The platform so far supports what is in the SDK. It doesn't matter what a particular piece of hardware supports.
It is enough to be "useful in practice." It may not be enough for what *you* want to do, and we understand that it does not do everything for everyone at this point, but this is what is there so far. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 3:03 AM, JMC114 <jorncruij...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > After sifting through documentation and building NFC test applications > on a Nexus S, I've come to the conclusion the Android SDK still lacks > the functionality that NFC applications truly need in order to really > be useful in practice. > > What's possible now: > - Reading and writing tags. > - P2P NDEF communication. > > What's missing: > - Card emulation > - P2P NDEF support on terminals/readers (which I'm given to understand > is known as com.android.npp? NDEF Push Protocol. Can't find any > documentation on that anywhere..) which - I believe - is (still) > needed for P2P communication with regular desktop readers > > As far as I can tell, the NFC controller chip (PN544 > http://www.nxp.com/acrobat_download2/literature/9397/75016890.pdf) in > the Nexus S supports all NFC functionality, the android SDK does not. > > Card emulation or proper documentation on how to initiate P2P > communication with a regular (desktop) (nfc) reader is very much a > requirement to unleash NFC's true potential, which is mobile payment. > > It seems impossibly hard to find any information on whether or not > this - in my opinion vital - functionality is due to be implemented. > > Does anyone have any information, thoughts, opinions, anything on this > subject? I'm really wondering what to expect from Android and NFC, > because frankly, I'm only half impressed so far. > > Thanks > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer hack...@android.com Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
