This is great info, especially knowing tickets must be generated off-device. Thanks for putting the time into this response, it's very helpful.
-Abe On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Craig Dunn <[email protected]> wrote: > The PassBook API lets you read passes that have been created and signed with > a certificate attached to your TeamID. So you can create multiple pass types > (each with their own certificate), distribute them to customers and write > multiple apps that can read one type or all of those passes. Your apps > cannot read passes signed by other companies. > > Note: you do not create passes on a device, they must be created on a server > somewhere, since they require a certificate for signing, and the certificate > should be private/secure. you can 'trigger' pass creation on a device in > your app (so it looks to the user like it is being created) but you should > write a webservice or something and do the actual pass creation on the > server. > > there's a few forks of ZXING barcode reader for MT (eg. > https://github.com/JohnACarruthers/zxing.MonoTouch), i have tested it with > PassKit barcodes and it has worked. others like redlaser should also work. > > for those that haven't already read about it -> > http://docs.xamarin.com/ios/tutorials/Introduction_to_PassKit > > HTH > craig > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 5:53 AM, Abe Gillespie <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Does the API also allow you to read passes? Say I want to create a >> pass on one device and read a pass on another. Is this possible >> through the Passbook API? Or is there a reliable barcode reader lib >> or method to do so? >> >> Thanks. >> -Abe >> _______________________________________________ >> MonoTouch mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch > > _______________________________________________ MonoTouch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monotouch
