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...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Coskun, Vedat
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Chichester : Wiley ; John Wiley [distributor], 2013
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Chapter 1: Overview of Near Field Communication; Ubiquitous Computing and NFC; Wireless Communication as NFC; RFID Technology; Smart Card Technology; NFC Technology; Summary; Chapter 2: NFC Essentials for Application Developers; NFC Mobile; Standards Used by NFC; NFC Operating Mode Essentials; Standardization of NFC; Diversity of NFC Platforms; Summary; Chapter 3: Getting Started with Android; What Is Android?; Android SDK; What You Need to Start; SDK Packages; Android API Levels; Structure of Android Applications; Dalvik Virtual Machine (DVM); Platform Tools; SDK Tools.
  • Android Virtual DeviceSummary; Chapter 4: Android Software Development Primer; Creating Your First Android Application; Running Applications on Your Mobile Phone; Distributing Android Applications; Understanding Hello World; Using Multiple Views; Android Project Resources; Using an Event Listener; Using Relative Layout; Using Dialog Builders; Using Grid Layout; Android Activity Lifecycle; Implementing Multiple Activities and Intents; Using Menu Items; Summary; Chapter 5: NFC Programming: Reader/Writer Mode; NFC APIs in Android; Tag Intent Dispatch System vs. Foreground Dispatch System.
  • NFC Tag Intent Dispatch SystemNFC Properties in the Android Manifest File; Filtering NFC Intents; Checking the NFC Adapter; Tag Writing; Tag Reading; Android Application Record; Foreground Dispatch System; Working with Supported Tag Technologies; Summary; Chapter 6: Reader/Writer Mode Applications; NFC Smart Poster Use Case; NFC Shopping Use Case; Student Transportation Tracking Use Case; Summary; Chapter 7: NFC Programming: Peer-to-Peer Mode; Performing Peer-to-Peer Transactions; Beaming NDEF Messages; Receiving Beams; An Abstract Beam with setNdefPushMessageCallback().
  • An Abstract Beam with setNdefPushMessage()Declaring Intent Filters; Using Android Application Records in Peer-to-Peer Mode; An Example Beam Application Using setNdefPushMessageCallback(); An Example Beam Application Using setNdefPushMessage(); Beam Support for API Level 10; Android OS to Handle the Incoming Beam; Beaming Files; Summary; Chapter 8: Peer-to-Peer Mode Applications; NFC Chatting; NFC Guess Number; NFC Panic Bomb; Summary; Chapter 9: NFC Programming: Card Emulation Mode; Definition of Card Emulation Mode; Business Ecosystem; Stakeholders in an NFC Ecosystem; Business Models.
  • Card Emulation Mode Use Case AlternativesCard Emulation Mode Programming; Programming Secure Elements; Programming NFC Reader; Programming Android Applications; Summary; Appendix A: URI Prefixes for NDEF; Appendix B: Android NFC Packages; Introduction; Advertisement.