// Copyright (C) 2021 The Qt Company Ltd. // SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GFDL-1.3-no-invariants-only /*! \example annotatedurl \title Annotated URL \examplecategory {Connectivity} \meta tags {nfc, ndef, widgets} \brief Reads formatted NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) messages. The Annotated URL example uses \l{Qt NFC} to display the contents of specifically formatted NFC Data Exchange Format (NDEF) messages read from an NFC Tag. The NDEF message should contain a URI record, an optional \c image/* MIME record, and one or more localized Text records. This is the initial state of the example: \image annotatedurl.png If a tag is touched, its NDEF content will be shown. Here is the UI for a tag that contains a text record and URI record: \image annotatedurl2.png When the screen is tapped, the URL will be opened in the browser. \section1 AnnotatedUrl Class Definition The \c AnnotatedUrl class wraps \l QNearFieldManager, the class providing the NFC Tag detection functionality. NDEF messages are read by \l QNearFieldManager and forwarded to a handler contained in the \c AnnotatedUrl class. After parsing the NDEF message the class emits the \c annotatedUrl() signal. The UI reacts to the signal displaying the contents of the NDEF message. \snippet annotatedurl/annotatedurl.h 0 \note The \c startDetection() method is used to defer the actual tag detection until all the connections between the UI and NFC-related logic are established. This is important when the application is automatically started once an NFC tag is touched. Such usecase is currently supported on Android. \snippet annotatedurl/main.cpp 0 \section1 Message Filtering As it is mentioned above, the application supports the NDEF messages of a specific format. A correct message should contain the following fields: \list \li \e {At least one} NDEF Text record, which will be used as a header. \li \e {Exactly one} NDEF URI record. \li \e {An optional} MIME record with an icon. \endlist The order of the records is not strictly specified. An instance of \l QNdefFilter is used to validate the NDEF message. The filter is populated as follows: \snippet annotatedurl/annotatedurl.cpp populateFilter If the incoming message does not match the filter, an error message is shown: \image annotatedurl3.png \note The \l {ndefeditor}{NDEF Editor} example application can be used to create the tags with correct or incorrect message structure. \section1 AnnotatedUrl Handler Implementation NFC messages read by the \l QNearFieldManager are forwarded to \c {AnnotatedUrl::handleMessage}. \snippet annotatedurl/annotatedurl.cpp handleMessage 1 At first the messages are validated using the \l QNdefFilter::match() method: \snippet annotatedurl/annotatedurl.cpp handleMessage 2 If the messages have the correct format, the parsing continues. Because NFC messages are composed of several NDEF records, looping through all of the records allows the extraction of the 3 parameters to be displayed in the UI: the Uri, the Title and the Pixmap: \snippet annotatedurl/annotatedurl.cpp handleMessage 3 \snippet annotatedurl/annotatedurl.cpp handleMessage 4 Finally after having extracted the parameters of the NFC message the corresponding signal is emitted so that the UI can handle it. \snippet annotatedurl/annotatedurl.cpp handleMessage 5 \section1 Adapter State Handling On Android the adapter state changes can be detected by connecting to the \l QNearFieldManager::adapterStateChanged() signal. This allows stopping the detection when the NFC adapter is disabled, and restarting it when the adapter is enabled again. This approach is implemented in the \c {AnnotatedUrl::handleAdapterStateChange} slot. \snippet annotatedurl/annotatedurl.cpp handleAdapterState \section1 Automatic Application Startup Android supports automatic application startup when the NDEF tag is touched. See \l {Qt NFC on Android} for the required changes to the Android manifest file. Introduction of a custom AndroidManifest.xml requires special steps on the build system side. \section2 Building with qmake When using qmake, the following needs to be added to the \c {.pro} file: \quotefromfile annotatedurl/annotatedurl.pro \skipto android { \printuntil } \section2 Building with CMake When using CMake, the following needs to be added to the \c CMakeLists.txt: \quotefromfile annotatedurl/CMakeLists.txt \skipto if(ANDROID) \printuntil endif() \include examples-run.qdocinc \sa {Qt NFC} */