attempting to switch to NFCTagReaderSession to communicate at the ISO-DEP / APDU level fails silently. The tagReaderSession(_:didDetect:) delegate is never called, even though the same physical tag is clearly present and readable via the NDEF session. From my observation, it appears that on iOS, once a tag is handled as an NDEF Type 4 tag, Core NFC does not reliably expose it again through NFCTagReaderSession for raw ISO-DEP / APDU communication—especially for NFC-B tags. The session starts successfully but does not surface the tag for APDU exchange. This raises an important question: Is there any supported way on iOS to reliably issue custom APDU commands to ISO 14443-4 (NFC-B) tags like the TI RF430, or is APDU access effectively restricted/filtered by Core NFC when the tag is NDEF-formatted? If this is a platform limitation, it would be helpful to have clarity on whether iOS intentionally blocks APDU-level access for such tags.
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