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We currently have HTML-based apps for iOS and Android, using a wrapper. We'd very much like have native apps for speed and access to more advanced features. If you're an iOS, Android, Blackberry or Windows Phone developper, we'd very much welcome you :-)
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We currently have native apps for '''Android''', '''iOS''' and Windows 11+ (actually the Android app).
  
Mobile applications for Open Food Facts.
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== Official apps ==
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=== New cross platform Flutter app ===
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* Initial coordination happened at [[Project Smoothie]]
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* The application is already on [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openfoodfacts.scanner Google Play] and the Apple [https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/open-food-facts/id588797948#?platform=iphone App Store] as well as F-Droid.
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* You can contribute to its development ! https://github.com/openfoodfacts/smooth-app
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* Figma file for the new mobile app
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* Figma file for the marketing assets of the new mobile app
  
== Mobile version ==
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=== Classic Android (deprecated) ===
  
See http://fr.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Projet:Version_mobile
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The app is deprecated for food. You can nevertheless [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-androidapp contribute to its development on GitHub (it's still used at the moment for Open Beauty Facts, Open Pet Food Facts and Open Products Facts].
  
== Android and iOS ( PhoneGap ) ==
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==== Documentation of the source code ====
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The documentation is generated automatically from the source code and your improvements to code documentation are published automatically. https://openfoodfacts.github.io/smooth-app
  
Application mainly dedicated to the collection of products: barcode scanning , sending photos, input basic informations.
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==== Figma ====
  
The application is developed in HTML and JavaScript and is based on the PhoneGap platform (also known as Cordova) to be packaged for Android and iOS .
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[https://www.figma.com/files/project/32722224/Android?fuid=969925716131479490 Figma project for the Android app]
  
Phonegap can be used on other platforms ( Windows Phone,etc…) But the app also need BarcodeScanner PhoneGap plugin.
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==== Roadmap ====
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[[Mobile App/Roadmap]]
  
Links:
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=== Classic iOS (deprecated) ===
* Code on github : https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-android/tree/master/phonegap/Open%20Food%20Facts
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The classic codebase in Swift is deprecated.
* App on the Apple AppStore : https://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/open-food-facts/id588797948
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You can nevertheless [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios look at the code on GitHub].
* App on Google Play: http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/images/misc/android-app-on-google-play-en_app_rgb_wo_135x47.png
 
  
== Application for Google Glass (modified Android app ) ==
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#ios and #ios-alerts on Slack
Google Glass is the ultimate and efficient product collection method:
 
* Ok Google, Scan this product.
 
* Ok Google, Take a picture.
 
* Ok Google, Take a picture.
 
* Ok Google, Product Name: Pasta Carbona Weight: 500g Brand: Leader Price.
 
* Ok Google, Save and send to OpenFoodFacts.
 
* Bang next product .
 
  
A developer began a somewhat related application : https://plus.google.com/116935303826575659970/posts/Q9my4128soE
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==== Figma ====
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[https://www.figma.com/files/project/32722591/iOS?fuid=969925716131479490 iOS Figma Project]
  
== Moving from a wrapped HTML app to Native Apps==
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=== Ubuntu mobile ===
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The app is not officially supported. You can compile it directly from the main repo on GitHub.
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https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ubuntu
  
A native application would allow a more fluid use ( PhoneGap app is actually running in a webview , a kind of Web browser, and is suddenly relatively slow and sometimes unstable ) .
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== Mobile web version ==
  
== Applications dedicated to uses other than the collection ==
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See https://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Project:Mobile_version
  
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==  Phonegap - Android, iOS, Windows Phone (deprecated) ==
  
=== Large public Application : information consultation ===
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The application was mainly dedicated to the collection of products: bar code scanning , sending photos, input basic information.
  
Display nutritional traffic lights etc. .
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The application was developed in HTML and JavaScript and is based on the PhoneGap platform (also known as Cordova). It is packaged for Android and iOS and used to be packaged with the Moodstocks scanner. It now needs the BarcodeScanner PhoneGap plugin instead.
  
=== Large public Application : augmented reality ===
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* Still powers Open Beauty Facts on iOS (to be replaced by a refactor of the Flutter app for cosmetics) - [[Mobile App/Cordova Development Notes]] - Useful if we need to update the legacy Open Beauty Facts on iOS for some reason
  
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=== Large public Application: augmented reality ===
 
* Information display overlay product .
 
* Information display overlay product .
* Ongoing trial with Moodstocks . First tests rather conclusive: the products are easily recognized when the camera passes over ( without scanning and without taking a picture ) .
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* Ongoing trial with Moodstocks. First tests rather conclusive: the products are easily recognized when the camera passes over (without scanning and without taking a picture).
 
 
 
=== Application for people who have difficulty reading ===
 
=== Application for people who have difficulty reading ===
 
 
* For people who are blind, have difficulty reading when it says very little that can not read.
 
* For people who are blind, have difficulty reading when it says very little that can not read.
* Demo of Speech-enable app on Android http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/js/off-vocal.apk
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* Demo of Speech-enabled app on Android http://fr.openfoodfacts.org/js/off-vocal.apk
 
 
== Features to add ==
 
* Modification of existing products ( image rotation , selection of specific areas, filling fields)
 
* The application asks to photograph a specific part of the package when the product is marked incomplete
 
* The application offers simple visual recognition challenges that can supplement the missing data ( ie: What brand ? What weight? What protein value ? Which of these images is the nutrition ? Which of these images is the ingredients ? )
 
* Photo Mode (it never leaves the camera mode, with a simple tap to take a picture , and there is a button to change product )
 
* Off-Line Mode to scan products with limited or no connection.
 
 
 
=== Other Apps? ===
 
  
* Calculation of calories and other nutrients
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== Distribution ==
* An offline version ( avoiding making an internet connection for lookups)
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[[Mobile App/AppStores]]
  
 
[[fr:Projet:Applications mobiles]]
 
[[fr:Projet:Applications mobiles]]
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[[Category:Mobile]]
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[[Category:Developer]]

Latest revision as of 15:00, 5 September 2023

We currently have native apps for Android, iOS and Windows 11+ (actually the Android app).

Official apps

New cross platform Flutter app

Classic Android (deprecated)

The app is deprecated for food. You can nevertheless contribute to its development on GitHub (it's still used at the moment for Open Beauty Facts, Open Pet Food Facts and Open Products Facts.

Documentation of the source code

The documentation is generated automatically from the source code and your improvements to code documentation are published automatically. https://openfoodfacts.github.io/smooth-app

Figma

Figma project for the Android app

Roadmap

Mobile App/Roadmap

Classic iOS (deprecated)

The classic codebase in Swift is deprecated. You can nevertheless look at the code on GitHub.

  1. ios and #ios-alerts on Slack

Figma

iOS Figma Project

Ubuntu mobile

The app is not officially supported. You can compile it directly from the main repo on GitHub. https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ubuntu

Mobile web version

See https://en.wiki.openfoodfacts.org/Project:Mobile_version

Phonegap - Android, iOS, Windows Phone (deprecated)

The application was mainly dedicated to the collection of products: bar code scanning , sending photos, input basic information.

The application was developed in HTML and JavaScript and is based on the PhoneGap platform (also known as Cordova). It is packaged for Android and iOS and used to be packaged with the Moodstocks scanner. It now needs the BarcodeScanner PhoneGap plugin instead.

  • Still powers Open Beauty Facts on iOS (to be replaced by a refactor of the Flutter app for cosmetics) - Mobile App/Cordova Development Notes - Useful if we need to update the legacy Open Beauty Facts on iOS for some reason

Large public Application: augmented reality

  • Information display overlay product .
  • Ongoing trial with Moodstocks. First tests rather conclusive: the products are easily recognized when the camera passes over (without scanning and without taking a picture).

Application for people who have difficulty reading

Distribution

Mobile App/AppStores

fr:Projet:Applications mobiles