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Knowledge Base

CodeREADr KEY: Keyboard Wedge App Instructions

iOS Instructions

Requirements

iOS 10.0 or greater is required. You must allow the use of the “CodeREADr KEY Keyboard” in your device settings. When ready to scan you can easily toggle from your standard keyboard to the CodeREADr keyboard.  When done with scanning you can easily toggle back to your standard keyboard.

Download the app from the iTunes App Store.  Search for “CodeREADr KEY: Scan to Field“.

Setup

1. Tap the app’s icon on the iOS device

codereadr key icon 3

You’ll briefly see the app’s splash page

codereadr key splash screen

2. Enter your app-user credentials (or ask support@codereadr.com for “try_demo” credentials)

sign in codereadr KEY

3. Toggle Scanner OFF to Scanner ON and then select a scanning configuration. Configurations are built on CodeREADr.com by the account administrator and can include ‘Modes’ and ‘Smart Scan’ filters. The “try_demo” credentials have a few modes for demo purposes.

combined scanner on

4. To scan into a web or native form field you’ll need to have the target form field visible on the screen and the CodeREADr keyboard open.

With the cursor blinking in the target field first you’ll see your virtual keyboard open up. Tap the globe icon to toggle to the CodeREADr keyboard with the “Scan Barcode” key at the top of the virtual keyboard. You can use the globe icon to toggle between keyboards at any time.

toggle scan wedge keyboard

5. Next to the Scan Barcode key you’ll see a settings icon which will bring you back to the CodeREADr KEY app in case you want to make settings changes.

If you don’t see the CodeREADr KEY Keyboard you can tap the app’s menu option (top right) and tap the Open Settings button to allow access to the camera and the keyboard.

settings for KEY

Android Instructions

Requirements

Android 5.1 or greater is required. You must use the Chrome browser to scan into web applications with the floating ‘bubble’ key. To use the Samsung browser (or other browsers) you’ll need to use our quick-toggle keyboard option. You can use either the floating bubble key or our quick-toggle keyboard option to scan into native applications.

Setup

1. Download the app from Google Play. Search for “CodeREADr KEY: Scan to Field

Google play icon

2. Tap the app’s icon on the Android device

codereadr key logo app store

You’ll briefly see the app’s splash page

codereadr key splash screen

3. Enter your app-user credentials (or ask support@codereadr.com for “try_demo” credentials)

4. Toggle Scanner OFF to Scanner ON and then select a scanning configuration. Configurations are built on CodeREADr.com by the account administrator and can include ‘Modes’ and ‘Smart Scan’ filters. The “try_demo” credentials have a few modes for demo purposes.

scanner on to off

Initiating a Scan

  1. Tapping the “Scan” key attached to the custom “CodeREADr Keyboard”. You can easily toggle between your normal keyboard(s) and the CodeREADr Keyboard if you don’t want to always use the CodeREADr Keyboard.
  2. Tapping a “Floating Key” that you can place anywhere on the screen and dismiss at any time.

Note: On the Android “Language and Input” settings page do not make the CodeREADr keyboard your only keyboard if you want to toggle and device-dependent you may need to enable “Show Keyboard button” for toggling.

OPTION 1: CodeREADr Keyboard

When the cursor is in a form field the CodeREADr Keyboard will open.

android key wedge

OPTION 2: Floating Key

You will be prompted to allow the app to use Accessibility.

android permissions

Once done, to scan into a web or native form field you need to have that screen open on the device. With the cursor blinking in the target field, tap the floating scan key to open the camera. Tap into another field to scan into that field.

floating key

The floating scan key can be placed anywhere on your screen. It will automatically dim.

floating key dim

You can also swipe it down to dismiss it.

dismiss swipe

Once dismissed you’ll see a push notification on the top of the screen To toggle the floating scan key back on simply swipe down from the top of the screen and tap the banner to have the Scanner ON.

codereadr key turned on