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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon georapbox

Continuous scanning

Open bilogic opened this issue 6 months ago • 3 comments
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Hi,

Very nice app! I noticed if the QR Code remains in view, pressing Esc will cause the app to detected and pop up the press Esc message again. I wonder how the commercial hardware scanners deal with this.

Can it be made to scan continuously without the need to press Esc?

bilogic avatar Apr 30 '25 15:04 bilogic

Hi,

Thanks a lot for your feedback and kind words!

About what you noticed: the way the app works right now is on purpose. It's meant to scan a barcode or QR code, show the result, and then stop scanning. The idea is to let the user see and review the result, instead of scanning over and over automatically like commercial barcode scanners do.

Most of the time, I personally use the app to scan QR codes that contain links, so it's really helpful for me to have the scan stop and display the result clearly.

Continuous scanning could definitely be an idea for the future, but it would also mean changing the flow of the app quite a lot. Right now, the app is focused on keeping things simple and manual rather than trying to work like a hardware scanner.

Thanks again for your feedback — I really appreciate it!

georapbox avatar May 02 '25 13:05 georapbox

Thanks. As a temporary workaround, perhaps have a configuration that can countdown after each scan?

bilogic avatar May 03 '25 00:05 bilogic

Update: Currently working on implementing an option for continuous scanning. I'm also updating the app to maintain a list of all scans from the current session.

Hopefully, the new feature will be available soon.

georapbox avatar May 07 '25 08:05 georapbox

PR #31 is merged and support for continuous scanning is added as a new options in the settings menu.

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georapbox avatar May 13 '25 07:05 georapbox

great thanks!

bilogic avatar May 13 '25 07:05 bilogic