by Wolf McNally and Christopher Allen
part of the crypto commons technology family
URDemo is an app to demonstrate sending and receiving of URs using URKit
This app is written in Swift using SwiftUI. It demonstrates the use of URKit to send and receive single-part and multi-part Uniform Resources (URs) via QR codes. Multi-part QR codes are generated using Luby Transform code (fountain codes).
Main screen. Either select the scenario for the message you want to send (messages are generated randomly), or tap the button at the bottom to receive a message.
Sending screen. A LifeHash displays a hash of the message being sent for easy recognition on the receiving side. The blue bar beneath the animated QR code shows the segments mixed into the currently displayed part. This is part of the fountain codes technique. The buttons below the QR code can be adjusted to show frames at a higher or lower rate.
You can use the circular arrow button in the upper-right to choose a new message and restart the transmission.
Receiving screen. You're seeing the sending device through the viewfinder. The blue bar beneath the viewfinder lights up in white to signify the complete parts of the message received so far, and also shows in light blue the fragments mixed in to the last received part. The progress bar at the very bottom shows an estimate of the expected completion percent.
You can use the circular arrow button in the upper-right to abort and restart the current receive, or start a new receive after the last one completes.
Proper distance and framing. For optimal transmission, you should try to make the sending QR code fill as much of the viewfinder as possible.
Acknowledgement screen. Appears on successfully receiving a message. The LifeHash displayed on the sending and receiving devices should match.
Explanation of the URDemo iOS application, which demonstrates Blockchain Commons research into transmitting different sizes of UR data, from small single QR codes to large animated fountain codes.
Video of Animated QR codes with test reference data for different sizes of UR data, from small single QR codes to large animated fountain codes.
URDemo is currently under active development and in the late alpha testing phase. It should not be used for production tasks until it has had further testing and auditing.
- Swift 5, iOS 13, and Xcode 11.5
- Open
URDemo.xcodeworkspace, wait for the dependencies to resolve, and build theURDemotarget for your iOS device.
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To build URDemo you'll need to use the following tools:
- Swift 5, iOS 13, and Xcode 11.5
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| Name | Role | Github | GPG Fingerprint | |
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| Christopher Allen | Principal Architect | @ChristopherA | <ChristopherA@LifeWithAlacrity.com> | FDFE 14A5 4ECB 30FC 5D22 74EF F8D3 6C91 3574 05ED |
| Wolf McNally | Project Lead | @WolfMcNally | <Wolf@WolfMcNally.com> | 9436 52EE 3844 1760 C3DC 3536 4B6C 2FCF 8947 80AE |
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The following keys may be used to communicate sensitive information to developers:
| Name | Fingerprint |
|---|---|
| Christopher Allen | FDFE 14A5 4ECB 30FC 5D22 74EF F8D3 6C91 3574 05ED |
You can import a key by running the following command with that individual’s fingerprint: gpg --recv-keys "<fingerprint>" Ensure that you put quotes around fingerprints that contain spaces.