Additional steps for accessing ePassports

[Sexadegen]

I am using the Nuget Plugin.NFC in a Xamarin.iOS app. I want to read data from EU and British passports. I have added the following to the info.plist

NFCReaderUsageDescription NFC tag to read NDEF messages into the application com.apple.developer.nfc.readersession.iso7816.select-identifiers A0000002471001 A0000002472001

and have NDEF and TAG set in the Entitlements.

I check

bool isAvailable = CrossNFC.Current.IsAvailable; bool isEnabled = CrossNFC.Current.IsEnabled;

and call

CrossNFC.Current.StartListening();

I can detect a tag in a passport, but I get a "Tag is not supported" message on screen and the only thing in the ITagInfo is an identifier.

Question: Is it possible to use this plugin to access the data in ePassports, and what extra steps would I need to take?

[Sexadegen]

OK. The more I dig the more I see how complicated it is to extract the data from the RFID is passports. I guess that's not considered to be part of this solution?

[saamerm]

@forzaphil that is correct. There is only a certain number of RFID tags that are supported by the hardware of iPhones and Android phones. Reading data from passport chips is not something that it is capable of doing.