Sunday, April 27, 2014

Communication between Android using NFC to send text

This example send text between Android devices using NFC. Modify from last post of sending Uri between Android devices using NFC.


Modify AndroidManifest.xml include <intent-filter> of "android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED".
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.androidnfc"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="16"
        android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.NFC"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.androidnfc.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
            
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.nfc.action.NDEF_DISCOVERED" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
            </intent-filter>
            
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

MainActivity.java
package com.example.androidnfc;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.nfc.NdefMessage;
import android.nfc.NdefRecord;
import android.nfc.NfcAdapter;
import android.nfc.NfcAdapter.CreateNdefMessageCallback;
import android.nfc.NfcAdapter.OnNdefPushCompleteCallback;
import android.nfc.NfcEvent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Parcelable;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements 
 CreateNdefMessageCallback, OnNdefPushCompleteCallback{
 
 TextView textInfo;
 EditText textOut;
 
 NfcAdapter nfcAdapter;

 @Override
 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  textInfo = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.info);
  textOut = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.textout);

  nfcAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(this);
  if(nfcAdapter==null){
   Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, 
    "nfcAdapter==null, no NFC adapter exists", 
    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
  }else{
   Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, 
     "Set Callback(s)", 
     Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   nfcAdapter.setNdefPushMessageCallback(this, this);
   nfcAdapter.setOnNdefPushCompleteCallback(this, this);
  }
 }

 @Override
 protected void onResume() {
  super.onResume();
  Intent intent = getIntent();
  String action = intent.getAction();
  if(action.equals(NfcAdapter.ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED)){
   Parcelable[] parcelables = 
    intent.getParcelableArrayExtra(
      NfcAdapter.EXTRA_NDEF_MESSAGES);
   NdefMessage inNdefMessage = (NdefMessage)parcelables[0];
   NdefRecord[] inNdefRecords = inNdefMessage.getRecords();
   NdefRecord NdefRecord_0 = inNdefRecords[0];
   String inMsg = new String(NdefRecord_0.getPayload());
   textInfo.setText(inMsg);
  }
 }

 @Override
 protected void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
  setIntent(intent);
 }

 @Override
 public void onNdefPushComplete(NfcEvent event) {
  
  final String eventString = "onNdefPushComplete\n" + event.toString();
  runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
   
   @Override
   public void run() {
    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), 
      eventString, 
      Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
   }
  });

 }

 @Override
 public NdefMessage createNdefMessage(NfcEvent event) {
  
  String stringOut = textOut.getText().toString();
  byte[] bytesOut = stringOut.getBytes();
  
  NdefRecord ndefRecordOut = new NdefRecord(
    NdefRecord.TNF_MIME_MEDIA, 
    "text/plain".getBytes(),
                new byte[] {}, 
                bytesOut);

  NdefMessage ndefMessageout = new NdefMessage(ndefRecordOut);
  return ndefMessageout;
 }

}

activity_main.xml
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="com.example.androidnfc.MainActivity" >
    
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold" />

    <EditText
        android:id="@+id/textout"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
    
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/info"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

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3 comments:

  1. Hi, I am trying to import this to Android studio however can not run it. It gives this error

    Error:(1) Error retrieving parent for item: No resource found that matches the given name 'Theme.AppCompat.Light'.

    I could not find a a way to solve it.

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  2. Hi, im trying to replicate this example but with the chat process in another activity, not the main... I having trouble with the AndroidManifest,xml archive since this example is made to be executed from the MainActivity... Do you know i could solve this?

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  3. i tried it but doesn't works..any changes on the code??

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