diff --git a/plugin.xml b/plugin.xml
index d2dddbe4..673846b4 100644
--- a/plugin.xml
+++ b/plugin.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@
             </array>
         </config-file>
         
+        <config-file parent="com.apple.developer.nfc.readersession.formats" platform="ios" target="*-App.entitlements">
+            <array>
+                <string>NDEF</string>
+                <string>TAG</string>  
+            </array>
+        </config-file>
+
         <header-file src="src/ios/NfcPlugin.h" />
         <source-file src="src/ios/NfcPlugin.m" />
 
@@ -139,7 +146,7 @@
 
         <preference name="NFC_USAGE_DESCRIPTION" default="Read NFC Tags" />
         <config-file target="*-Info.plist" parent="NFCReaderUsageDescription">
-            <string>$NFC_USAGE_DESCRIPTION</string>
+            <string>The app enables the reading and writing of various NFC tags.</string>
         </config-file>
     </platform>
 
diff --git a/src/android/src/com/chariotsolutions/nfc/plugin/NfcPlugin.java b/src/android/src/com/chariotsolutions/nfc/plugin/NfcPlugin.java
index e8256d83..74120547 100644
--- a/src/android/src/com/chariotsolutions/nfc/plugin/NfcPlugin.java
+++ b/src/android/src/com/chariotsolutions/nfc/plugin/NfcPlugin.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import android.nfc.tech.Ndef;
 import android.nfc.tech.NdefFormatable;
 import android.nfc.tech.TagTechnology;
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
 import android.util.Log;
@@ -483,7 +484,13 @@ private void createPendingIntent() {
             Activity activity = getActivity();
             Intent intent = new Intent(activity, activity.getClass());
             intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
-            pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(activity, 0, intent, 0);
+            if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.S) {
+               pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(activity, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(activity, 0, intent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m b/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
index 9b40f251..849e876b 100644
--- a/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
+++ b/src/ios/NfcPlugin.m
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ - (void)writeTag:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command API_AVAILABLE(ios(13.0)){
         if (self.shouldUseTagReaderSession) {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
 
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession new]
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession alloc]
                        initWithPollingOption:(NFCPollingISO14443 | NFCPollingISO15693)
                        delegate:self queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
 
         } else {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:FALSE];
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:FALSE];
         }
     }
 
@@ -306,12 +306,12 @@ - (void)startScanSession:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command {
         
         if (self.shouldUseTagReaderSession) {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCTagReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession new]
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCTagReaderSession alloc]
                            initWithPollingOption:(NFCPollingISO14443 | NFCPollingISO15693)
                            delegate:self queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
         } else {
             NSLog(@"Using NFCNDEFReaderSession");
-            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
+            self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
         }
         sessionCallbackId = [command.callbackId copy];
         self.nfcSession.alertMessage = @"Hold near NFC tag to scan.";
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ - (void)startScanSession:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command {
         
     } else if (@available(iOS 11.0, *)) {
         NSLog(@"iOS < 13, using NFCNDEFReaderSession");
-        self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession new]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
+        self.nfcSession = [[NFCNDEFReaderSession alloc]initWithDelegate:self queue:nil invalidateAfterFirstRead:TRUE];
         sessionCallbackId = [command.callbackId copy];
         self.nfcSession.alertMessage = @"Hold near NFC tag to scan.";
         [self.nfcSession beginSession];