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Asked: 2026-06-18T10:06:32+00:00

My Windows Phone 8 app should react to NDEF-Text -encoded NFC tags, no matter

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My Windows Phone 8 app should react to NDEF-Text-encoded NFC tags, no matter if the user is currently in another app or on the homescreen. On Android, this works by having the app “subscribe” to certain tags (e.g., NDEF-Text, in my case), and the operating system will allow the user to choose from a list of apps if more than one app can process the scanned tag. Is there anything comparable for WP8? At the moment, I am using 

 ProximityDevice _device = ProximityDevice.GetDefault();
 long _subscriptionIdNdef = _device.SubscribeForMessage("NDEF", MessageReceivedHandler);

in my MainPage-class, which works fine, but obviously only if the user has launched my app prior to scanning a tag.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Unfortunately, for the moment NDEF-Text tags can’t be handled by third party apps on Windows Phone 8.

    If you want the OS to launch your app, you will have to either use the NDEF-LaunchApp record type or register a custom URI scheme.

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