Need help accessing barcode data in a mobile app

[gjz]

I am creating a custom mobile app that allows the user to scan multiple asset barcodes before submitting.  The function that submits the data is a scripted Action Item that uses a WriteBackAction to run a function in a script include.

My problem is the barcode data, it's not sending the type of data I thought it would be.  I watched the Mobile App Academy video for QR Code scanning several times, and in it the presenter says the data is just a string, but that's not my experience.

Once I scan multiple barcodes and submit, the script log shows it is "Ljava.lang.string:@xxxx".  How do I pass the scanned data to a script include?

My mobile Action item WriteBackAction:

The messages take the "else" path, I do have a sys_id and scanned assets data.

Currently my script include function is simple: 

updateAssetScanData: function(assets, recordID) {

        var scanID = recordID;

        var assetArray = assets;

        var assetObject = assets;

        gs.log('@@ record id: ' + scanID);

        gs.log('@@ assetArray: ' + assetArray);

        gs.log('@@ assetObject: ' + assetObject);

    },

What I see in the script log is:

Where did I go wrong?

[abirakundu23]

Hi @gjz ,

Please follow the below suggestion :

Convert the Java array to a standard JavaScript string using String(assets) or "" + assets, then split it into an array:

In your script include : change the below line

updateAssetScanData: function(assets, recordID) {

    var scanID = recordID;

    // Convert Java object to a JavaScript string and split into an array

    var assetList = assets ? String(assets).split(',') : [];

    gs.log('@@ record id: ' + scanID);

    gs.log('@@ Scanned Assets: ' + assetList.join(', '));

}

Check: verify your syslog after scanning. It may display readable barcode strings .

Please mark helpful & correct answer if it's worthy for you.

[gjz · Accepted solution]

In case anyone wonders, Google finally found the answer for me.  Here is what I ended up with in the script include.

    updateAssetScanData: function(assets, recordID) {

        var scanID = recordID;

        // Convert the Java array into a native JavaScript Array

        var assetArray = Array.from(assets);

        // Safely join the array into a comma-separated string

        var assetListString = assetArray.join(',');

        // Convert the clean JS array to a JSON string

        var assetString = JSON.stringify(assetArray);

        gs.log('@@ record id: ' + scanID);

        gs.log('@@ assetString: ' + assetString);

    },

And the results are what I expected, the asset tag is in the string: