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NfcManager
class NfcManager
High level manager used to obtain an instance of an NfcAdapter.
Use android.content.Context#getSystemService(java.lang.String) with Context.NFC_SERVICE to create an NfcManager, then call getDefaultAdapter to obtain the NfcAdapter.
Alternately, you can just call the static helper NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(android.content.Context).
Summary
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| NfcAdapter! |
Get the default NFC Adapter for this device.
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Public methods
getDefaultAdapter
fun getDefaultAdapter(): NfcAdapter!
Get the default NFC Adapter for this device.
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC."],[],[],null,["# NfcManager\n\nAdded in [API level 10](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels)\n\nNfcManager\n==========\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nKotlin \\|[Java](/reference/android/nfc/NfcManager \"View this page in Java\") \n\n```\nclass NfcManager\n```\n\n|---|-----------------------------|\n| [kotlin.Any](https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-any/index.html) ||\n| ↳ | [android.nfc.NfcManager](#) |\n\nHigh level manager used to obtain an instance of an [NfcAdapter](/reference/kotlin/android/nfc/NfcAdapter).\n\nUse [android.content.Context#getSystemService(java.lang.String)](../content/Context.html#getSystemService(kotlin.String)) with [Context.NFC_SERVICE](../content/Context.html#NFC_SERVICE:kotlin.String) to create an [NfcManager](#), then call [getDefaultAdapter](#getDefaultAdapter()) to obtain the [NfcAdapter](/reference/kotlin/android/nfc/NfcAdapter).\n\nAlternately, you can just call the static helper [NfcAdapter.getDefaultAdapter(android.content.Context)](/reference/kotlin/android/nfc/NfcAdapter#getDefaultAdapter(android.content.Context)).\n|\n| ### Developer Guides\n|\n| For more information about using NFC, read the [Near Field Communication](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/nfc/index.html) developer guide.\n\nSummary\n-------\n\n| Public methods ||\n|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| [NfcAdapter](/reference/kotlin/android/nfc/NfcAdapter)! | [getDefaultAdapter](#getDefaultAdapter())`()` Get the default NFC Adapter for this device. |\n\nPublic methods\n--------------\n\n### getDefaultAdapter\n\nAdded in [API level 10](https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/uses-sdk-element.html#ApiLevels) \n\n```\nfun getDefaultAdapter(): NfcAdapter!\n```\n\nGet the default NFC Adapter for this device.\n\n| Return ||\n|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|\n| [NfcAdapter](/reference/kotlin/android/nfc/NfcAdapter)! | the default NFC Adapter |"]]
