Scanning NFC tags when your Android phone is locked

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I found a method to use NFC on Android even when screen is turned off.
I didn’t test it, but maybe someone want to give it a try.

This can be used to open an App, or even to open a Form in an App and prefil it. Even if the App is not opened.

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You can do that when saving this kind of value to your NFC tag… this is a formula in virtual column which is converting the existing Key column’s value for you tag. CONCATENATE(‘www.appsheet.com/start/2sd9c20b-7b70-4a42-a3cb-496b93e98c9f#table=Rooms&page=detail&defaults={“’,‘ROOM_ID’,’”:“’,[ID],’”}’)

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@LeventK remembered it correctly. We used it like scanning the area and it opened a prefilled form. The prefilled value was read from the NFC tag. If the app wasn’t open, it opened it automatically and prefilled the value. @Grant_Stead

@Aleksi @Grant_Stead @Lynn @LeventK @1111

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If someone is willing to create something like this i would love to join in. The whole IOT world is something missing from appsheet that can realy improve our apps