Add the possibility to scan qr codes from an image

In the desktop version of DC there is an option to scan qr codes from an image without needing to use the webcam. I think that this option should be available for all versions of DC.

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Having looked into the code a bit, not at all familiar with Android app programming and how it is organized, it looks like the QR code stuff is contained in an integrated third-party package “com.thoughtcrime.securesms” (stemming originally from Signal messenger if I understand correctly). Does that include the whole interface functionality for the QR reading in DeltaChat? I am just trying to find out where to change something if possible, to add phone screen or image file as QR source. Maybe in this case, a change would be needed to be made in the “securesms” package used by DeltaChat Android, and not in DeltaChat’s own Android code directly?

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:tada: soon it will be possible to scan QR from image or to paste QR data from clipboard in the Android app, just like in Desktop, check:

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