{"id":39829,"date":"2023-06-21T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=39829"},"modified":"2023-06-21T13:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T17:39:19","slug":"scanning-qr-codes-with-your-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/21\/scanning-qr-codes-with-your-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Scanning QR Codes With Your iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2023\/06\/19\/qr-codes-iphone\">John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/linked\/2023\/06\/19\/qr-codes-iphone\">\n<p>My tip for scanning QR codes is not to use the Camera app at all. Instead, enable iOS&rsquo;s hidden built-in Code Scanner app in Contol Center. Go to Settings &#x2192; Control Center, and under More Controls, enable Code Scanner.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>Worth keeping in mind, too, that when you use the regular Camera app to scan a QR code, if you open the link, it opens in Safari. With the Code Scanner app in Control Center, links open in a sandboxed in-app web view, which is more private. The only downside is that if you want to keep the opened the page around, you&rsquo;ll need to open it in Safari from within Code Scanner.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Code Scanner is a faux app that does show up in search, but you can&rsquo;t actually drag its icon to your home screen.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Gruber: My tip for scanning QR codes is not to use the Camera app at all. Instead, enable iOS&rsquo;s hidden built-in Code Scanner app in Contol Center. Go to Settings &#x2192; Control Center, and under More Controls, enable Code Scanner. [&#8230;] Worth keeping in mind, too, that when you use the regular Camera app [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-06-21T17:39:06Z","apple_news_api_id":"b3116bfe-9ed2-4780-8950-808347aca08f","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-06-21T17:39:06Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AsxFr_p7SR4CJUICDR6ygjw","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1569,31,2185,2321,2416],"class_list":["post-39829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-control-center","tag-ios","tag-ios-16","tag-ios-17","tag-qr-codes"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39830,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39829\/revisions\/39830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}