Little Help On QR codes for apps

lmooney1028 · 31st May 2012, 07:06 AM

Hi Guys,

Just getting into the whole mobile area and think its got good potential. One thing i'd like to know about QR Codes though - can i have one QR code (say like on a poster/leaflet) that directs to an app download?

If so how do i make it so that i can use one QR code and send an iPhone user to the apple app store and an android user to the android app store, etc.

Any info greatly appreciated.

WillR · 31st May 2012, 07:11 AM

A QR code can only have one action. Whether it be initiating a phone call, a text message, a url, whatever. You could link to each app individually but to do so you would need to have a QR code for each app. Your other alternative is to create a simple mobile friendly page that has two buttons on it, one that links to the iPhone app and one that links to the Android app. When people scan the QR code you then send them to that webpage and they can click on the link for their device.

lmooney1028 · 31st May 2012, 07:25 AM

Originally Posted by WillR

A QR code can only have one action. Whether it be initiating a phone call, a text message, a url, whatever. You could link to each app individually but to do so you would need to have a QR code for each app. Your other alternative is to create a simple mobile friendly page that has two buttons on it, one that links to the iPhone app and one that links to the Android app. When people scan the QR code you then send them to that webpage and they can click on the link for their device.

Cheers, its what i initially thought but i got misguided by another thread. Good idea on a simple landing page to redirect to the app download.

Quentin · 31st May 2012, 07:52 AM

Actually you can have different URL for each Operating system in one qr code when it comes to apps.

Try this on iphone and android and you will see it goes to different app download.

You can do this many in one QR Code

iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Blackberry App
Nokia App
Microsoft App

Quentin

WillR · 31st May 2012, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by Quentin

Actually you can have different URL for each Operating system in one qr code when it comes to apps.

Try this on iphone and android and you will see it goes to different app download.

You can do this many in one QR Code

iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Blackberry App
Nokia App
Microsoft App

Quentin

I stand corrected.

There you go, you learn something new everyday.

How's that work? I'm assuming it is detecting the user-agent and then redirecting them based on that?

Jay Moreno · 31st May 2012, 09:14 AM

you will need to use useragent detection on the page you point your QR code at - that way you can do a conditional statement based on the type of device that is viewing your web page...

ie if iphone redirect to app store - if android redirect to google play... etc

there are several ways to do this using php, javascript or a modified htaccess file

this is a very simple javascript based one to get you going.... place this before your </head> tag and replace http://www.your-destination-url-here.com with the url you want the particular visitor to be redirected to

HTML Code:

<script language="javascript">
/* <![CDATA[ */
if ((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('iphone')!=-1))
{
window.location = "http://www.your-destination-url-here.com";
}


if ((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('android')!=-1))
{
window.location = "http://www.your-destination-url-here.com";
}
/* ]]> */
</script>

Hope that helps,

Cheers Jay

Jay Moreno · 31st May 2012, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by sqcd

Try a QR Code Software and manage the code, that is, automate different content/URLs at different times.

See my signature for links.

what your saying doesn't make sense... are you suggesting you change periodically/randomly the destination url? that would not help an android user if they get pushed to apples app store???

the OP requires one QR code that pushes the different mobile users to the correct destination for their device...

a regular QR code wouldn't and cant handle the redirection - that needs to be done by the destination url as i mentioned above using user agent redirection/forwarding on the page the mobile visitor gets sent too.... the QR code that Quentin demonstrated the redirection is handled by the online software that hosts/generates the QR code, its that that handles the redirection you cant expect to create any old QR code at some basic QR code generation site and expect it to do that without doing applying a redirect on the destination url as i mentioned previously... we host our own QR code tracking service same as Quentin does that simplifies the generation of that redirection type of QR code...

sqcd · 1st Jun 2012, 01:48 AM

I'm with you Jay, must have misread the original query. You're right, if Quentin wants to direct users based on their handset then there's more logic to be included. Our software helps to manage different redirects which can be scheduled in advance but not based on type of mobile device.

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Jay Moreno Mobile+WP = JumpMobi.com War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: San Antonio, Tx Posts: 1,270 Thanks: 301 Thanked 449 Times in 309 Posts	Re: Little Help On QR codes for apps Share on: you will need to use useragent detection on the page you point your QR code at - that way you can do a conditional statement based on the type of device that is viewing your web page... ie if iphone redirect to app store - if android redirect to google play... etc there are several ways to do this using php, javascript or a modified htaccess file this is a very simple javascript based one to get you going.... place this before your </head> tag and replace http://www.your-destination-url-here.com with the url you want the particular visitor to be redirected to HTML Code: <script language="javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ / if ((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('iphone')!=-1)) { window.location = "http://www.your-destination-url-here.com"; } if ((navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('android')!=-1)) { window.location = "http://www.your-destination-url-here.com"; } / ]]> */ </script> Hope that helps, Cheers Jay
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sqcd Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2011 Location: UK Posts: 33 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: Little Help On QR codes for apps Share on: I'm with you Jay, must have misread the original query. You're right, if Quentin wants to direct users based on their handset then there's more logic to be included. Our software helps to manage different redirects which can be scheduled in advance but not based on type of mobile device.
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