NFC Remote on Windows Pc
Developed By: HWGroup Ltd.
License: Free
Rating: 2,9/5 - 28 votes
Last Updated: December 25, 2023
App Details
| Version |
3.0 |
| Size |
236.7 KB |
| Release Date |
January 08, 14 |
| Category |
Video Players & Editors Apps |
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App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (4)]
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What's New:
v3.0------Added NFC support [see more]
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Description from Developer:
The Irdroid NFC Remote app is a infrared remote control client (LIRC Client) for Android, that will allow you to control your home infrared equipment TV's STB's etc, create... [read more]
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About this app
On this page you can download NFC Remote and install on Windows PC. NFC Remote is free Video Players & Editors app, developed by HWGroup Ltd.. Latest version of NFC Remote is 3.0, was released on 2014-01-08 (updated on 2023-12-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of NFC Remote is 2,9. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 28 users, 9 users had rated it 5*, 12 users had rated it 1*.
How to install NFC Remote on Windows?
Instruction on how to install NFC Remote on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop
In this post, I am going to show you how to install NFC Remote on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...
Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.
[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.
Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.
If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!
Step By Step Guide To Install NFC Remote using BlueStacks
- Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
- Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
- Once installed, click "NFC Remote" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D
[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more
[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.
How to install NFC Remote on Windows PC using NoxPlayer
- Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
- Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
- The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "NFC Remote" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.
Discussion
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The Irdroid NFC Remote app is a infrared remote control client (LIRC Client) for Android, that will allow you to control your home infrared equipment TV's STB's etc, create infrared macro sequences or group infrared commands, which can be written to any standard NFC Tag. Then you can start your predefined infrared macro by simply tapping the NFC Tag to your device.The application is perfect for automating infrared remote control tasks such as turning on the lights via infrared, executing a sequence of IR commands in a click of a button, or by tapping your NFC Tag to your device. With this app you can automate your TV, STB, DVB Audio and many other infrared controlled equipment. The application requires a fully setup and operational LIRC daemon (for Linux) or Winlirc (for Windows). The application is specially designed to work with the Irdroid WIFI infrared remote control modules. If you want to access the full benefits that the app provides, you may consider purchasing a Irdroid WIFI module from http://www.irdroid.com
App features:
- Create Infrared Remote control macro sequences
- Write your custom IR macros to NFC tags
- Start your custom IR macros by tapping a NFC tag
- Unlimited number of Macros / NFC Tags
- Standard support for LIRC and Winlirc
- A database with more than 2000 supported remotes (via LIRC)
- Add macro shortcuts to home screen for ease of access
- Infrared Home Automation via infrared macro sequences
- Infrared Home Automation via infrared macro sequences and NFC
- Execute a macro directly from the list of macros by tapping on the macro
- Execute a macro via tapping on its home screen shortcut
- Execute a macro by tapping a NFC tag to your device.
- Configure custom timeout (ms) between each command
Sample usage:
- Adjust the picture settings automatically on your TV via infrared macro sequence
- Set the sleep timeout of your TV
- Turn on all your TV's and set the STB to your favourite channel
- Turn on your STB, switch to your favourite channel and select equalizer preset
- Turn on/off LED IR controlled lighting, adjust LED colors etc.
Application usage:
The application allows you to setup custom Infrared remote control sequences/macros, from the app main screen tap on Add in order to add new Macro. Enter the name of your new macro and tap on SAVE. In order to add command sequences to your new macro long click on the newly created macro and select "Edit Macro" a new screen will pop up and you can use the Add button to add custom commands to your newly created macro. To execute a macro just tap on the macro name. After you create your new macro you may create a custom shortcut to the macro by long tapping on the macro name from the list of macros. Tap on Shortcut and a new shortcut to your macro will be added to the home screen. Executing a macro from a shortcut is a matter of just tapping on the shortcut.
The application is open source, licensed under GNU GPL v2.0 . You are free to distribute, modify and use for commercial purposes. You can read more about this application by visiting http://www.irdroid.com .
Before rating this app please make sure that you have a fully operational LIRC server running, the app will not work (will not show a list of remotes if there is no server to connect to)
App requirements:
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- NFC enabled Smartphone or Tablet
- Android 4.0 (Api level 14)
- Configured Lirc / Winlirc server or Irdroid wifi module
- NFC Tag (if you want to use the app NFC functionality)
Information for Android Developers:
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The application is open source and you can use it in your own project either for personal use or for Commercial purposes. The app source code would give you a very detailed examples for the following Android functionalities:
- Creating and adding custom home screen shortcuts with app icon / custom icon
- Passing extra data to Android application via home screen shortcuts
- Reading, Writing, Formatting NFC tags
v3.0
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Added NFC support
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
