diff --git a/api/current.txt b/api/current.txt
index 3c60b02fb9f71..370fa8fc58d8e 100644
--- a/api/current.txt
+++ b/api/current.txt
@@ -24246,6 +24246,7 @@ package android.nfc {
 
   public final class Tag implements android.os.Parcelable {
     method public int describeContents();
+    method public boolean done(int);
     method public byte[] getId();
     method public java.lang.String[] getTechList();
     method public void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int);
diff --git a/api/system-current.txt b/api/system-current.txt
index d5b7a185509ed..cf6b87486270b 100644
--- a/api/system-current.txt
+++ b/api/system-current.txt
@@ -26246,6 +26246,7 @@ package android.nfc {
 
   public final class Tag implements android.os.Parcelable {
     method public int describeContents();
+    method public boolean done(int);
     method public byte[] getId();
     method public java.lang.String[] getTechList();
     method public void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int);
diff --git a/api/test-current.txt b/api/test-current.txt
index 4060b30c6a6a8..d3a6b3ae458d2 100644
--- a/api/test-current.txt
+++ b/api/test-current.txt
@@ -24254,6 +24254,7 @@ package android.nfc {
 
   public final class Tag implements android.os.Parcelable {
     method public int describeContents();
+    method public boolean done(int);
     method public byte[] getId();
     method public java.lang.String[] getTechList();
     method public void writeToParcel(android.os.Parcel, int);
diff --git a/core/java/android/nfc/INfcTag.aidl b/core/java/android/nfc/INfcTag.aidl
index 3ac1dcc272b74..26d2bec761f8f 100644
--- a/core/java/android/nfc/INfcTag.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/nfc/INfcTag.aidl
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ import android.nfc.TransceiveResult;
  */
 interface INfcTag
 {
-    int close(int nativeHandle);
     int connect(int nativeHandle, int technology);
     int reconnect(int nativeHandle);
     int[] getTechList(int nativeHandle);
     boolean isNdef(int nativeHandle);
     boolean isPresent(int nativeHandle);
     TransceiveResult transceive(int nativeHandle, in byte[] data, boolean raw);
+    boolean done(int nativeHandle, int debounceMs);
 
     NdefMessage ndefRead(int nativeHandle);
     int ndefWrite(int nativeHandle, in NdefMessage msg);
diff --git a/core/java/android/nfc/Tag.java b/core/java/android/nfc/Tag.java
index 154d5a11db9e4..40d5a8db83b41 100644
--- a/core/java/android/nfc/Tag.java
+++ b/core/java/android/nfc/Tag.java
@@ -214,6 +214,42 @@ public final class Tag implements Parcelable {
         return techIntList;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Signals that you are no longer interested in communicating with this tag
+     * for as long as it remains in range.
+     *
+     * All future attempted communication to this tag will fail with {@link IOException}.
+     * The NFC controller will be put in a low-power polling mode, allowing the device
+     * to save power in cases where it's "attached" to a tag all the time (eg a tag in
+     * car dock).
+     *
+     * Additionally the debounceMs parameter allows you to specify for how long the tag needs
+     * to have gone out of range, before it will be dispatched again.
+     *
+     * Note: the NFC controller typically polls at a pretty slow interval (100 - 500 ms).
+     * This means that if the tag repeatedly goes in and out of range (for example, in
+     * case of a flaky connection), and the controller happens to poll every time the
+     * tag is out of range, it *will* re-dispatch the tag after debounceMs, despite the tag
+     * having been "in range" during the interval.
+     *
+     * Note 2: if a tag with another UID is detected after this API is called, its effect
+     * will be cancelled; if this tag shows up before the amount of time specified in
+     * debounceMs, it will be dispatched again.
+     *
+     * Note 3: some tags have a random UID, in which case this API won't work.
+     *
+     * @param debounceMs minimum amount of time the tag needs to be out of range before being
+     *                   dispatched again.
+     * @return false if the Tag couldn't be found (or has gone out of range), true otherwise
+     */
+    public boolean done(int debounceMs) {
+        try {
+            return mTagService.done(getServiceHandle(), debounceMs);
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     private static HashMap<String, Integer> getTechStringToCodeMap() {
         HashMap<String, Integer> techStringToCodeMap = new HashMap<String, Integer>();