NDEFReadingEvent

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The NDEFReadingEvent interface of the Web NFC API represents events dispatched on new NFC readings obtained by NDEFReader.

Constructor

NDEFReadingEvent.NDEFReadingEvent(): Creates a new NDEFReadingEvent.

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent, Event.

NDEFReadingEvent.message Read only: Returns an NDEFMessage object containing the received message.
NDEFReadingEvent.serialNumber Read only: Returns the serial number of the device, which is used for anti-collision and identification, or an empty string if no serial number is available.

Instance methods

Inherits methods from its parent, Event.

Specifications

Specification
Web NFC # dom-ndefreadingevent

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`NDEFReadingEvent` Experimental	Chrome – No support Chrome footnote No support	Edge – No support Edge footnote No support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – No support Opera footnote No support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 63 (Release date: 2021-04-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 15 (Release date: 2021-08-13) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
`NDEFReadingEvent()` constructor Experimental	Chrome – No support Chrome footnote No support	Edge – No support Edge footnote No support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – No support Opera footnote No support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 63 (Release date: 2021-04-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 15 (Release date: 2021-08-13) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
`message` Experimental	Chrome – No support Chrome footnote No support	Edge – No support Edge footnote No support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – No support Opera footnote No support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 63 (Release date: 2021-04-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 15 (Release date: 2021-08-13) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
Secure context required Experimental	Chrome – No support Chrome footnote No support	Edge – No support Edge footnote No support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – No support Opera footnote No support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 63 (Release date: 2021-04-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 15 (Release date: 2021-08-13) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support
`serialNumber` Experimental	Chrome – No support Chrome footnote No support	Edge – No support Edge footnote No support	Firefox – No support Firefox footnote No support	Opera – No support Opera footnote No support	Safari – No support Safari footnote No support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – No support Firefox for Android footnote No support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 63 (Release date: 2021-04-16) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – No support Safari on iOS footnote No support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 15 (Release date: 2021-08-13) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 89 (Release date: 2021-03-02) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – No support WebView on iOS footnote No support

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Full support: Full support
No support: No support
: Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

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