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Asked: 2026-05-22T17:16:30+00:00

As I understand, the Android 2.3 uses a single step approach for NFC tag

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As I understand, the Android 2.3 uses a single step approach for NFC tag detection (TAG_DISCOVERED only).

<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.nfc.action.TAG_DISCOVERED"/>
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
</intent-filter>

This means that if more then one activity declares the intent to read NFC tag, the activity selection dialog “Complete action using” pop-ups because the “Tags” application already has an TagViewer activity for handling the NFC tags.

Is there a way to avoid the dialog?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think you’re out of luck in stock 2.3; you’ll get that dialog as long as the default Tags app is also installed.

    However, in the 2.3.3 update and later, there’s a more complicated set of intent-filters. See here:
    http://programming-android.labs.oreilly.com/ch16.html#ch18_id316624

    You may be able to use the ACTION_NDEF_DISCOVERED filter to catch it before the tags app does with the normal TAG_DISCOVERED fitler. A downside is that you might need to register for certain URIs or MIME types. I haven’t tried this myself.

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