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This is half true there are NFC API’s to use the NFC chip. What they cannot do use their own implementation. This results in a way better experience in the user
by Jcowell 5y ago
This is half true there are NFC API’s to use the NFC chip. What they cannot do use their own implementation. This results in a way better experience in the user since there’s no pointless fragmentation.
- Nextgrid 5y ago> This is half true there are NFC API’s to use the NFC chip There is no API to send raw APDUs to a card or simulate a card (receiving APDUs from the reader). This makes it a non-starter for implementing any kind of smart card (such as receiving a challenge from a reader, signing it with a private key stored in the app - potentially delegated to the secure element - and returning it). The APIs they provide only allow reading static values off "NFC Forum" tags which is useless for any kind of security or access control.
- realityking 5y agoThey've expanded the API quite a bit in iOS 14 and you can now also write certain NFC tags: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corenfc/creating_nfc_tags_from_your_iphone https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corenfc/creating_n... Still can't create payment apps though. No idea if this would be sufficient for an access control system.