Is there a way to generate QR code image on iOS

Question

Is there a standard way to generate a QR code and attach it to a mail item from iOS client app (no server code)?

Answer 1

Since iOS 7, you can use a Core Image filter to generate QR images. See the final tip here:

- (CIImage *)createQRForString:(NSString *)qrString {
    NSData *stringData = [qrString dataUsingEncoding: NSISOLatin1StringEncoding];

    CIFilter *qrFilter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIQRCodeGenerator"];
    [qrFilter setValue:stringData forKey:@"inputMessage"];

    return qrFilter.outputImage;
}

Answer 2

Code to generate QR image in Swift 2.0.

let reqStr = “string to convert as QR code”
let data = reqStr.dataUsingEncoding(NSISOLatin1StringEncoding, allowLossyConversion: false)

let filter = CIFilter(name: "CIQRCodeGenerator")
filter!.setValue(data, forKey: "inputMessage")

let qrImage:CIImage = filter!.outputImage!

//qrImageView is a IBOutlet of UIImageView        
let scaleX = qrImageView.frame.size.width / qrImage.extent.size.width
let scaleY = qrImageView.frame.size.height / qrImage.extent.size.height

let resultQrImage = qrImage.imageByApplyingTransform(CGAffineTransformMakeScale(scaleX, scaleY))
qrImageView.image = UIImage(CIImage: resultQrImage)