NFC Toolkit updated with extra profiles and more

We showtime took a look at NFC Toolkit in early Nov. The app allows users to take control of the NFC abilities on their Windows Phone. While NFC support on Windows Telephone is currently limited compared to the options available on Android, NFC Toolkit does the all-time it tin to assistance users maximize the potential. The app has seen two updates since we last covered it, let'south take a expect at what'due south new with the app.

The app is currently sitting at version 0.9.7.0 in the Windows Phone Shop, only there was an update between our initial coverage (0.nine.6.0) and now. What was introduced in in that update? The following:

Corrected custom profile bug where the 4th and the 5th item were the same
Added Mix Play & Share as new extra
Added a simple car dashboard as new extra
About page updated
Privacy policy updated
Minor issues fixes

And today we're looking at version 0.9.7.0 in the Windows Phone Store. That update includes the following changes to NFC Toolkit:

Fixed error in car dashboard when no album cover is available
Added bombardment saver to custom profile
Added rotation lock to custom contour
Added launch extra to profiles
Added launch app to profiles

NFC Toolkit picks upward some cool tricks with the latest updates. However, Windows Phone itself needs to step up its game if nosotros're to take a truly stellar NFC experience on Windows Phone. For instance, developers are merely able to take you to a setting page vs. actually irresolute the settings for you. Hopefully Windows Phone 8.1 will innovate such capabilities for developers. In the meantime, other devs can make their app a little more NFC friendly past giving their apps a custom URI scheme. Our app, WPCentral, has such a scheme and therefore you can ready an NFC profile that launches our app. Interested in calculation a custom URI scheme to your app? Check out this blog post on how to practice it.

NFC Toolkit is a pretty stellar app for the NFC things Windows Phone can exercise and information technology'due south on sale from at present until a day subsequently Christmas. Unremarkably it goes for $1.49, simply now you tin can pick it upward for $0.99 in the Windows Phone Shop. In that location is a trial that lets you lot use the app for 10 days.

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