I have a few apps on my phone for which the only purpose is to open and bring up a barcode (ex. Tim Hortons Scan and Pay). I'd love to delete the app and only have an Apple Wallet thing.

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gruez 43 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

So far as I can tell this still requires an pass/wallet signing certificate from the apple developer program to use, so you can't use it to create ad hoc passes, unless you already have a $100 developer subscription.

	▲	HnUser12 14 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If you’re on ios27, you can create ad-hoc passes on the phone from the Wallet app and customize it as needed.

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neom an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I use an app called pass2 u wallet for this, it's clunky but works well. No affiliation.

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rjh29 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Starbucks on Google can be added to Google Wallet. But then I went to use it and they told me to close wallet and open the app. Shrug.

I've had patchy success with adding boarding passes to the wallet too. Support seems half baked.

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giarc an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Tim Horton's allows reward card in Apple Wallet, but not Scan And Pay (which gives rewards and pays for order at same time). I wonder if the addition of the payment creates a dynamic QR code controlled by the app, and therefore not allowed in Apple Wallet for some reason.

EDIT - I think this is the case. When I open and close my Scan and Pay QR code it is changing each time whereas my Reward only card (in Apple Wallet) is static. Must be due to security.

	▲	reilly3000 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Wallet transactions are all effectively presented as offline. I usually pay with Apple Wallet at Maverick (fuel/cstore). When I do so, the rewards account, which is also in Wallet, automagically applies. It stays even if I remove the app. I’ve seen it be broken in various ways over the past several years but at this point it all works right. The app matters in theory to authenticate and generate the Pass, but is otherwise inert. I had it running with no iOS permission enabled it but never used it and eventually dropped it. It had points and deals and such, and that’s what websites are for.

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mahboi an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's funny. I've paid with a screenshot plenty of times, but they probably thought it was the real app.

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swozey an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

It used to be difficult to scan qr codes with black backgrounds and older phone apps will blast their screen LED lights to make it easier for the qr scanner to read it, but in the end, all you're doing is scanning a qr code usually.

I had the black background issue at concerts for years but I haven't had that problem in the last 2 years.

	▲	mahboi a minute ago \| parent [-]
		HDR maybe? A literal PNG can now tell the screen to go full brightness on selective parts or the whole thing.

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ezfe 15 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

iOS 27 includes this feature built in now