The purpose of this application is to demonstrate how to use selected BlackBerry 10 NFC APIs. The Release History section gives details of those NFC APIs which are covered.
The sample code for this application is Open Source under the Apache 2.0 License.
Applies To
Author(s)
- John Murray - Twitter: @jcmrim
- Martin Woolley - Twitter: @mdwrim
Release History
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V5.1.1
- Fixed PPSE AID value (removed final 0x00). Added note to apdu.qml pages to indicate that users must decide whether or not to specify Le=0x00 or not as this requirement varies from card to card.
- Fixed incorrect QML id reference in qpdu.qml
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V5.1.0
- Added LLCP function
- Fixed some memory management issues
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V5.0.2
- Improper freeing of memory fixed
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V5.0.1
- NDEF data included in Tag Details screens
- UI text simplified
- removed URI recognition and automatic capitalisation from input fields
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V5
Added new functions:
- Tag Details
- Emulate Echo Applet
- Read ISO15693
- Amsterdam Transport Pass
Updated:
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ISO7816 APDU to allow "select only" and interaction with an external contactless card rather than internal secure element in UICC
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V4 - Added support for sending ISO7816 APDUs and handling Transaction Events
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V3.1 - Modified for Beta 3 release compatibility
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V3 - Added ability to emulate virtual NDEF Tags
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V2.1 - Refactored to exploit features in BlackBerry Dev Alpha Device 10.0.6
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V2 - Added transfer of vCard using SNEP
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V1 - Reading and Writing NDEF tags
Functions
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Read NDEF
NfcTool is registered as an invoke target for tags containing the following well known types (TNF=1) of NDEF message:
- Text
- URI
- Smart Poster
The Read NDEF function simply switches to the event log page where details of any tag read will be displayed. Presenting a tag when not at this page will cause the event log to be displayed as if you had manually selected the item from the menu.
- Tag Details
Selecting this function displays the event log page. Present a tag and its details (not content) will be displayed, including the tag's serial number / UID.
- Write URI
Use this function to write a TNF 1 type U NDEF message to a tag.
- Write Smart Poster
Use this function to write a TNF 1 type Sp NDEF message to a tag.
- Write Text
Use this function to write a TNF 1 type T NDEF message to a tag.
- Write Custom
Use this function to write a TNF 4 ("External") NDEF message of a custom type specified by you to a tag.
- Send vCard (SNEP)
Transfer a vCard to another device using NFC P2P mode and the SNEP protocol
- Emulate Echo Applet
Performs virtual target emulation and specifically emulates a commonly used testing applet which echoes back any APDUs it received. Use this function in conjunction with a source of ISO7816-4 command APDUs such as a contactless reader connected to a PC, driven by a GPShell script.
- ISO7816-4 APDU
Lets you select a specified applet by AID and optionally then send a command APDU whose content you may specify. Two applet host types are supported; the secure element in a UICC (SIM) or an external, contactless card presented to the device.
- Read ISO15693
This function should be regarded as "experimental". At this stage all it is able to do is extract attributes of a ISO15693 tag but not read it properly using the relevant ISO15683 READ commands.
- Amsterdam Transport Pass
Reads the available transaction details from the GVB transport tickets used on the trams in Amsterdam.
- About
Displays version and author details.
Known Issues
None.
Dependencies
- Minimal requirement BlackBerry 10 Device Software 10.0.9
- Minimal requirement BlackBerry 10 Native SDK 10.0.9
How to Build NfcTool
Simply Import the project into a workspace in your NDK. Of course you should review the project after it's been imported paying particular attention to the settings in the bar-descriptor.xml file.
But I don't want to build it myself
If you don't want to build this sample application yourself we've included a pre-build and signed BAR files for each version. You can find them in the folder "/installable-bar-files" as follows:
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NfcTool-5_0_1_248.bar -- Signed BAR file for Version 5.0.1 (V5.0.1) of the application ( requires BlackBerry 10 Software 10.1 )
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NfcTool-5_0_0_245.bar -- Signed BAR file for Version 5.0 (V5.0) of the application ( requires BlackBerry 10 Software 10.0.9 )
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