Using Android Devices with Built-in Barcode Scanners in Tulip

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Hello!

We’ve received a number of requests recently about Android devices with built-in barcode scanners like the Janam XT3

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and the Honeywell CT60

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These devices can be used in Tulip Apps via the Android Tulip Player if and only if the user selects a text field prior to scanning the barcode. It’s possible to scan multiple barcodes by selecting a single multi-line text input field and then scanning multiple times, but it is not possible to use the “When barcode scanned” trigger right now.

There is work in progress to allow these Android devices to use the “When barcode scanned” trigger, but it’s not yet available and we don’t have an estimate for when it will be.

I hope this clears up any confusion! If you have product suggestions related to this work, please drop them in the Product Suggestions section: https://community.tulip.co/c/product-suggestions/10.

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We have the same issue with Zebra TC52/62.

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Hi Tulip Customer Team,

Is there an update on the functionality to create a trigger upon barcode scan?

“These devices can be used in Tulip Apps via the Android Tulip Player if and only if the user selects a text field prior to scanning the barcode. It’s possible to scan multiple barcodes by selecting a single multi-line text input field and then scanning multiple times, but it is not possible to use the “When barcode scanned” trigger right now”

Thanks,
Jeremy

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Hi @jschmid53,

If you post or send me your instance, we do have a feature flag we can enable that should allow you to use barcode triggers on Android!

Thanks,
Grant Levy

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Hello everybody.

I want to use the built-in barcode scanner of a honeywell handheld device (CT40).
As described in this post, the text field input is working, but i can’t use the “When barcode scanned” trigger.

We’ve enabled the feature flag for our instance, but that doesn’t help.

Is there any update on this issue or does anyone has a working solution with such kind of barcode scanners?

Thanks,
Lukas

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Hi Lukas,

any barcode scanner used in Tulip needs to be set up with a “enter” as suffix.
Did you check if the Scanner is set up like this.
Most of the times this should do the trick.

let me know if this was helpful.

Thanks,
Thorsten