Added in API level 10

NdefFormatable

class NdefFormatable : TagTechnology
kotlin.Any
   ↳ android.nfc.tech.NdefFormatable

Provide access to NDEF format operations on a Tag.

Acquire a NdefFormatable object using get.

Android devices with NFC must only enumerate and implement this class for tags for which it can format to NDEF.

Unfortunately the procedures to convert unformated tags to NDEF formatted tags are not specified by NFC Forum, and are not generally well-known. So there is no mandatory set of tags for which all Android devices with NFC must support NdefFormatable.

Note: Methods that perform I/O operations require the android.Manifest.permission#NFC permission.

Summary

Public methods
Unit

Unit

Unit
format(firstMessage: NdefMessage!)

Format a tag as NDEF, and write a NdefMessage.

Unit
formatReadOnly(firstMessage: NdefMessage!)

Formats a tag as NDEF, write a NdefMessage, and make read-only.

static NdefFormatable!
get(tag: Tag!)

Get an instance of NdefFormatable for the given tag.

Tag!

Boolean

Public methods

close

Added in API level 10
fun close(): Unit
Exceptions
java.lang.Exception if this resource cannot be closed
java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs
java.lang.SecurityException if the tag object is reused after the tag has left the field

connect

Added in API level 10
fun connect(): Unit
Exceptions
TagLostException if the tag leaves the field
java.io.IOException if there is an I/O failure, or connect is canceled
java.lang.SecurityException if the tag object is reused after the tag has left the field

format

Added in API level 10
fun format(firstMessage: NdefMessage!): Unit

Format a tag as NDEF, and write a NdefMessage.

This is a multi-step process, an IOException is thrown if any one step fails.

The card is left in a read-write state after this operation.

This is an I/O operation and will block until complete. It must not be called from the main application thread. A blocked call will be canceled with IOException if #close is called from another thread.

Requires the android.Manifest.permission#NFC permission.

Parameters
firstMessage NdefMessage!: the NDEF message to write after formatting, can be null
Exceptions
android.nfc.TagLostException if the tag leaves the field
java.io.IOException if there is an I/O failure, or the operation is canceled
android.nfc.FormatException if the NDEF Message to write is malformed

formatReadOnly

Added in API level 10
fun formatReadOnly(firstMessage: NdefMessage!): Unit

Formats a tag as NDEF, write a NdefMessage, and make read-only.

This is a multi-step process, an IOException is thrown if any one step fails.

The card is left in a read-only state if this method returns successfully.

This is an I/O operation and will block until complete. It must not be called from the main application thread. A blocked call will be canceled with IOException if #close is called from another thread.

Requires the android.Manifest.permission#NFC permission.

Parameters
firstMessage NdefMessage!: the NDEF message to write after formatting
Exceptions
android.nfc.TagLostException if the tag leaves the field
java.io.IOException if there is an I/O failure, or the operation is canceled
android.nfc.FormatException if the NDEF Message to write is malformed
java.lang.SecurityException if the tag object is reused after the tag has left the field

get

Added in API level 10
static fun get(tag: Tag!): NdefFormatable!

Get an instance of NdefFormatable for the given tag.

Does not cause any RF activity and does not block.

Returns null if NdefFormatable was not enumerated in Tag#getTechList. This indicates the tag is not NDEF formatable by this Android device.

Parameters
tag Tag!: an NDEF formatable tag
Return
NdefFormatable! NDEF formatable object

getTag

Added in API level 10
fun getTag(): Tag!
Return
Tag! the Tag backing this TagTechnology object.

isConnected

Added in API level 10
fun isConnected(): Boolean
Return
Boolean true if I/O operations should be possible