Enable iOS-App to use NFC-Tags

HeikoXT

I would like to use NFC-Tags to start/stop working times.
My only device which is able to read/write NFC-Tags is an iPhone. Unfortunately the iOS-App does not support this feature.

Is it possible to make the feature available also for the iOS-App?

timo

HeikoXT I thought of this before but unfortunately, iOS is very restrictive when it comes to reading NFC tags.
Some older iPhone don't support reading NFC at all or you would need to launch the app before the app is able to read the tag - this defeats the entire purpose.
Newer iPhone might be able to read NFC tags - but it requires additional user interaction "clicking on a notification" in order to have the timer actually start - also very inconvenient.
Next problem is writing the NFC tag. This feature was only introduced by Apple with iOS 14 and only is available for iPhone 7 and newer (my test device is a iPhone 6s and therefore doesn't support the feature - so I am unable to test it).

For all these reasons I currently don't plan to add such a feature

HeikoXT

Ok, I understand. Maybe Apple opens up a more convenient way in future. A BMW can be opened up just by holding the iPhone at the door without any interaction with the phone. So technically it seems possible, but I know that Apple is more restrictive than others - at least for some time - and of course: a BMW is more than a NFC-tag. ;-)

HeikoXT

HeikoXT The comparison with the BMW is wrong. I mixed up two functionalities:

you can send a command from within the BMW app to open the car. This goes around the world and will hopefully open up the car within seconds. This has nothing to do with NFC.
you can hold your iphone at the car, which means you present a card from your wallet to the car in other words the iphone plays the role of the NFC-tag. The "presenting a card from your wallet" has the option "Expressmode" which means you don't have to select the card and don't have to authenticate the usage of the card. It happens "without interaction".

So both cases are unrelated to my actual request. I'm sorry for this missleading example.

timo

This will be implemented with the next app version 2.9.11