Jotunheimr

HEY HEY, It's so long since the last article, right? I know, sorry super-busy.. as usual, Btw let's start 2024 with something great!!

I am in deep love with simplicity, complexity disgusts me.. It's shit, and that is the reason for crafting this package in the first place.

Any fool can write code that a computer can understand.

Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

— Martin Fowler

Playing with operating system is super fun, but making what you craft reusable, scalable, and developer-friendly, It's one of the skills that cannot be learned easily, only VETERANS own it,

Instead of a long introduction, What is that, and how I use it?

What is that?

I crafted an elegent-wrapper for CoreNFC framework, for ease of use, almost anything that comes my way becomes reusable, I hate wasting my time writing the same code over and over and over, the same as complexity.

Btw, this package currently owns four operations and one property.

• Jotunheimr
  • Scan for tag
    • Enabling scan mode and waiting to detect any NFC tag
• Jotunheimr Client
  • Properties:
    • Nfc Tag
      • Total Capacity:
        • return total tag capacity
      • Tag Status:
        • Return if It's supported, read only, or write and read.
  • Operations:
    • Get payloads
      • Get all messages and paylods saved In NFC tag
    • Add payload
      • Add a new payload to current messages.
    • Write payload
      • Write a new payload and delete previous messages.

How to use it?

It's simple, add the package via Swift package manager.

https://github.com/shadyelmaadawy/Jotunheimr.git

Then add NFC read permission to Info.plist

    <key>NFCReaderUsageDescription</key>
    <string>NFC Reader Permission Usage Description </string>

Last thing, add near field communication tag reading to capabilities

Okaaaay, But how I read messages/payloads in the tag?

    import Jotunheimr
    let jotunheimr = Jotunheimr.shared
    func readRecords() async {
        
        do {
            
            let jotunheimrClient = try await jotunheimr.scanForTag(scanMessage: "Hello, Scan your tag!")
            let records: [NFCNDEFPayload] = try await jotunheimrClient.getPayloads()
            
        } catch {}
        
    }

Very simple, no magic, just two lines of code!

How I write a message/payload?

    import Jotunheimr
    let jotunheimr = Jotunheimr.shared
    func addPayload() async {
        
        do {
            
            let jotunheimrClient = try await jotunheimr.scanForTag(scanMessage: "Hello, Scan your tag!")
            // Default APPLE Implementation
            let nfcPayload = NFCNDEFPayload.init(
                format: NFCTypeNameFormat.nfcWellKnown,
                type: "T".data(using: .utf8)!,
                identifier: Data.init(count: 0),
                payload: "Hello-World!;".data(using: .utf8)!,
                chunkSize: 0
            )
            try await jotunheimrClient.addPayload(nfcPayload)
            
        } catch {}
        
    }

What if I want to override all messages?

    import Jotunheimr
    let jotunheimr = Jotunheimr.shared
    func overridePayloads() async {
        
        do {
            
            let jotunheimrClient = try await jotunheimr.scanForTag(scanMessage: "Hello, Scan your tag!")
            // Default APPLE Implementation
            let nfcPayload = NFCNDEFPayload.init(
                format: NFCTypeNameFormat.nfcWellKnown,
                type: "T".data(using: .utf8)!,
                identifier: Data.init(count: 0),
                payload: "Hello-World!;".data(using: .utf8)!,
                chunkSize: 0
            )
            try await jotunheimrClient.writePayload(nfcPayload)
           
        } catch {}
        
    }

The same with one word changed, مبحبش اعقد العالم, also it uses default APPLE implementation for payloads, maybe later I wrap it , but currently for simplicity use.

PoC:

To Infinity and beyond!

An example project is Included, you can try it, Btw… I will support this project and add more features and more cool stuff, please if you find any bug, don’t hesitate to report it, with all my love. ✨💜

Credits

Copyright (©) 2024, Shady K. Maadawy, All rights reserved.

@shadudiix