QR Code & Barcode Reader for iOS. Weekly Bug Crawl by QAwerk
Everything that you can imagine doing with a QR-code or a barcode seems to be implemented in this mobile application. Meet QR Code & Barcode Reader! But don’t get fooled by its name since it is not only a reader. With this app, you can easily create, edit, manage, share, and look for info on codes. A highly demanded kind of an app in a modern world, it sure got into our rubric for a reason(which is the bugs, as always). So let’s start scrutinizing this app and its flaws with our Weekly Bug Crawl!
Same “More” menu for favorite and non-favorite QRs in the ‘History’ tab
Severity:
Minor
Steps to Reproduce:
- Create a QR item in a ‘Create’ tab.
- Go to a ‘History’ tab.
- Tap ‘Edit’ and select an item.
- Tap ‘More’.
Environment:
iPhone 6s (iOS 11.4)
Actual Result:
‘Remove from favorites’ item is shown in the bottom sheet menu.
Expected Result:
Bottom sheet menu contains ‘Add to favorites’, ‘Edit’ and ‘Cancel’ options for non-favorite items.
No real-time tracking of the internet connection
Severity:
Major
Precondition:
The Internet is ON.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Turn ON ‘Flight Mode’.
- Go to ‘Settings’ tab.
- Open any article with video inside on ‘Help’ page.
- Try to play the video.
- Turn OFF the ‘Flight Mode’.
- Try to play video again.
Environment:
iPhone 6s (iOS 11.4)
Actual Result:
The video is still not playing. Need to refresh the page manually.
Expected Result:
The video is played successfully.
No error message when you exceed the limit of 160 symbols in the ‘Message’ field
Severity:
Minor
Steps to Reproduce:
- Copy text (more than 160 symbols) from anywhere else.
- Open ‘QR Code & Barcode Reader’ app.
- Tap ‘Create’ tab.
- Tap ‘SMS’ item.
- Paste the text to the ‘Message’ field.
Environment:
iPhone 6s (iOS 11.4)
Actual Result:
Text is not pasted, and no error message is shown.
Expected Result:
Error message about exceeding the symbol limit is shown.
No validation check for email field when you create ‘Email QR’
Severity:
Major
Steps to Reproduce:
- Tap ‘Create’ tab.
- Open ‘Email’ item.
- Enter ‘test’ to the ‘Email Address’ field.
- Tap ‘Create’ button.
Environment:
iPhone 6s (iOS 11.4)
Actual Result:
‘Email QR’ is created, no matter what.
Expected Result:
‘Email QR’ is not created. The error message (e.g. ‘Please, be sure sure the email is correct’) is shown.
‘Email QR’ with an incorrect email address is created as a ‘URL QR’
Severity:
Major
Steps to Reproduce:
- Tap ‘Create’ tab.
- Tap ‘Email’.
- Enter ‘test’ to the ‘Email Address’ field.
- Tap ‘Create’.
- Open ‘History’ tab.
Environment:
iPhone 6s (iOS 11.4)
Actual Result:
‘URL QR’ is created instead of an ‘Email QR’.
Expected Result:
‘Email QR’ is created successfully.
Video player is shown with an incomplete width after rotating the screen to the album orientation
Severity:
Minor
Steps to Reproduce:
- Tap ‘Settings’ tab.
- Open ‘Help’ page with the vertical orientation.
- Open an article with a video (e.g. ‘Advanced features…’).
- Scroll down to the video player.
- Rotate the screen for the album orientation.
Environment:
iPhone 6s (iOS 11.4)
Actual Result:
Video player is still shown like in the vertical orientation.
Expected Result:
Video player is shown according to the full width.
Copying URL with the help of a ‘Share’ button duplicates the link
Severity:
Major
Steps to Reproduce:
- Open ‘Create’ tab.
- Create ‘URL QR’ with a link ‘test.com’.
- Tap ‘History’ tab.
- Open a newly created URL item.
- Tap ‘Share’/’Copy’.
- Open Messages on the phone.
- Paste the link into the new message.
Environment:
iPhone 6s (iOS 11.4)
Actual Result:
Copied data is pasted twice.
Expected Result:
Copied data is pasted properly.
It’s so comfortable when nearly all of the functions to work with QR-codes and barcodes are fitted in one application. Even if you don’t interact with the QR-codes too often, this app still has something to offer. For example, the function which allows you to compare prices by the barcode alone is a must-have, I think. However, there are some bugs in this application that have to be taken care of.
