Possibility to open the correct application, depending on the content of the code read

Hi,

After scaning a barcode, can you add a button to open the application in connection with the code read.

Examples :

• if the code contain an URL → the button can open the webbrowser
• if the code start with mailto: → the button can open the mail client
• if the code is a vCard BEGIN:VCARD → the button can open the contact app
• …

You can see some other one on this page : https://github.com/zxing/zxing/wiki/Barcode-Contents

Thanks !

[jas14]

For what it’s worth, just opened #40 , which adds a WiFi connect button and should also make it easier to add actions for other custom data types mentioned above (e.g. contacts, events)

[molikuner]

@markusfisch Thank you for this reference. I have already found this implementation of WIFI support. If you agree, I would implement it in the next few days. The app would need some additional permissions:

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>

After looking at the calendar and contacts, I’m not quite sure if you should fully support them. The problem is that many tags in these vFormats become very complex. The ZXing Android app implements only partial support (e.g. calendar). The contacts are a bit special, because you don’t have to implement a real parser. There is a way to share a .vcf file with the contacts and import it. To open the contact afterwards, you just need to give the app an additional permission to search for that contact. But keep in mind that you probably don’t want to do this because the contact app imports the specified file asynchronously and you can’t be sure if the contact has already been added or will be added in the next few seconds. This means that the only nice implementation would be a parser for the contacts.