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Professional NFC Application Development for Android
A practical guide to developing and deploying Near Field Communication (NFC) applications There has been little practical guidance available on NFC programming, until now. If you're a programmer or developer, get this unique and detailed book and start creating apps for this exciting technology. NFC enables contactless mobile communication between two NFC-compatible devices. It's what allows customers to pay for purchases by swiping their smartphones with Google Wallet, for example. This book shows you how to develop NFC applications for Android, for all NFC operating modes: reader/writer, peer-to-peer, and card emulation. The book starts with the basics of NFC technology, an overview of the Android OS, and what you need to know about the SDK tools. It then walks you through all aspects of NFC app development, including SE programming. You'll find all you need to create an app, including functioning, downloadable code and a companion website with additional content. Valuable case studies help you understand each operating mode in clear, practical detail. Professional NFC Application Development for Android offers the clear, concise advice you need to create great applications for this emerging and exciting technology.
312 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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January 13, 2017
The book gives a good overview to someone new to NFC.
It is an all inclusive book that also gives some basic Android dev. training. Although that part needs an upgrade. It is 2016 now.
The tutorials on creating apps for simple NDEF based storage NFC cards etc seem ok.
The last part on Java card such as used in passports, sim cards, emv banking cards is rubbish. Sorry I have no other words for it. It starts with marking bla bla. Why in a dev book? The dev part on this is razor thin and only represents stuff found elsewhere on the internet. Can't remember the site but it was something official. This part should have been replaced by something to read a Javacard, e.g. using JMRTD. and/or emulating Javacard on android.
It is an all inclusive book that also gives some basic Android dev. training. Although that part needs an upgrade. It is 2016 now.
The tutorials on creating apps for simple NDEF based storage NFC cards etc seem ok.
The last part on Java card such as used in passports, sim cards, emv banking cards is rubbish. Sorry I have no other words for it. It starts with marking bla bla. Why in a dev book? The dev part on this is razor thin and only represents stuff found elsewhere on the internet. Can't remember the site but it was something official. This part should have been replaced by something to read a Javacard, e.g. using JMRTD. and/or emulating Javacard on android.
May 3, 2019
A good introduction to NFC and development using Android NFC, have many important details. But some of the info is old and obsolete (the book is about 2013), especially the smartcard emulation part that is actually replaced by the Android HCE service. However, is a clear and well written technical book. That requires an update in some of the themes.
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