qrcode-generator

A desktop GUI app to generate QR codes. Currently a fun project and a work-in-progress.

GitHub URL: https://github.com/abhinavgunwant/qrcode-generator

Getting started

• Make sure you have Java (JRE) installed.
• Download JAR file for the latest version from the releases section in the GitHub page.
  If you're reading this README from the project home, the releases section should be towards right of the page.
• Once downloaded, the JAR can be executed by double clicking (if this does not work, try executing java -jar <filename>).
• After executing the jar, just type or paste the text you want to generate the qr for. The qr can be saved as .png image by clicking save button under the qr code preview.

Development and Building

This is a maven project. To run the program, execute the following command:

mvn exec:java

To create an executable jar, just execute:

mvn package

Creating installer

This project uses jpackage to create installers.

To create one yourself, build the project using the package command above, and run the following commands based on the target operating system (Note: These commands should also run on the target platform):

Windows

jpackage --name qrcode-generator --input .\target --main-jar qrcode-generator-<version>-jar-with-dependencies.jar --app-version <version> --license-file .\LICENSE --win-shortcut --win-dir-chooser --icon .\src\main\resources\icon.ico --vendor "<your-name>"

Linux

jpackage --name qrcode-generator --input ./target \
    --main-jar qrcode-generator-<version>-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
    --app-version <version> --license-file ./LICENSE \
    --icon .\src\main\resources\icon.ico --vendor "<your-name>"