Android Question Looking for advice on B4A Kiosk app

[Kevin Hartin]

Hi all,

I have to develop a kiosk app to run on a self serve Kiosk that has credit card reader, cash handler and a receipt printer.

I have looked at various platforms that have either a PC or Android hardware base.

The question is what do you think is the best approach using B4X?

1. B4J delevopment to run on Windows Embedded???
2. B4J to run on a Linux distro
3. B4A to run on an embedded Android platform

My initial thoughts were to go Android, but I am thinking that the PC based harware may be more stable, powerful and flexible. Interfacing to Printer and Cash handler may be easier on the PC platform too.

The Kiosk app will be a custom app that basically emulates our web based portal, takes bookings and issues receipts after processing online payments.

Any advice or insights are much appreciated.

Thanks,
Kev

 

[Peter Simpson]

Option 1 appears to be the easiest to implement, especially as I've not come across any credit card reader code on the forum for desktop solutions, but I could easily be incorrect...