QR Code reader

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Has anyone successfully created a QR scanner using Corona?

can anybody point me in the right direction?

Regards,

Andrew.

#2

You simply can´t, or well not the regular fashion qr code reader that reads in real time.

BUT there is a guy who “cheated” and created one where you take a picture, send it to a server that decodes the qrcode and returns the answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybx98YA3rLI

take a look at this if you want to do something similar

http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx

#3

You simply can´t, or well not the regular fashion qr code reader that reads in real time.

BUT there is a guy who “cheated” and created one where you take a picture, send it to a server that decodes the qrcode and returns the answer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybx98YA3rLI

take a look at this if you want to do something similar

http://zxing.org/w/decode.jspx

#4

Hello,

I was also searching to see if Corona supports reading a QR code and see it doesn’t. But this suggestion sounds interesting. How good of a picture does the code need to be captured by the camera? Do I take a picture of the QR Code and save it as an image to then have decoded?

Thanks,

Warren

#5

Hello,

I was also searching to see if Corona supports reading a QR code and see it doesn’t. But this suggestion sounds interesting. How good of a picture does the code need to be captured by the camera? Do I take a picture of the QR Code and save it as an image to then have decoded?

Thanks,

Warren

#6

Now a lot people might choose to download a QR code reader to smartphone or tablet and use the camera to capture QR code images. As for the quality of resolution of the pic, I don’t think there is a certain value of it. It depends on the camera or the reading software itself.

#7

Okay, I saw this video for like one day ago. And as soon as I saw you
taking a pic I understood how you did it. So I did it myself… I believe
this is how he did it.

You will need a php server.

Here you go.

https://github.com/creftan/qrscannercorona

Sorry for the sloppy code. I hope you understand how it works.

#8

You can only do it in your app with enterprise by linking in the zxing library for android or iOS (or any other native lib)

#9

Can you use most any Android and iOS SDK with Enterprise?

#10

It’s a bit of work to link it in to LUA but yes.

#11

I made a post in the enterprise forum today asking if I can use these SDKs in Enterprise to access the Bluetooth device. They some with examples for using the Android ADK and iOS xcode but would love to do it in Corona with LUA. What are your thoughts?

http://thermoworks.com/software/BlueTherm-Android_SDK_Oct_2013.zip

http://thermoworks.com/software/BlueTherm-iOS_SDK_Oct_2013.zip

#12

I don’t have experience in doing this but I know some Enterprise users work with bluetooth. I don’t know which libs or SDKs they use or they made their own. Maybe one of them can give you some advice on the matter if they see this.

#13

Hi guys. Yes, you can integrate any native library for QR codes with Corona Enterprise today.

We are evaluating when we might be able to add it to Corona SDK (or through a plugin), but don’t have an ETA at this point.

#14

Now a lot people might choose to download a QR code reader to smartphone or tablet and use the camera to capture QR code images. As for the quality of resolution of the pic, I don’t think there is a certain value of it. It depends on the camera or the reading software itself.

#15

Okay, I saw this video for like one day ago. And as soon as I saw you
taking a pic I understood how you did it. So I did it myself… I believe
this is how he did it.

You will need a php server.

Here you go.

https://github.com/creftan/qrscannercorona

Sorry for the sloppy code. I hope you understand how it works.

#16

You can only do it in your app with enterprise by linking in the zxing library for android or iOS (or any other native lib)

#17

Can you use most any Android and iOS SDK with Enterprise?

#18

It’s a bit of work to link it in to LUA but yes.

#19

I made a post in the enterprise forum today asking if I can use these SDKs in Enterprise to access the Bluetooth device. They some with examples for using the Android ADK and iOS xcode but would love to do it in Corona with LUA. What are your thoughts?

http://thermoworks.com/software/BlueTherm-Android_SDK_Oct_2013.zip

http://thermoworks.com/software/BlueTherm-iOS_SDK_Oct_2013.zip

#20

I don’t have experience in doing this but I know some Enterprise users work with bluetooth. I don’t know which libs or SDKs they use or they made their own. Maybe one of them can give you some advice on the matter if they see this.