I'm creating an app reading NFC tags.
Currently all works well expect that the NFC tag can only be scanned when it touch the back of the phone.
Is there anyway to allow NFC to be read through the screen?
I'm testing on a Nexus 4.
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Currently all works well expect that the NFC tag can only be scanned when it touch the back of the phone.
Is there anyway to allow NFC to be read through the screen?
I'm testing on a Nexus 4.
With the backing of dotVezz, summing up from the comments:
Considering the specifications, this is quite unlikely:
With few devices being thinner than .8 mm, your wish is close to impossible of being fulfilled.
It is possible. Apple has filed a patent on a clever new use of antenna real estate on a smartphone.
Apple patents NFC antenna that works on all sides of a mobile device