[tomwilson]

It’s weird how in China QR codes are basically ubiquitous and yet the rest of the world basically ignores them. The difference as far as I can tell is WeChat, which basically everyone has, has great QR code support built in

iOS has great integration built in now to the camera app which should help, but android is still spotty.

[otachack]

Android is terrible. The best thing to do is piggy back zebra crossing's open source app and integrate it directly into the app. But as for a general use scanner, Android still depends on the user to download a external app. Motorola has it built into their camera app but I feel users don't know and don't reach out for it on reflex.

Google has their own solution but it is the stupidest, roundabout way of using it where the host app has to dynamically download the library that has the necessary barcode scanning.

[Severian]

Hmm, interesting, Moto Camera automatically detects and provides the QR code text/info. I guess I took it for granted and thought it was stock Google photo app.

[m-p-3]

If Google was serious about them, they'd make some baseline support for QR code the camera app must support out of the box and provide a standard library to use it.

Just looking at how many QR code reader apps are on the Play Store, and how many of them request a ton of unnecessary permission is downright scary. The same thing happened with flashlight app before the feature was introduced in stock Android.