capacitor-nfc-launch

This plugin reads the message of a self-written NFC tag. Just tap the device on a NFC tag and you will get the response in the 'message' listener. Your app will also start automatically and trigger the event listener.

Supported platforms

Platform	Supported
Android	✔
iOS	✖
Web	✖

Install

npm i capacitor-nfc-launch
npx cap sync android

AndroidManifest.xml

<intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
    <action android:name="android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED"/>
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    // The plugin will only fire the event, if a NFC tag with this Content-Type has been sent
    <data android:mimeType="application/APPBUNDLEID" />
</intent-filter>

How to write the tag

Download and open the app NFC Tools. Choose 'write' and add a dataset of the type 'data' (last entry in list). Content-Type: application/APPBUNDLEID Data: 'My example data'

Usage

app.component.ts

import { NFCLaunch } from 'capacitor-nfc-launch';

if (Capacitor.isNativePlatform()) {
  NFCLaunch.addListener('message', (data: any) => {
    console.log(data.message); // Outputs: My example data
  });
}

API

addListener('message', ...)

addListener(eventName: 'message', listenerFunc: MessageListener) => Promise<PluginListenerHandle> & PluginListenerHandle

Add a listener to a NFC message event

Param	Type
eventName	'message'
listenerFunc	MessageListener

Returns: any

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removeAllListeners()

removeAllListeners() => any

Removes all listeners.

Returns: any

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Interfaces

PluginListenerHandle

Prop	Type
remove	() => any

Type Aliases

MessageListener

(response: any): void