Send/receive data within Collect

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Hello,

I'm new to ODK and new to Android development too, so apologies if
this is a dumb question.

I am wondering if there is a way (easy one preferred!) to pull
information from a website within the Collect application. I am
trying to scan a barcode (ID card), and based on that pull information
about someone from the website and ask for confirmation on the info
before continuing with the questions. It doesn't have to be anything
secure, just a way of pulling "live" data from a server (through a
http call that returns an XML for example) and ideally adopting the
questions according to that data.

Is there a way to do this within the XML form with the current ODK?
Otherwise are there any attempts at a similar task that I could base
this on?

Cheers!

2

currently, no. it's a long standing feature request that we are hoping
to support soon (no eta). until then, you'll have to code up a custom
widget that does what you want and compile it into collect.

ยทยทยท On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 06:58, Pooya wrote: > Hello, > > > I'm new to ODK and new to Android development too, so apologies if > this is a dumb question. > > I am wondering if there is a way (easy one preferred!) to pull > information from a website within the Collect application. I am > trying to scan a barcode (ID card), and based on that pull information > about someone from the website and ask for confirmation on the info > before continuing with the questions. It doesn't have to be anything > secure, just a way of pulling "live" data from a server (through a > http call that returns an XML for example) and ideally adopting the > questions according to that data. > > Is there a way to do this within the XML form with the current ODK? > Otherwise are there any attempts at a similar task that I could base > this on? > > > Cheers! > > -- > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en >