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NFC Checkin

NFC Checkin

Sven Haiges

1,000 - 5,000 downloads

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Checkin to Foursquare Venues using NFC tags!

But wait: should know that this app is a little pet project. Consider it beta quality and let me know if you encounter issues before rating so we can together improve the app!

Here's what you get:

- Link to your Foursquare.com account
- Search for venues, write venue data to NFC tag
- Long-click on a venue to directly checkin
- Tap a written NFC tag to automatically check in
- A beep signals the NFC checkin and a status bar notification shows up. Clicking the status bar notification links to the venue web page.

This is an experiment using NFC (Near Field Communication) and Foursquare (see foursquare.com). I am not affiliated in any kind with Foursquare.

Here's what I use it for: for frequently visited venues, I created nfc tags using this application. I put the tags (stickers, really) at the entrance door of my favorite restaurant, at the coffee machine at work or... I think you get it. Keep in mind you first need to create the venues using the foursquare app before you can search and write them to a nfc tag using this app. Once you have tagged your locations, you can simply tap the tag to checkin instead of having to search for the venue, click a couple times, etc.

You need tags? Good places to buy them are tagage.net, smartcardfocus.com or nfc4me.com. I recommend to choose NFC-Forum Type 2 Tags, e.g. the Mifare Ultralight.

What's planned for the future:
- make tags read-only once written (Mifare Ultralight only)

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Recently changed in this version:

4SQ changed the checkin response format, which caused the app to fail. This was now fixed and checkins and the notifications work again.


Comments and ratings for NFC Checkin

  • (61 stars)

    by Brendan on 04/01/2012

    Works exactly as promised, super easy to get started using just buy yourself some NFC stickers and go to town.

  • (61 stars)

    by KishCom on 02/11/2011

    Simple. Easy. Unobtrusive.
    The interface is almost non-existent - but that's a plus for an app like this one. Works exactly as you'd expect. You'll want to make sure you always have some spare writeable MiFARE tags handy to stick at your favourite places

  • (61 stars)

    by Felipe on 20/08/2011

    Great app. Does exactly what is supposed to do.
    Just have one suggestion. Instead of opening the app to do the checkin, it could show a simple notification in the status bar.

  • (61 stars)

    by Niels on 07/06/2011

    Doesn't work for me. Android only offers other apps when I touch a tag even if NFC checkin is already active :-(

  • (61 stars)

    by Andreas on 14/05/2011

    That's what NFC is good for. Clever idea and cool app.

  • (61 stars)

    by Jan-Willem on 30/04/2011

    Excellent, does what description states. Very clever implementation, tag bypasses all other nfc software and immediately jumps to checkin.