[Feature request] Use QR codes to set the mobile applications up about android-app HOT 19 CLOSED

The easiest way would be, if we generate a QR Code for one of the Feed-URLs as it contains all required data. And the generation is easy with a qr library for php, or we can use the Google Chart Tool (https://developers.google.com/chart/infographics/docs/qr_codes?csw=1) to generate it.

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if we can avoid google tools, I think it's better ;-)

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agree. There should be many php-libraries providing the same work.

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I was looking at implementing this in the application. I wanted to know how you would prefer it :

1. Explicit Intent to let the user handle the scanning part similar to what Google Authenticator uses.
2. Implicit Intent and adding a scanning library to the codebase to handle it.

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We should have a look on how other Floss apps handle this.

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Not really needed for wallabag v2... However.

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if you give user name and password, you can retrieve the id and token by pressing the button in the settings (retrieve feed access data).

This ticket is obsolete, isn't it?

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Especially when using an own server, it would be useful to scan a QR-code on the config page instead of having to type URL, username, and password.

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Since #290 we can fill in URL and username using wallabag:// scheme, which can be received from an external QR-code scanner. For example, you can scan the following QR-code using Barcode scanner:

(QR code text: wallabag://[email protected]).
If you "open" the URL, the wallabag app will open connection wizard with URL and username filled in - you only need to enter password and press "next".

Barcode generation is not implemented on the server side, though.

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Since i could not find an issue for the QR Code stuff on server side, i created one and hope that it is okay: wallabag/wallabag#2448

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See wallabag/wallabag#2523

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looks like the server-side API changes are here: wallabag/wallabag#2523 we just need to scan stuff now...

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Thank you 👍

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@nicosomb hmm... that's just the wallabag side - i didn't see a scanner on the android app side, are you sure this is completed?

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yes it is 👍 see #300

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uh! that's cool i guess... how does it work? is the user expected to fire up a barcode scanner on his/her own?

because i didn't see a "scan" button during configuration... maybe some shortcut would be helpful...

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On your web app, you need to scan the QR code, then the android app will be opened with some of your settings.

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@anarcat yeah, I added #362 today.

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@di72nn right, thanks!

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