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Feature Request FR-3816
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63 Voters

Native Barcode reader

steven_tseki2 Public · Jun 2 2024

Idea Summary
Add a native barcode reader in Apex similar to the QR Code reader.

Use Case
Scanning barcodes is very useful in inventory management.  Very helpful in a mobile app as well.

Preferred Solution (Optional)
Full functionality like the QR Code reader.  Also enhance apex_barcode to include all barcode types, especially UPC-A.

This is currently on the roadmap for a future release of Oracle APEX.

Comments

Comments

  • chris.shannon OP 1.3 years ago

    yes please

  • lakshmi.pavuluri OP 1.3 years ago

    This has been a pending functionality for a while.

  • stefano.bianchi OP 11 months ago

    Very helpful

  • claudio.quarta OP 11 months ago

    Yes, please! It would be a real game-changer.

  • vito.lacriola OP 11 months ago

    After a lot of time spent with plugins, it would be amzing

  • valentina.raimondi OP 11 months ago

    Very helpful

  • debora.cardetta OP 11 months ago

    Yes, please! It would be amazing!

  • dan OP 10 months ago

    This would be amazing. I have two complete Flutter apps built and hosted on the different play stores just as a workaround for not being able to scan barcodes.

  • jayson hanes Admin OP 10 months ago

    There are 3rd party JavaScript libraries that handle this in their own way - such as https://scanbot.io/ and https://serratus.github.io/quaggaJS/ etc and should be really easy to implement today.

  • dan OP 10 months ago

    @jayson hanes 

    For me the purpose is to scan EAN codes on products. I tried a lot of plugins but did not get them to work reliably. I have the EAN codes for each product stored in the database, using the barcode scanner I could identify the products. Using a separate app will only give me the numbers from the EAN code. Copy pasting them into my app is way to inefficient. My app is ment to be used both preactive and reactive. If someone swallowed a hazardous chemical it should be as fast and easy as possible to find the information of what to do. The flutter apps works but maintaining those two just for the scanning is not optimal.

    Why are there a need for 3 party app? There are plugins that does this but for me I just did not get it reliable. For example APEX QR Code Scanner (22.12.15) from Ronny Weiss.

  • jayson hanes Admin OP 10 months ago

    Ronny's plugin would have to be something for him to support - adding features like this to APEX out of the box adds more for us/The APEX team to manage going forward, while these 3rd party options are supported by their respective developers - it boils down to us reinventing the wheel with a lot of strings attached.

  • dan OP 10 months ago

    @jayson hanes ok. 

    For me that has no knowledge about the complexity of these things the QR code item did give me hope. But I can understand that its probably much more resource intensive to support scanning with all kinds of different devices out there.

    I appreciate the feedback!

  • thomas.malmberg OP 10 months ago

    Support for ean13 + addon would be super nice to have !