The moment of truth. With PhoneGap installed, certificates set up and a project ready to go, everything was set for testing.

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The Prototype
For now, a default splash screen is shown as the application loads.

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An alert is added to notify me of a successful application load.

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Tapping the 'Scan Something' button initialises the camera.

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The app will decode the barcode as soon as it fills the view.

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Scan successful! This can be checked by cross-referencing the digits.

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I'm pretty pleased to be honest, I've learnt a huge amount about the iOS development workflow and now I can further my efforts to complete the system.