fttx/barcode-to-pc-app

Barcode to PC app

Barcode to pc app

Useful links

Downloads

• Server: https://barcodetopc.com/#download-server
• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.barcodetopc
• iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1180168368

Repositories

• Server: https://github.com/fttx/barcode-to-pc-server
• App: https://github.com/fttx/barcode-to-pc-app

Setup

• Clone the repository

  git clone https://github.com/fttx/barcode-to-pc-app/
  cd barcode-to-pc-app

• Install ionic and cordova

  • See: https://ionicframework.com/docs/intro/installation/
  • Run cordova requirements to see if there is something missing
  • And also check last-ionic-info.txt

• Put the Firebase config files in the root folder (GoogleService-Info.plist and google-services.json)

• Install the npm dependencies and add your platform

  npm install
  ionic cordova platform add [email protected]
  ionic cordova platform add ios
  ionic cordova resources # rename icon.ios.png to icon.png to generate the iOS icons

Run

ionic cordova run ios --device
ionic cordova run android

Publish updates

• Increase the version number of the package.json
• Increase the versionCode and version number in the config.xml
• Commit the changes, Add a tag & push
• Run the following commands:

# iOS
# Select Any iOS device as Build Target
# Barcode to PC > Build Phases > Remove "[CP] Copy Pods Resources"
# Barcode to PC > Build Settings > Signing > Set Code Signign Identity to "iOS Developer"
ionic cordova build ios --prod --release
open "platforms/ios/Barcode to PC.xcworkspace"
# Product > Archive

# Android
# Increase version code in package.json & config.xml
ionic cordova build android --prod --release

Development

Quick way to test changes in the barcode scanner plugin:

trash plugins/fttx-phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner
cp -r ../phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner plugins/fttx-phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner
trash platforms/android
ionic cordova build android

barcode-to-pc-app's Issues

iPhone doesn't work with Windows 10

Fix iOS status bar text color

Set the continuos mode default timeout to 0

And show a native toast that says "Press back to stop"

LocalStorage doesn't work on android 4.4 and earlier

Add IPv6 support

Add suffix and prefix for barcode as option

Continuos mode may have a memory leak

User feedback:

After update started some battery drain. Device become very hot in continues mode. With previous version there's no such problems, I could scan 100 barcodes with no battery loose or become hot. Device: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active Android 5.1, official rom

Show correct app name

Add FAQ and Connecting instructions to the website

Show server update alert + changelog

Disable landscape mode on iOS

Cordova bug?

After deleting the default server it won't add it anymore

It should be re-added to the list when the server restarts

Clear pages history when a menu drawer item is selected

Show welcome page until the connection is established correctly

Add also the option "Do not show anymore"

The statusbar color isn't applied

Remove server from select-server page when it is unregistered

Continue scanning until back or cancel button is pressed

Hello, this app is pretty amazing (It's the best among all the ones I have tried)

It will be nice if by default the app continue scanning until back or a cancel button is pressed in the scan screen, instead of having to select continue in the "continue scanning?" dialog every single time. I scan around 20 barcodes per session and is very inefficient having to press continue every time.

Thanks for this great app.

Add server manually doesn't work

Show an alert dialog when cannot find servers in the welcome page

Release different apks for armv7 and x86 with crosswalk

Change <preference name="xwalkMultipleApk" value="true" /> in the config.xml
Update README.md

Add a settings page

Contents:

• Continue mode timeout

Handle version mismatch between server and app

Add a way to retrieve messages from the server

Ask the user if he really wants to send the barcode to the computer

Feedback:

I have a suggestion. It would be awesome if you can make it preview the scanned code and then either choose to "send to pc" or to retake. Instead of going back to pc all the time if it scans the wrong code or anything such

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Solution 1: use a confirm dialog
Solution 2: scan the barcodes without sending them, and when you're done and you have access to the computer, send them in batch. (See: #35)

Add a screenshots that shows that the server has multi-platform support

Fix google analytics

Add FAQs

Sometimes the app doesn't connect to the server

In the Welcome page it doesn't test the websocket connection, and starts to consider the first IP discovered as defaultServer.

Add support for MQTT

Add "keyboard emulation" keyword

Disable text selection on iOS

ionic bug?

Auto-reconnect if lost connection

Move connect() function from scanSessions page to app.component and create a 10s interval when connection is lost

Allow to scan a barcode to pair the app with the server

It should be available in the Select server page and in the Welcome page

Connection problem - diagnosis

Hello there,
I've found your very useful app / server combination for barcodes.
But there's one problem:
I can't connect my iPhone to the server on Windows 10 64bit.
How can I find out, whats the problem?

Open url button

Allow the user to open a scanned url

Android 4.x devices require cross-walk plugin

Landscape mode causes buttons overlay in SelectScanningModePage

Landscape mode causes buttons overlay in SelectScanningModePage on devices with low DPI

Add an option to send one or many barcodes again

If I do a session with 20 codes in a row but I can not be in front of the computer (I am in the store and can not be in front of the computer screen), it would be interesting that when I sit in front of the computer and enter the session Android app, when you click on a read code, it will be sent back to the pc just by pressing it. Without having to export .csv.

Add an option to set the preferred scanning mode (single scan or continuous mode)

Group the saved servers by network

What if the device has more than one interface?

Add a button for the QR Code connection in the Select server page

I would like beep sound to be added to the "barcode to pc" application.

I use the "barcode to pc" application very well, but when I scan a barcode I need to see my smartphone or PC screen to see if the work is done. I would like to add "beep" sound to make it easier for users to check whether the work is done.

Remove tabs

Change background color to the menu drawer selected item

Add comments to scannings

Or numbers (eg. quantity)

Rename session alert doesn't pops out when hitting the back button while scanning

Rating dialog for playstore/appstore

Cannot choose another server if the app is already connected to one server

Solution: close and open the connection again when a new server is selected

Switch the zeroconf plugin to ionic-native

Update images according the new apple guidelines

https://developer.apple.com/app-store/marketing/ios-11/
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/marketing/guidelines/#images
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/marketing/guidelines/#photography