QR / Barcode Scanner
QR codes elevate the experience of using mobile apps, and help make routine tasks frictionless. Barcodes are ubiquitous in retail, logistics, manufacturing, and more. QR codes might be used to access interactive content in a museum exhibit app. Barcodes might be used to confirm order contents in a logistics fulfillment center app. Regardless of the use case, by incorporating QR or barcode scanning into your app you'll boost user engagement, and provide a far simplified experience compared to typing in data manually.
With Median’s industry-leading app building solution, adding QR code functionality to your mobile app is both seamless and cost-effective. Our QR / Barcode Scanning Native Plugin sets itself apart by leveraging powerful machine-vision open-source libraries, customized and expanded exclusively for your app. This approach ensures that your business can enjoy the benefits of QR and barcode scanning without any recurring usage fees or other limitations.
Our plugin provides a fully native scanner UI with camera preview and target frame. What’s more, you can display a customizable prompt message at the bottom of the screen while scanning, which can be used to guide users with instructions that are applicable to your use case, e.g. “Scan the shipping label barcode to update delivery status.” The plugin is compatible with both iOS and Android, allowing you to serve a wide audience across both platforms while only integrating once into your web environment.
Key features
Provide a seamless UX:
Ensure an easy, seamless integration with your native app. Customize the native UI prompt message so it speaks directly to your unique audience and include guidance to users for your specific QR or barcode scanning use case.
Use without limits or recurring fees:
There are no recurring usage fees or other limitations so costs remain fixed as your user base grows.
Easy integration:
Add JavaScript to your web environment to prompt the native scanner UI, and receive back the QR / barcode data.
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The Median App Studio will build your app within minutes. You’ll then be able to preview your app immediately in our browser-based simulators or download to test on a physical device. Once you’ve finished configuring your app you can then publish to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
Looking to have our team develop and publish your app? Typically we can have your app developed and published to the app stores within two weeks.
Yes! The Median platform works with all website development platforms. Your app will display your website content as it is displayed in a mobile web browser such as Mobile Safari or Mobile Chrome.
We have many customers who develop their web content using Wordpress, Weebly, Wix, Webflow, and more. And customers who build web applications to deploy as web apps using Microsoft .NET and SharePoint, Salesforce Lightning, Bubble.io.
Most websites will display within apps created using Median automatically. To build highly immersive native apps as a web developer use the Median JavaScript Bridge to add a range of native functionality
- Change the app status bar color dynamically to match your web content and branding
- Add native navigation menus such as a native bottom tab bar menu
- Adjust the device screen brightness when displaying a QR code for other devices to scan
- Prevent the device screen from timing out and going to sleep when showing long form content for the user to read
Apps built using Median are much more than a wrapper app. The Median platform allows you to build an app with advanced native functionality and features. You can add native navigation menus, native push notifications (with OneSignal and other push providers), and incorporate our premium native plugins such as Face ID / Touch ID Biometric authentication, Social Login, QR/Barcode scanner, In-App Purchases, and much more.
When building your app you'll also benefit from the Median build platform which has been supported and maintained since early 2014. As iOS and Android changes are released you can rebuild your app using the Median App Studio to maintain compatibility while avoiding the overhead that comes from maintaining your own code base.
All changes made to your website will be reflected immediately in your app similarly to how they are reflected immediately in a standard mobile browser. Native apps built using Median obey the same cache headers as a standard browser. If you are experiencing delays seeing your updated website reflected in your app you should verify the cache headers that are being sent by your web server and review potential solutions in our documentation.
There is no cost to build a Median Free app. When published to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store your app will display a small "Powered by Median.co" message at launch and the JavaScript Bridge will not be available for advanced integration.
To build a completely white label app with full JavaScript Bridge capabilities a Median Professional license can be purchased directly within our App Studio on the Licence tab or on our website at https://median.co/pricing.
In addition to the app license, we offer a variety of optional add-ons and services. These include:
- Push Notifications using our integration with OneSignal or through other push notification providers.
- Native Plugins that provide access to a range of device functionality and third-party services.
- A Full-Service Concierge service, where our team handles and completes all app development work to produce a publish-ready app using the Median platform.
- An App Store Publishing service, where our team completes all steps that are required to publish your app to the app stores and guarantees successful approval
- Custom development to extend the Median platform to integrate third-party SDKs and add advanced functionality for your specific use case
- And more!
Yes! So long as your app meets the applicable Apple and Google requirements you will not face any issues publishing your app to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Our Publishing Guide contains all of the information you will need to self-publish your app.
You can also use our experienced team to handle the publishing end-to-end and make the process as seamless as possible. When using our team we provide a 100% guarantee of app store acceptance.
Whether you choose to self-publish or have our team publish on your behalf you will need an Apple Developer Account and a Google Play Developer Account. You can apply for both accounts using the links below.
- Apple Developer Account: https://developer.apple.com/programs/enroll
- Google Play Developer Account: https://play.google.com/apps/publish/signup