NFC Application Development for Android

INTRODUCTION
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Chapter 7 and Chapter 8 contain material on peer-to-peer mode, in a format similar to the previous
two chapters.
Chapter 9 contains some information on card emulation (CE) mode. The details of CE mode are not
covered in this book for two main reasons. The potential audience for CE mode seems very small
when compared to the other modes. The standards of the other modes (i.e., reader/writer and peerto-peer)
are mostly well established, whereas fi nalized standards for CE mode programming on
Android technology are still missing. Hence, it will be better to wait for the introduction of fi nalized
CE programming standards for Android.
HOW THIS BOOK IS STRUCTURED
This book is structured in a top-down fashion. The chapters are isolated from each other, so that
readers who have enough knowledge on the topic can just skip that chapter. The chapters are not integrated
with each other in any way. The only exception is that dual chapters are created for the reader/
writer (Chapter 5 and Chapter 6) and peer-to-peer (Chapter 7 and Chapter 8) operating modes — the
earlier chapter explains how to program using the related mode, and the later one provides examples
of that mode. Hence, the reader who does not have a complete understanding of programming using
the related mode should read both chapters, while the reader who is confi dent about the programming
of that mode can skip the earlier chapter and browse the later one containing the examples.
WHAT YOU NEED TO USE THIS BOOK
For NFC programming on Android, fi rst you need to create an Android development environment.
The most suitable way to do that is to install Android Development Tools (ADT) Bundle. ADT is
available on Windows, MAC, and Linux operating systems. Moreover, in order to test NFC reader/
writer mode applications, you need to have an NFC-enabled mobile phone and an NFC tag; in order
to test NFC peer-to-peer mode applications, you need to have two NFC-enabled mobile phones; and
in order to test card emulation mode applications, you need to have an additional Java Card that can
be plugged-in to the mobile phone.
The source code for the samples is available for download from the Wrox website at:
www.wrox.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=1118380096
CONVENTIONS
To help you get the most from the text and keep track of what’s happening, we’ve used a number of
conventions throughout the book.
NOTE Notes indicates notes, tips, hints, tricks, or and asides to the current discussion.
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