How to Share a Contact from Android to iPhone

To share a contact from Android to iPhone, send that person’s contact as a VCF file by email or a messaging app, then have the recipient open and save it on the iPhone. If you are together, an on-screen contact QR code is another option.

Send a contact already saved on Android

Open Google Contacts and select the one person you want to share. Open Contact settings at the top right, then choose Share contact, as described in Google’s Contacts Help. Pick an email or messaging app from the sharing menu, check the recipient, and send the contact attachment. On a Samsung Galaxy, Samsung Support describes opening the contact, tapping Share, and choosing Share as file; wording can vary by device. Choose the file option when you want the recipient to save a contact rather than copy text. Open the individual contact first so you do not accidentally select your entire address book.

Send your card from Digital Business Card: NFC QR

If your details are already in Digital Business Card: NFC QR, select the card you want to send and check its contents. Tap Send card, then Send contact file in the Send & export menu. The app prepares a VCF file for that card and opens Android’s sharing menu. Choose an available app that can send attachments, select the recipient, and finish sending there. This route uses the card you entered in the app; the app does not migrate your phone’s address book. You do not need to recreate an existing Android contact in the app just to send it once.

Finish the handoff on the iPhone

Ask the recipient to open the message or email and tap the VCF attachment. Apple’s iPhone User Guide identifies a VCF attachment in email or a message as a supported way to import contacts. Have the recipient complete the save prompt and then find the person in Contacts. Opening an attachment is not the same as confirming that the contact was saved. Check the main phone number and email address together before ending the exchange. If the recipient already has a record for that person, compare the existing details before saving another copy.

Use the contact QR code when you are together

In Digital Business Card: NFC QR, open the intended card and tap Big QR. Keep the Android phone upright with the complete square and its border visible. Ask the recipient to open the iPhone Camera or Code Scanner and point it at the code; Apple Support documents both scanning options. The app’s QR contains contact data directly, so displaying it does not require loading a card website. Follow the contact action offered by the scanner. If it does not recognize the contact, use Send contact file instead.

Send a card link when a file is inconvenient

Choose Send card, then Send card link if you would rather send a web page. The recipient can open the page in a browser without installing Digital Business Card: NFC QR, then tap Save contact to get a VCF file. Opening that page requires internet access. There is a limit to account for: the card page cuts each text field to 500 characters, which can leave a long note or address incomplete. Use Send contact file when those longer details matter. Keep the full generated link intact when sending it; if the card will not open, send a fresh link or the file.

Quick Share can be an option on supported devices

Google’s Android Help now documents Quick Share transfers to iPhone through AirDrop on supported Android devices. If your device supports this, share the contact file through Quick Share, ask the recipient to set AirDrop to Everyone for 10 minutes, select their iPhone, and wait for acceptance. Support depends on the Android device, so do not assume every phone has this route. Google also describes a QR download option for devices without AirDrop support; that route needs internet access on both phones. For a single contact, email remains a useful fallback if nearby discovery takes longer than the exchange itself.

Do not rely on NameDrop or an NFC phone tap

NameDrop is not an Android-to-iPhone sharing method. Apple describes it for exchanges with a nearby iPhone or supported Apple Watch. Digital Business Card: NFC QR’s phone-to-phone NFC sharing is intended for NFC-enabled Android phones; use its QR, contact file, or card link for an iPhone recipient. You do not need to turn on NFC to use those alternatives. If touching the phones together produces no result, switch methods instead of repeatedly moving the phones around.

If the contact does not arrive or open

First check that you sent the attachment, not just a screenshot of the card or its filename. If the messaging app does not offer a usable contact attachment, try sending the VCF by email. If a QR code will not scan, make sure the whole code is visible; if the app reports too much text for a QR, switch to the contact file rather than removing information the recipient needs. If the file opens but you cannot find the saved person, search Contacts for the phone number as well as the name.

Check exactly what you are sharing

Before sending, review the card for private numbers, home addresses, or notes that do not belong in this exchange. In Digital Business Card: NFC QR, the sharing menu sends the selected card’s available fields; it does not provide a separate field picker at send time. Edit and save the card first if something should be left out. If you are sharing someone else’s details, ask before passing them along. On the receiving side, open links only when you recognize the sender and expect the card. Avoid website or social links on a stranger’s card when you cannot verify who sent it.