Simple QR

Simple and lightweight app to scan, create and store QR codes.

About

Simple QR is a FOSS app to scan, create and store QR codes with a simple UI and experience. No backend service connected. No data collected. No ads.

It's now available on the following platforms.

App Store	Google Play	GitHub	IzzyOnDroid

Features

By using the app, you can

1. Scan QR Code and other barcodes in a second, including UPC, EAN, Code 39/128, ITF, Codabar, Aztec, Data Matrix, PDF417, MaxiCode and GS1 DataBar.

2. Import image files and scan the QR Code on it.

3. Create QR code from templates, which includes Free Text, URL, vCard Contact, Phone Number, Message, Email and Wi-Fi.

4. Automatically log results that you scan, create or view again. These logged records can be bookmarked for quick access, and also backupable.

5. Do tasks on the result content with a tap, including but not limited to

   • Use it as a keyword to do web search.
   • Quickly copy it to the clipboard.
   • Execute base64 encoding/decoding on it.
   • Use it as a content to generate a new shareable QR code.
   • Do corresponding tasks if it is a
     • URL: Browse website
     • vCard contact: Add contact
     • Phone number: Phone call, add contact
     • Message: Send message, add contact
     • Email: Send email

6. Customize the generated QR code, e.g. error correction level, color, margin and screen brightness.

7. Customize the app, e.g. app initial page, language and color theme etc.

Demo

Languages Supported

• English (en)
• Traditional Chinese 正體中文 (zh)
• Simplified Chinese 简体中文 (zh-CN)
• German Deutsch (de)
• French Français (fr)
• Italian Italiano (it)

You are welcomed to help translate the app into more languages (refer to this section)

Contribute

• Sponsor the project.

  

• Star the project.

  

• Open issues to report bugs or share any new ideas.

  

• Translate the app into different languages.

How to help translate?

1. Take a look at this JSON
2. Download it, rename it to locale.json, e.g. ja.json for Japanese, de.json for German
3. Change the values of each key.
   • Try to stick to the meaning of the original wordings.
   • Preserve special characters, e.g. <p> <b> \n.
   • Preserve wordings with { }, e.g. {secret}.
   • Preserve wordings with " ", e.g. \"cozmo/jsQR\".
   • DO NOT change the key names.
   • DO NOT change the order.
4. Email the JSON to me (tomfong.dev@gmail.com) after you finish.

Build the project (Android)

1. Run npm install to install all dependencies

2. Run npm run sync and npm run copy:an

3. In android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml, add android:exported="true" inside receiver tag.

4. In android/capacitor-cordova-android-plugins/src/main/java/nl/xservices/plugins/SocialSharing.java, change line 274 to

   final PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(cordova.getActivity().getApplicationContext(), 0, receiverIntent, PendingIntent.FLAG_UPDATE_CURRENT|PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE);
   

5. In android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml, change

   <style name="AppTheme.NoActionBarLaunch" parent="AppTheme.NoActionBar">
     <item name="android:background">#00a5aa</item>
   </style>
   

Contributors

Thank you the following contributors who have made the app better!

Name	GitHub	How?
mondstern	mondlicht-und-sterne	German language translation
Valentino Bocchetti	luftmensch-luftmensch	Italian language translation

Framework

    Ionic CLI                       : 6.19.0
    Ionic Framework                 : @ionic/angular 6.1.8
    @angular-devkit/build-angular   : 13.3.7
    @angular-devkit/schematics      : 13.3.7
    @angular/cli                    : 13.3.7
    @ionic/angular-toolkit          : 6.1.0

    Capacitor CLI                   : 3.5.1
    @capacitor/android              : 3.5.1
    @capacitor/core                 : 3.5.1
    @capacitor/ios                  : 3.5.1

    Android SDK Tools               : 26.1.1
    NodeJS                          : v16.15.4
    npm                             : 8.8.0

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