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It's still strange to me that android doesn't come with a simple qr reader. They did the right thing with the thousand crappy flashlight apps, and just integrat
by cyborgx7 7y ago
It's still strange to me that android doesn't come with a simple qr reader. They did the right thing with the thousand crappy flashlight apps, and just integrated the functionality in the OS. They should do the same with QR code scanning.
- quelltext 7y agoActually, I don't know which version they started but on my Pixel it's built into the Camera as well as the Lens app. When you point your phone camera to a QR code it'll show a description/link.
- cyborgx7 7y agoThat's pretty neat! Good to know. Mine doesn't do it yet though. I'm also worried about discoverability if they don't give any indication that the camera has this feature.
- lozf 7y agoSame on my few years old MotoG4 ... but not a friends much newer Sony Experia. QR codes are really handy for connecting to Wifi, I have a shell alias that runs: qrencode -t utf8 "WIFI:T:WPA2;S:<Basestation-SSID>;P:<SecurePassw0rd>;;"
- muxator 7y agoNice! How do you consumer it on your phone (I suppose)? Is "WIFI:..." automatically passed to the network intent? Edit: just tried in ZXing QR code scanner on Android, I was too curious. After scanning the code, the proposed action that appears in the bottom part of the screen is "connect to network". It just works! Super useful, thanks!
- chrsstrm 7y agoMost android cameras recognize QR codes. Chrome has a QR code scanner built in, look for the icon at the top of the keyboard. Facebook has also had a scanner in their app for quite a while but of course that’s not native to Android.
- taco_emoji 7y agoIt's been built in to the Camera app for the last couple of years. It'll automatically scan them and throw up a little popover with the text/URL.