diff --git a/core/java/android/nfc/INfcAdapter.aidl b/core/java/android/nfc/INfcAdapter.aidl
index 53e87a6f2656e..541b700b43298 100644
--- a/core/java/android/nfc/INfcAdapter.aidl
+++ b/core/java/android/nfc/INfcAdapter.aidl
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package android.nfc;
 
 import android.app.PendingIntent;
 import android.content.IntentFilter;
+import android.nfc.BeamShareData;
 import android.nfc.NdefMessage;
 import android.nfc.Tag;
 import android.nfc.TechListParcel;
@@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ interface INfcAdapter
     void setForegroundDispatch(in PendingIntent intent,
             in IntentFilter[] filters, in TechListParcel techLists);
     void setAppCallback(in IAppCallback callback);
-    void invokeBeam();
+    oneway void invokeBeam();
+    oneway void invokeBeamInternal(in BeamShareData shareData);
 
     void dispatch(in Tag tag);
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/nfc/NfcAdapter.java b/core/java/android/nfc/NfcAdapter.java
index be098a8ae3921..b0397d5a6981a 100644
--- a/core/java/android/nfc/NfcAdapter.java
+++ b/core/java/android/nfc/NfcAdapter.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import android.content.IntentFilter;
 import android.content.pm.IPackageManager;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
 import android.net.Uri;
+import android.nfc.BeamShareData;
 import android.nfc.tech.MifareClassic;
 import android.nfc.tech.Ndef;
 import android.nfc.tech.NfcA;
@@ -1273,6 +1274,21 @@ public final class NfcAdapter {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @hide
+     */
+    public boolean invokeBeam(BeamShareData shareData) {
+        try {
+            Log.e(TAG, "invokeBeamInternal()");
+            sService.invokeBeamInternal(shareData);
+            return true;
+        } catch (RemoteException e) {
+            Log.e(TAG, "invokeBeam: NFC process has died.");
+            attemptDeadServiceRecovery(e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Enable NDEF message push over NFC while this Activity is in the foreground.
      *