I trying to change NFC settings (on/off) programmatically on Android 2.3.3.
On the phone, under the "Wireless & network settings",
you can choose to set whether you want to use NFC to read and exchange tags or not.
So I would like to toggle this setting in my application.
But I can't seem to find an api for this.
I'm looking for some code that would probably look like this:
WifiManager wifi = (WifiManager) context.getSystemService(Context.WIFI_SERVICE);
wifi.setWifiEnabled( on/off );
You can not turn it on/off
manually but you can send the user to the preferences if it is off
:
if (!nfcForegroundUtil.getNfc().isEnabled())
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please activate NFC and press Back to return to the application!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
startActivity(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_WIRELESS_SETTINGS));
}
Method getNfc()
just returns the nfcadapter
:
nfc = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(activity.getApplicationContext());
It's not possible programatically without rooting device.
But you can start NFC Settings Activity
by intent action Settings.ACTION_NFC_SETTINGS
for api level 16 and above. For api < 16 use Settings.ACTION_WIRELESS_SETTINGS
Previous selected answer suggests to use WIFI_SETTINGS
but we can directly move to NFC_SETTINGS
Here's the example :
android.nfc.NfcAdapter mNfcAdapter= android.nfc.NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(v.getContext());
if (!mNfcAdapter.isEnabled()) {
AlertDialog.Builder alertbox = new AlertDialog.Builder(v.getContext());
alertbox.setTitle("Info");
alertbox.setMessage(getString(R.string.msg_nfcon));
alertbox.setPositiveButton("Turn On", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_NFC_SETTINGS);
startActivity(intent);
} else {
Intent intent = new Intent(Settings.ACTION_WIRELESS_SETTINGS);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
});
alertbox.setNegativeButton("Close", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
}
});
alertbox.show();
}
if you want to do it programmatically, apperently this Q holds the answer:
How can I enable NFC reader via API?
Edit
it didn't hold the answer, but it held the key to the answer, on which I based my code I answered with in the Q.
I will paste it here as well in case anyone's interested.
I got it working through reflection
This code works on API 15, haven't checked it against other verions yet
public boolean changeNfcEnabled(Context context, boolean enabled) {
// Turn NFC on/off
final boolean desiredState = enabled;
mNfcAdapter = NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(context);
if (mNfcAdapter == null) {
// NFC is not supported
return false;
}
new Thread("toggleNFC") {
public void run() {
Log.d(TAG, "Setting NFC enabled state to: " + desiredState);
boolean success = false;
Class<?> NfcManagerClass;
Method setNfcEnabled, setNfcDisabled;
boolean Nfc;
if (desiredState) {
try {
NfcManagerClass = Class.forName(mNfcAdapter.getClass().getName());
setNfcEnabled = NfcManagerClass.getDeclaredMethod("enable");
setNfcEnabled.setAccessible(true);
Nfc = (Boolean) setNfcEnabled.invoke(mNfcAdapter);
success = Nfc;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
}
} else {
try {
NfcManagerClass = Class.forName(mNfcAdapter.getClass().getName());
setNfcDisabled = NfcManagerClass.getDeclaredMethod("disable");
setNfcDisabled.setAccessible(true);
Nfc = (Boolean) setNfcDisabled.invoke(mNfcAdapter);
success = Nfc;
} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
}
}
if (success) {
Log.d(TAG, "Successfully changed NFC enabled state to "+ desiredState);
} else {
Log.w(TAG, "Error setting NFC enabled state to "+ desiredState);
}
}
}.start();
return false;
}//end method
This requires 2 permissions though, put them in the manifest:
<!-- change NFC status toggle -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.NFC" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS" />
The NFC button's state switches accordingly when the code is used, so there are no issues when doing it manually in the seetings menu.
To clarify: This code doesn't work on normal devices. There are ways around, but at least it requires root.
You can control the NFC transfers and stuff. But for now turning it on and off is not possible :(
Please check this below URL everything is given as step by step.
http://ranjithdroid.blogspot.com/2015/11/turn-onoff-android-nfc-by.html