How to use NFC with Memento on Android

[Mats Kirknes]

I have set up a test Library that among other fields include a "Barcode"-field that's configured to be type: NFC. I've even learned to use the "Input mask" to make the scanned serial number be presented as pairs separated by colons (**:**:**:**:**:**:**). 

When creating an entry, I simply press the NFC icon to launch an NFC Reader (might be bundled with Memento, might be an Android utility, I don't know and it's not important). I then hold my phone over the NFC tag, and it's successfully added to the field. My entry now hold the value of the NFC tag, and I can place this in my books (too old for ISBNs...) to connect the real-world item to my Memento entry with the extended descriptions. 

This is all easy. Until I want to locate the entry in Memento by scanning the tag. I really hope that I somehow keep missing something obvious! 

To find the entry by NFC Tag: I 1) open the Library, 2) start the entry search, 3) fail to understand how to search by performing an NFC scan!  

I know how to use the camera to scan QR-codes and barcodes (I use this feature frequently), but I don't see a way to initiate that NFC Reader function Memento used to register the NFC Tag in the first place!

Again: someone please laugh and tell me how easy it is, what it is I am missing!?!

/Mats

[Er Mo]

Hallo

Ich kann nur vermutungen anstellen , da ich die NFC noch nie genutzt habe . Wenn das nicht so wie bei den QR  / Barcode funktionirt ( Suche --> QR Sympol ) kann ich mir vorstellen das das nicht im Programm vorgesehen ist und somit nicht geht . Alternativ könnte man eine Suche im Aktionsskript selber Bauen .

Hello

I can only speculate, as I've never used NFC before. If it doesn't work like QR/barcode scanning (search --> QR symbol), I imagine it's not supported by the program and therefore not possible. Alternatively, you could create a search function yourself in the action script.

Ernst

[Mmm]

Тоже не использовал, но Эрнст прав. 

Для поиска отображается значок NFC, а не штрихкода.

Если стандартный поиск по какой-то причине не будет работать, то можно использовать скрипт с аргументом NFC (отображается правильно и открывает модуль).

суббота, 5 сентября 2026 г. в 22:45:18 UTC+3, ernst...@gmail.com:

[Mats Kirknes]

When I open the library, and 1) chooses "search", what I see 2) is scan.by-camera or search-by-voice. 

In this test, I have all 3 types of barcode-types available because that's what I'd  be doing in a real-life version. 

And an update: 

I removed my "barcode" and "QR" fields to see if having the "search-by-camera" feature active somehow interferred with the NFC-search. It does. If I have NFC-fields, I cannot also have QR or Barcode-fields in the same library. I feel this must be an oversight or a bug somehow, because I see no reason for these to be mutually exclusive?

[Mmm]

Если в библиотеке два поля штрихкод и QR код - то в поиске отображается значок первого поля (по индексу).

Но поиск осуществляется двум полям. 

Пример: значок штрихкода - сканирую QR - находит по QR.

Создайте предложение на доске, что в случае наличия поля NFC и других (QR, штрихкод) должно отображаться 2 значка поиска так как используются разные модули: NFC и камера.

воскресенье, 6 сентября 2026 г. в 00:10:12 UTC+3, mats.k...@gmail.com:

[Mats Kirknes]

OK, I'll add this to the suggestion board.