory and doesn´t infringe any other copyrights . Couldn´t Imagine a reason, why we should completely change an app icon which is familiar to hundreds of thousand of users ....Beside that, every icon you choose, some will like it and some will hate it ....

Don´t get me wrong, as mentioned, we are aware that the app design could be improved. Depending on the next major feature updates (not decided yet), I think we would also need a major re-design, anyway. And perhaps within a major re-design, we could find a better solutions for the buttons and some other weird design decisions......but we will certainly keep the "form follows function" approach ....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spacebar2011:
Oh no, I think you misunderstood me a bit. I mean, the icon could be the same but look a lot better. Higher resolution and a bit more classy. You can make the buttons obvious and keep the colours too without making them look like Win 98 :p

Hope to see a much better looking app in the near future. It works like a charm, so I'm not really complaining. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
From my point of view it´s more Win95 style :laugh: ....but ok, got your point. Both points :D ....

Not sure, if I could implement these points within some minor update or if I should wait till a major re-design is due anyway ....However, I will add them to my ToDo list, and if I find some time for design stuff (usually when I´m stuck with the development stuff :rolleyes:), I will have a second look.

Thanks again for the feedback
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neosun:
Hi there, i used the NFC ReTAG FREE version earlier this year and everything

worked fine. Now i got some Problems.

My specs: NFC ReTAG FREE 2.6, SGS3 Int Rooted Stock ROM 4.1.2 with

LBE Security Master but not blocking NFC ReTAG Services/Execution/Permissions

The Problem: ReTAG doesnt show up/ adds "My TAGS" neither by creating a Test Tag

nor by creating a Tag by holding a RFID close to it. It recognizes the RFID

nevertheless, but when i add any of the Activities the List stays empty.

I've tried: - Uninstall/Reinstall, Clear Data, Clear Cache, Disable LBE,

Repair/Delete ReTAG Database, Un-/Re-/Uninstalling Expert Plugin,

Writing different TAGS to the RFID

I'm out of ideas what could be the cause. Does this Problem ring a bell?

What could i try?

Thanks in advance,

Paul
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Nope, doesn´t ring a bell ...and after clearing data / uninstall re-install, repair/ delete Database etc. ...I wouldn´t expect a corrupt database or whatever .... the SGS3 is the most popular device for NFC ReTag and we never had such an issue reported ....so it´s probably something with your unique configuration .... LBE sound suspicious ....perhaps it blocks something ...

Could you provide a log file? Perhaps, the log shows something ....beside that, sorry no idea, yet ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neosun:
Logs up in the PM

If I have to change anything just call it.

I figured one new thing out, while the List stays empty, i get a warning

about only 4 usable TAGS in the Free Version when i continuously add

new Test TAGS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Hmm,

I´m not familiar with your "Log collector" app, but the logs don´t show anything ...I would expect much more entries within these logs over a time period of 5 minutes ....the second log is for the first 5 minutes the same .... then it shows 5 minutes idling ....perhaps try some other app like "aLogcat".

However, your remark above means that you could add entries to the database, but could not show them in the list ... Weird...

So if I understand you correct, the database never shows an entry?

Strange, but this points perhaps to a problem with your content provider or some background thread issues ....

Do the LBE tool has some content provider restrictions?

Or have you activated some strange developer settings like "Do not keep activities" or "Limit background processes" ...?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] neosun:
Ok I somehow found a solution, I just don't know why it helped.

I restored some "slimmed" system Widgets like different Clocks

and Weather and so on.

Upon Restart the ReTAG List windows shows me some entries again :cyclops:

I wasn't familiar with any kind of logging on Android before too,

so it was my first/best shot.

Thanks for all the support and sorry for the inconvenience.

You got another 5* Rating on Playstore ;)

Regards,

Paul
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Yep,

producing helpful logs could be tricky ... and even if you do everything right, it shows sometimes (often!) nothing useful ...but without being able to reproduce an error it´s often the only way to get some additional information ....I should have mentioned the aLogcat app ... so no reason for you to apologize :good:

But I´m really curious how you fixed it ....Not sure what you mean with "I restored some "slimmed" system Widgets" and I could not imagine any connection with NFC ReTag ...so I think the reboot did the trick .... Was this the first reboot after the issues started?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Lost in translation

Hello guys,

one of the biggest points on our ToDo list is the translation of NFC ReTag in different languages. Since Version 2.5 it´s translated into German, but a lot of other languages would make sense, too. We experimented with different approaches and even tried some professional translation services, but we were not satisfied with the results, so far. The main problem is, that NFC ReTag is not a standard app or game and has a lot of technical and nfc specific stuff in it, so without some technical and NFC background even the professional translators could not provide a translation that meet our requirements.

Android provides very good technical support for multilingual apps, but the standard android approach is always linked to the system language. So if an app has a bad translation for your system language, you could not simply change (within the standard approach) the in-app language to e.g. English. Our point of view was (and still is) better to have no translation and use the app in English, than being forced to use a bad translated app.

BUT we heard you loud and clear, a lot of you wanted a translated app! ... So, because we can not guarantee a 100% perfect translation in every language, we decided to add an in-app setting (next update) which allows you to change the app language independent from the system language ...so nobody will be forced to use a bad translation ... you will be always able to change the in-app language to e.g. default English.

Having this fallback solution, we think that we could try a community approach for the translation. And who could have a better technical and NFC background than the users here in this thread .... And Yes, I know that there are already some Guys out there translating the app into Russian. So, if you want to help us to translate the app in your language, please just reply or pm me.

In a first step, we would like to translate the app into:

- Russian

- Spanish

- French

but all other languages, which doesn´t need major design changes, are welcome.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m.klinge:
If you need it translated to Danish give me a shout :)

//M

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Yep, thx a lot!

Let me finish the last details with the update ... then I will clean up and optimize the String xml file a bit before sending it out for translation ....

btw. Do you like the tag lost support? ....should exactly meet your requirements, we discussed a couple of month ago.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spacebar2011:
Any time you feel is right mate. I just wanted to point the stuff out and really appreciate you listening to the feedback! Cheers.. :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m.klinge:
Heh haven't even seen you have implemented a solution like that :)

I'll give it a whirl tonight :)

//M

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
OK, quick heads-ups:

Finished the system independent app language stuff some days ago , then I had a look at the "impossible/ no stable solution available"section of my ToDo list and tried some different approaches ...

I think a cracked the "close app" activity with a completely different approach (root still needed) and had not a single issue with it, so far.

However, seem like I´m on a run ...solved some other longtime problems and implemented some cool new functions into a prototype.

Long story short: The next update will be much bigger than planned, but I bet you will love it ;)

btw. I prioritized the translation stuff a little bit down, but I still need some help with some string files .... so if you want to help, just pm/ email me or use this thread ....we will translate the app ....eventually....sort of ...:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oops_iv:
location access

ReTag has the ability to enable/disable GPS, but is there a way to have it enable/disable all location access? I noticed that when I scan a tag that disables my GPS, and my location access is off, it will prompt me to agree to googles location access policy (thus, upon agreeing, enables location access.) i have an HTC-One on Verizon m7vzw + root
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Hmm, you mean the "location consent" (Allow Google´s location service to ...blabla) Pop-up?!? --> second checkbox?

Funny, wasn´t aware of this pop-up until you mentioned it ..(ok, I think someone mentioned it before, but I didn´t get the problem :eek:)..personally I have this checkbox always checked (--> Google Now ;)) ... so no pop-up ...btw. this pop-up behavior seems pretty new to me (Android 4.3 / 4.2 ???) and probably added for security reasons .....

However, did some quick and dirty testing ...and I think I found the problem and fixed it within my current prototype ... --> next update :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] oops_iv:
Thanks for the fix :)

ya, im on 4.2.2 .. it would be pretty neat to be able to toggle 'location consent' and/or the share-my-whereabouts-with-lougle settings with a tag .. i was going to look into wiring in a tasker task to be able to do it

thanks for the great software .. well worth the few bucks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Yep, I separated the location access setting from the GPS setting ... -> new LocationAccess/`location consent' activity ;) ...but enabling LocationAccess always will trigger the pop-up ...I don´t think I could change this without modding the firmware (but I only had a quick look) ....even manually triggering this setting fires the pop-up ...:eek:...however, give me a shout if you find an possibility do trigger the LocationAccess without the pop-up....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] elmalote:
This has probably been asked before, but I've searched up and down with no answer.

How do I write the actual tag, I don't want ID saved. I want to actually write the activities to the NFC tag. I've tried every menu but it doesnt work. When I uninstall the app and scan the NFC tag, it opens up Play Store.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Hmm yep, the write activity tag function is a little bit hidden:

- open a tag (my tags, then click a tag = tag edit screen where you can add activities... )

- then on the tag edit screen --> action bar "write"/"write activity tag (optional) (....the other action bar options should be cycle, template and beam )

EDIT:

uups, missed that part: Yes, sure, without ReTag installed, there is no possibility to launch the activities ... Android (and the NFC Forum) does only support a very small set of basic activities (like URL or text).. so you have to install an app that handles more sophisticated activities.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m.klinge:
So I've had some time to play with the "Tag lost" feature on my new LG G2 - while it's a step in the right direction, it still has a major draw-back:

- The "Tag lost" fires everytime NFC is turned off. So in general one would need to use the NFC allways active (Even when screen is off) to be able to use the Tag lost. Sadly that function doesn't work on my LG G2 (As you've seen in the app thread) :)

So basically I'm back to square one on this (And I'm not really sure if I would like NFC to fire even when the screen is off actually). So instead i decided (Mostly because I was bored) to rewrite the script I've posted earlier. Links included in the bottom.

It consist's of two tasks, one called from NFC Retag (New Tag) the other every time the screen is unlocked (Screen unlock).

Setup is simple;

Set NFC retag up to trigger the New Tag Task used as advanced found under Lab (We need the UID of the tag). Multiple tags can refer to the same task, I've specifically created it this way to avoid similar task for different tags.

Create a profile with the event Display unlock triggering the task Screen Unlock

This is the generic setup that works with every tag. Now for tag specific tasks (Say In Car tag) one should use the Variable Value state (This reverts settings automatically) or the Variable Set event (This doesn't revert settings automatically) with the specific UID value of the tag.

So in other words once the generic setup has been made (you might want to change and/or delete the toast I've put in for debugging purposes) you setup NFC ReTag to call the New Tag task, then create a Profile using the State "Variable Value" to turn on bluetooth. Now every time I scan the tag in turns in bluetooth (But only once), every time I unlocks the screen is checks to see if the specific tag is still present, if it is nothing happens, if it's lost it turns off bluetooth and finally if another tag has been introduced (While the screen was off) it turns off bluetooth and then performs any task asociated with the new tag :)

And there you have it - a working "Tag lost" solution with doesn't "misfires" when the screen is off. Still the limitations of this is the facts that we only checks if the tag is lost when the screen is unlocked...

Links:

New tag task: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17029398/New_Tag.tsk.xml

Screen unlock: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17029398/Screen_Unlock.tsk.xml

I know you most proable still won't implement it as it's not a real solution in your eyes, but it actually works quite well :)

//M

---------- Post added at 09:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:55 AM ----------

On a very different matter - then newer Sony Smart tags (Mine came from the Xperia V) are write protected, so on non Sony deviced youre not able to automatically pass the "Wich app do you wan't to use" dialogue :(

Any good ideas how to fix that? :)

//M
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Hmm now I´m truly disappointed .... so much work and nobody find the right setting...:crying: ....:crying:....Hint: Try the "Support screen off mode" setting in ReTag -> Tag lost doesn´t fire when screen goes off in nfc screen off mode .....;)

ok, at least you found the tasker advanced activity ;)

Hmm, they write protected the tags, and a "Which app do you wan't to use" dialogue is still poping up ?...Weird, since Android 4.0 they should be able to make the tags bulletproof .... perhaps I should offer some nfc 101 basic training to sony, samsung and htc ;)

However ... be patient...perhaps Retag 2.7 could solve this .....:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
thx ;-)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snowboarda42:
Says this app is incompatible with your galaxy nexus in market, any ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Which rom?

You could clear the market cache and check your LCD density (should be 240 or 320 dpi)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] snowboarda42:
4.0.4, stock density, cleared market.

If I search in my phone's market it says "no results found" even under your developer name. On my laptop on market.android.com it says incompatible.

Maybe post the .apk?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
If clearing market cache + data fails and your LCD density is stock ... you probably have to wait till the market is ready for the "leaked" 4.0.4 rom ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr. Spontaneous:
I like what I see, but I'm having a bit of a problem which probably isn't related to your app - I'm trying to use a Touchatag, but my Galaxy Nexus does not route the action through your app, instead it uses the default behavior of launching the URL associated with the tag. Do you know how I would go about clearing the defaults for NFC tags?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] melp57:
This app

This is a useless app in that it doesn't write to a tag. Am I missing something?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sahajesh:
Yes - it's meant to be used to program actions against already-written tags, those that can't be overwritten eg NFC payment cards, travel cards etc.

There is a separate app for (re)writing to tags that can be overwritten.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] melp57:
Thanks, didn't mean to sound ungrateful.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TRusselo:
let me get this straight...

this app will let your phone do something different than the write-protected tag wants it to do?

the news story on the portal was confusing. almost sounded like you can re-program the tag itself..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] melp57:
This is very confusing as just what this app does. you can asign this for it to do, but if you can't then write the information to the tag, then what good is it? I don't understand it's use. Sorry to sound so dumb. You can't retag something that can't write to the tag.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] treyweez11:
cant seem to download from the market on my nexus s 4g, says its not compatible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fzr-r4:
This (and many, many apps :( ) doesn't show up in my market either (Galaxy Nexus HSPA+, CM9/4.0.3 ROM, non-native dpi). Here is a workaround in ICS for almost all such apps:

(1) on your android device's browser, when you are NOT signed in to your google account in the browser, go to: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.widgapp.NFC_ReTAG_FREE

(2) tap "install," bringing up a dialogue to select an app to continue the action

(3) select to continue with the browser, not the Market

(4) the browser will try to sign in automatically in ICS on the web sign in page, grant it permission to do so, which brings up another app selection dialogue

(5) this time, select the Market app

(6) you'll be greeted with the "not compatible" Market page. hit your "back" button

(7) you'll be back at the web sign in page. hit reload, bringing up the app-selection dialogue again.

(8) select the Market again

(9) this time, you should be able to download and install. once you select that, it will show incompatible again, but it will also show that it is downloading.

good luck!

This works with the San Francisco Bay Area transit card, the Clipper Card. :)

I would love a feature enabling/disabling GPS!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Ok guys, let me explain it for you in detail...

Yes, this app doesn´t write any Information on a tag ... if you search an app to write your tags, there are a couple of good apps available in the market.

This app only reads the id of the tag and stores the ID in an app internal database --> in this database you can assign activities (e.g. toggle wifi/ bluetooth, run a Tasker tasker etc.) to the id ... and the next time you scan a tag with a known id the app runs the activities ...

Why?

With this app you can re-use write protected nfc tags (like your lift pass, company badge or hotel keys) to trigger activities and beside that you can specify multiple activities without any space limits on the tag ....

A little example: if you have a tag with a url written on it and you scan the tag --> the android standard dispatch system will open the url. But if you have NFC Retag open the foreground dispatch will run the activities you specified in the database ...

Works best with write protected tags like hotel keys or company badges ... because it´s unlikely your device can do something with these tags and the background dispatch will open NFC Retag (or an app chooser if you have several apps for reading tags) ...

Bottom line: If you have a tag with standard nfc content (Contact, url etc.) you have to open NFC Retag to bypass the standard background dispatch. for example you can use some Tasker profile to start the app (shake phone -> open NFC Retag).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] faddys123:
where can i get nfc tags ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
In some NFC apps you can disable the background dispatch --> the app is not longer available in chooser ....

BUT unfortunatly I think your example with the URL is related to the app or at least with my way of thinking. --> If you scan a tag with a valid standard message (like URL) --> I don´t want to override it. Therefore the tag will work as expected and will open the URL.

If you do the same while NFC Retag is open the activities will be launched. Currently I use a workaround (tasker profile: shake phone --> start nfc Retag and added the show homescreen activity as last action) to bypass the standard intent system if a want the NFC ReTag activities ....So currently it´s not a bug, it´s a feature ;-)

Beside that, tags without standard messages (like hotel keys or transit cards) work a little bit smoother because the device doesn´t know what to do and routes it to the app or give you a chooser ...

Currently I´m not sure if I should (or could) implement something like a background service to override the standard background behavior ... any comments/ suggestions regarding this?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Hi fzr-r4,

thanks for your solution with the device is not compatible issue ... I was only aware of the "Set DPI to standard->download->set dpi back" and the "clear market cache + data" solutions (and for some country specific apps -> the market enabler apps)... so something learned today :)

- added the clipper card to my list ;-)

- and yes GPS toggle would be nice, but unfortunately it´s limited to systems apps ... so there is no official way on non-rooted devices ... perhaps I will find a solution, but wouldn´t be too optimistic ...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ascsa:
Hi faddys123,

with this app you don´t need to buy tags, you can (re)use your nfc company badge, nfc hotel key, nfc transit card and other write protected nfc tags to trigger activities.

So I´m a little bit out of the loop with buying new tags ...( bought some a year ago together with two usb nfc card readers and I remember that this was really expensive ....)

Today, I think you can buy some tags for 1-2$ from a couple of vendors and I know there are a couple of more detailed threads on xda regarding this topic.