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The app can read the visual information from my passport just fine, but when the app wants to read the information via NFC, the UBIC app¹ is brought up instead.

[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=network.ubic.u...

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Very strange.. what device do you have? did you have the other app installed/running in the background?

I have a Samsung Galaxy S8.

The other app has been installed on my phone for a long time and I guess it subscribes to NFC passport intentions, since it uses a passport as identification.

Thx for the info. I will look into this issue. Some other Android users have also reported NFC problems, this could very well be the culpit. Probably I need to force NFC into the foreground

PS: Because I haven't set any default apps, whenever I click a link (e.g., in a message), I get to choose which app or browser I wish to use to open the link. In the same vein: When more than one app is able to read my passport over NFC, I would expect to see a list of possible apps.

There is now an updated version available on Google Play. I've tried to address these issues.

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