Mobile Stock Count App used with Andriod Barcode Scanner: Help Needed

[LucD]

Hey Gliders!

I have built a stock count app using Glide Apps that is designed to work on an Android-based barcode scanner. The current process requires the user to click into a text field and then scan the barcode. Once scanned, the barcode value appears in the text field, but the user must then click a button to record the stock count.

I have two questions:

1. Is it possible to automatically trigger an action as soon as the barcode value is populated in the text field, instead of requiring the user to click a button? I’ve noticed that the barcode scanner automatically sends a “return” signal after scanning.
2. If the above is not possible, can I restrict the text field to a single line or trim the input value to prevent extra spaces, which can cause issues with item lookup?

[noobglider]

Hi there, I’m not sure regarding the action trigger based on just the text entry, but regarding the barcode scanner, most are configurable so that you can add/remove prefixes and suffixes, so you should be able to remove the return, in order to just capture the code.

[ThinhDinh]

Barcode scanners has an on scan action, so I assume you can write the value to a column, and then trigger the action you want using that “on scan” section.

[LucD]

Hi ThinhDinh

I believe this is only available for the in app barcode scanning feature that uses the camera of the phone. I don’t think it works with the barcode scanner module built into the Andriod device.