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[Steve Bergen <1704088@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

It is a real pain to connect the Mobile App with the Mahara server.

Current process:

On a computer (note: you can't access the "app" sub-tab on a mobile!)
- Sign into Mahara
- Go to "Settings"
- Go to "App"
- Click "Generate" to create a token

Copy the URL and token and send it to your mobile somehow (e.g. email)

On your mobile
- Open the app
- Copy / Paste the URL
- Copy / Paste the token


Suggested process:

On a computer
- Sign into Mahara
- Click "Connect to App"
    - This would take the user to a new page that would
        - Generate the token automatically
        - Generate and display a QR code with both the server URL and token encoded

On your mobile
- Open the app
- Click "Scan QR Code"
    - User can scan their screen with their mobile which would transfer the URL and token.

** Affects: mahara
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: mobile token

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1704088

Title:
  QR Code to connect app to server

Status in Mahara:
  New

Bug description:
  It is a real pain to connect the Mobile App with the Mahara server.

  Current process:

  On a computer (note: you can't access the "app" sub-tab on a mobile!)
  - Sign into Mahara
  - Go to "Settings"
  - Go to "App"
  - Click "Generate" to create a token

  Copy the URL and token and send it to your mobile somehow (e.g. email)

  On your mobile
  - Open the app
  - Copy / Paste the URL
  - Copy / Paste the token

  
  Suggested process:

  On a computer
  - Sign into Mahara
  - Click "Connect to App"
      - This would take the user to a new page that would
          - Generate the token automatically
          - Generate and display a QR code with both the server URL and token encoded

  On your mobile
  - Open the app
  - Click "Scan QR Code"
      - User can scan their screen with their mobile which would transfer the URL and token.

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