Barcode scanner (Aphix PocketShop)
Feature list
Located on the top of each PocketShop screen, our built-in barcode scanner:
Allows your customers to scan barcodes to find and order products quickly and easily
Available on both Android and iOS versions
Supports many barcode types including EAN (International Article Number), UPC (universal product code) and QR code.
What's standard in Aphix PocketShop?
Feature | Aphix PocketShop | Key points on integration |
|---|---|---|
Barcode scanner |
| Supports many barcode types including EAN (International Article Number), UPC (Universal Product Code) and QR code. Here's the full list of what's supported. |
More detail
Supported barcode types
A barcode is a symbology (or encrypted terminology) that contains information about a particular item; in this case, it contains information about your many different products. There are many different barcode types - each type having different pros and cons.
Aphix supports the following barcode types:
Both Android and iOs | Description |
|---|---|
QR Code | Quick Response |
Data matrix | 2D barcode that can contain a large quantity of information |
UPC E | Universal Product Code |
UPC A | Universal Product Code |
EAN 8 | International Article Code |
EAN 13 | International Article Code |
Code 128 | Compact code based on ASCII with a switching setting that means it can be optimized for barcode length |
Code 39 | Discrete, self-checking, variable length code |
ITF | 14 digit bar code that uses the “Interleaved 2 of 5” barcode symbology |
| Android only | |
| Code 93 | Alphanumeric, numeric variable barcode length; an extension of Code 39 |
| Codabar | Linear barcode symbology |
| RSS14 | Abbreviated from Reduced Space Symbols. This barcode symbology encodes 14 digits and can be scanned omni-directionally. |
| PDF417 | Stacked limear 2D barcode type |
| RSS Expanded | Abbreviated from Reduced Space Symbols. This barcode symbology can encode 74 numeric or 41 alphabetic characters. It can be scanned omni-directionally. |