NFC HCE CardSession.isSupported crash

I am getting report of a crash occurring, while doing a NFC HCE CardSession.

The swift code is mostly the same as the example from the CardSession docs:

@objc func deviceSupportsNFC (_ call: CAPPluginCall) {
        call.keepAlive = true
        let supportsNFCCallbackId = call.callbackId!

        Task() {

            guard NFCReaderSession.readingAvailable,
                  CardSession.isSupported, // <-- line 86
                  await CardSession.isEligible else {
                print(TAG + " HCE not allowed/available")
                var support = JSObject()
                support["supported"] = false;
                let callback = bridge?.savedCall(withID: supportsNFCCallbackId)
                call.resolve();
                callback?.resolve(support);
                return;
            }

            print(TAG + " HCE allowed")
            var support = JSObject()
            support["supported"] = true;
            let callback = bridge?.savedCall(withID: supportsNFCCallbackId)
            call.resolve();
            callback?.resolve(support);
        }
    }

Calling it from my plugin, to verify if (HCE) NFC is supported:

    if(await deviceInfoService.isIos()) {
      if(iosSupportEnabled === false) {
        console.log("NfcHceService:iOS but disabled");
        return;
      }
      this.requiresManualTrigger = true;
      DfsNfcHce.deviceSupportsNFC((supportObj) => {
        const support = supportObj?.supported ?? false;
        this.hceSupported = support;
      });
    } else {
      this.hceSupported = true;
    }

The crash report i get via Crashlytics is below. It's specifying the error occurs at line 86 (marked it in my code above) The error seems to be in the CoreNFC (NFCHardwareManager areFeaturesSupported).

# Crashlytics - Stack trace
# Application: com.wodanbrothers.dyflexis
# Platform: apple
# Version: 2025.04.101356 (1744977392)
# Issue: c3a293fbfa73c64f59f92c4b4cdfeb83
# Session: 5c64465c452c41e3abb1ba9f970b54c0_DNE_0_v2
# Date: Wed May 07 2025 07:56:11 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)

Fatal Exception: NSInvalidArgumentException
0  CoreFoundation                 0x11a2ec __exceptionPreprocess
1  libobjc.A.dylib                0x31a7c objc_exception_throw
2  CoreFoundation                 0x18467c +[NSObject(NSObject) _copyDescription]
3  CoreFoundation                 0x31b84 ___forwarding___
4  CoreFoundation                 0x314f0 _CF_forwarding_prep_0
5  CoreNFC                        0x2ac40 -[NFCHardwareManager areFeaturesSupported:outError:]
6  CoreNFC                        0x2b184 -[NFCHardwareManager areFeaturesSupported:expiry:completion:]
7  CoreNFC                        0x2f9d8 block_destroy_helper.5
8  Dyflexis                       0x5c08 closure #1 in DfsNfcHcePlugin.deviceSupportsNFC(_:) + 86 (DfsNfcHcePlugin.swift:86)
9  Dyflexis                       0x7f8d <deduplicated_symbol>
10 Dyflexis                       0x7725 specialized thunk for @escaping @isolated(any) @callee_guaranteed @async () -> (@out A) (<compiler-generated>)
11 Dyflexis                       0x77fd <deduplicated_symbol>
12 libswift_Concurrency.dylib     0x65241 completeTaskWithClosure(swift::AsyncContext*, swift::SwiftError

...

Crashed: com.google.firebase.crashlytics.ios.exception
0  FirebaseCrashlytics            0x1b658 FIRCLSProcessRecordAllThreads + 172
1  FirebaseCrashlytics            0x1ba64 FIRCLSProcessRecordAllThreads + 1208
2  FirebaseCrashlytics            0x13adc FIRCLSHandler + 48
3  FirebaseCrashlytics            0xe9d4 __FIRCLSExceptionRecord_block_invoke + 92
4  libdispatch.dylib              0x1b584 _dispatch_client_callout + 16
5  libdispatch.dylib              0x11728 _dispatch_lane_barrier_sync_invoke_and_complete + 56
6  FirebaseCrashlytics            0xe260 FIRCLSExceptionRecord + 204
7  FirebaseCrashlytics            0xe4f8 FIRCLSExceptionRecordNSException + 452
8  FirebaseCrashlytics            0xdeb8 FIRCLSTerminateHandler() + 396
9  libc++abi.dylib                0x158b4 std::__terminate(void (*)()) + 16
10 libc++abi.dylib                0x18e1c __cxa_get_exception_ptr + 86
11 libc++abi.dylib                0x18dc4 __cxxabiv1::failed_throw(__cxxabiv1::__cxa_exception*) + 90
12 libobjc.A.dylib                0x31be4 objc_exception_throw + 448
13 CoreFoundation                 0x18467c +[NSObject(NSObject) _copyDescription] + 362
14 CoreFoundation                 0x31b84 ___forwarding___ + 1492
15 CoreFoundation                 0x314f0 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 96
16 CoreNFC                        0x2ac40 -[NFCHardwareManager areFeaturesSupported:outError:] + 364
17 CoreNFC                        0x2b184 -[NFCHardwareManager areFeaturesSupported:expiry:completion:] + 96
18 CoreNFC                        0x2f9d8 block_destroy_helper.5 + 8028
19 Dyflexis                       0x5c08 closure #1 in DfsNfcHcePlugin.deviceSupportsNFC(_:) + 86 (DfsNfcHcePlugin.swift:86)
20 libswift_Concurrency.dylib     0x5c134 swift::runJobInEstablishedExecutorContext(swift::Job*) + 292
21 libswift_Concurrency.dylib     0x5d5c8 swift_job_runImpl(swift::Job*, swift::SerialExecutorRef) + 156
22 libdispatch.dylib              0x13db0 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 364
23 libdispatch.dylib              0x1454c _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 156
24 libsystem_pthread.dylib        0x4624 _pthread_wqthread + 232
25 libsystem_pthread.dylib        0x19f8 start_wqthread + 8

...

We will need more information to determine what the problem might be here.

Filing a Feedback report with some logging will be the best way for us to investigate the issue further.

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Argun Tekant /  DTS Engineer / Core Technologies

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