If you attend conferences or events where attendees have QR codes or barcodes on their name badges and you want to capture their information, you'll use the built-in badge scanning functionality of the Mobile Locker app.

If you want to scan barcodes or QR codes for any other purpose, you can do it this way:

Supported codes

Mobile Locker can scan any of these codes:

Aztec
Code 39
Code 39, Mod 43
Code 93
Code 128
Data Matrix
Interleaved 2of5
ITF-14
PDF417
QR codes
UPC-E

Read more about these codes onbarcode-generator.org

Open the Scanner

mobilelocker.openScanner()

See it working

The kazaamax-starter presentation has the scanner functionality for you to test.

562 — The kazaamax-starter presentation has the scanner button.

Test the scanner

Create a QR code with one of the many free services such as qr-code-generator.com

1199 — It's really easy to generate QR codes

Use the kazaamax-starter presentation, or create your own, with a button to open the scanner as described above.

Scan the QR code. It will display the captured information in the alert. Tap OK to save the captured data, or tap Try again.

1536 — The raw data contained within the QR code. It was a VCARD in this example but it could be anything that can be represented in a QR or barcode. See barcode-generator.org

The scanner will close and you'll return to the screen you were on. You'll see the green Code captured banner at the top, and the data was saved as a regular Device Event.

In the admin portal, the event will be saved with the following attributes:

Category: data-capture
Action: scan-code
Path: (the URL you were on in the presentation)

The data field will contain:

type: the type of code that was scanned
code: the raw data that was captured from the QR or barcode

1068 — The event will look like this in the portal.

{
  "type": "org.iso.QRCode",
  "code": "BEGIN:VCARD\nVERSION:3.0\nN:Stralka;Mark\nFN:Mark Stralka\nORG:Mobile Locker\nTITLE:President\nADR:;;72 North Main St;Hudson;OH;44236;USA\nTEL;WORK;VOICE:215-315-3543\nTEL;CELL:555-555-5555\nTEL;FAX:\nEMAIL;WORK;INTERNET:mark@mobilelocker.com\nURL:https://mobilelocker.com\nBDAY:\nEND:VCARD\n"
}

What can you do with the captured QR code or barcode?

Once the code is captured to Mobile Locker, you can view the data in the portal as described above, or setup a create a webhook send the data to any other system you choose. If you need to do something else with the data, shoot us an email.

1188 — Scan the QR code on a name tag to capture the person's contact information.