Need to implement signature capture

Question

I've got a dispatch/delivery/tracking application running on (ugh) Windows mobile that allows a signature capture.

I really want to port this to Android to give my customers another option (thankfully) from Windows mobile devices.

Is it possible to capture a signature on the device? What are my options here?

Thanks.

Answer 1

It's possible. One issue, however, is that very few Android devices have resistive touchscreens; the more common capacitive touchscreens will require a special stylus. That said, there are clearly a wide variety of them on the market.

Answer 2

If anyone has experience with using a special stylus for signature capture on Androids and iPhones I'd be interested to hear how well they work. I know signing with a finger is rather odd.

Meanwhile for software here's a signature capture solution that works on both Windows Mobile and Android, with iPhone coming soon:

http://www.formotus.com/signaturecapture.html

Answer 3

You can easily do this with http://www.supersignature.com, it can capture signatures online from mobile devices like iPhone, iPad, Android right from the browsers.

And the best part is that it does not require any installations, active X, works out of the box. super easy!

Answer 4

There are numerous solutions out there to your problem. A good one on that works on Android and Windows Mobile is http://www.gocanvas.com If you are trying to use iPhone you can try http://www.iformbuilder.com/

Keep in mind, one of the downsides with using a web based solution, is that it won't work when you are offline (out of coverage) - which is needed alot with signature capture.

Good luck!