[Feature Request] Improving Wallet Address sharing

[gravityz3r0]

As of RC3, clicking on share button merely forwards the QR code to the recipient.

Situation: I want to receive payment from Bob by sharing my wallet address with him.

Problem: This is not actually very user intuitive because if I were the receiver end of the QR code, how am I supposed to make use of this? Bob can't scan the QR code on his own screen. I simply can't think of any practical use of forwarding QR code to Bob.

Proposed alternative:

When sharing button is clicked, an unique link is generated and forwarded to Bob instead. The link can contain a message of something along the line of :

"Hey there! This is my wallet address. You can send the fund to me by clicking the following link: decred://unique.address.link"

When this link is clicked, Decred Wallet is automatically launched with "Send" windows in view by default and my (the sharer) wallet address automatically populated. Bob, who opened this link would then only need to fill up the amount before clicking send.

QR code screenshot can still be forwarded along with this link in case someone else wanted to scan from Bob's screen, or have it removed altogether.

(I know there is a copy and paste feature but this is just a more graceful solution)

[raedah]

It does sound ideal, but in practice this all has to be handled by the operating system. There is no way for the OS to know to use that link to launch the play store if the app isnt installed, and if we are able to configure the app to at least launch on the link...its completely dependent on the messaging app that the users receives the msg on if they want to support the link, and even if the link is supported, multiple wallet programs are all going to try and register with the OS to be able to be the app that gets launched by the link. Worst case scenario, malicious apps try to use the link to trick users into making transactions. Users will also be sending the link to other users who use different apps and the link wont work for them, creating lots of failure conditions. Overall, this idea has been tried many times in the past and never really works.

[dreacot]

it's a possibility, similar feature is implemented in the bitcoin.com wallet app for android

[gravityz3r0]

As an interim, i think implementing a feature to "Import Screenshot" of the said QR code is good enough. It's probably more straightforward and less complex that way. I have seen this method being implemented in numerous other financial apps and it turned out working well.