QR Menu Builder for Android

QR Menu Builder is a modern Android app for restaurants, cafes, bars, bistros, food trucks and other food businesses that want to create a fast, clean and professional digital menu experience without building a website from scratch.

The app allows restaurant owners to build categories and menu items directly inside the mobile application, manage prices and availability in real time, generate a branded QR code, create print-ready table cards in PDF format, and offer customers a smooth mobile menu browsing experience. It is designed for speed, simplicity, and practical day-to-day restaurant use.

Main Purpose

This product is built for businesses that need a simple but premium-looking QR menu solution with live menu management, multi-language support, printable table cards, and an admin-style restaurant dashboard. It is suitable for single restaurants, cafes, snack bars, takeaway spots, hotel dining services, beach bars, and similar hospitality projects.

Core Features

• Category and item builder with add, edit and delete actions
• Inline menu price editing with instant Firebase Realtime Database sync
• Item availability management for quick menu updates
• Item tags support such as spicy, vegan and popular
• Multi-language menu system with 9 supported languages
• Branded QR code generation with restaurant name
• Customer-facing mobile menu view with category tabs and item search
• Print-ready A4 PDF table cards with multiple print modes
• Restaurant settings for business information, currency, WiFi and branding
• Analytics dashboard with category, pricing and availability insights
• Modern Jetpack Compose UI with clean card-based layout
• Realtime data updates powered by Firebase Realtime Database

What the App Includes

• Dashboard Home Screen with quick access to Build Menu, My QR Code, Print Cards, Customer View, Analytics and Share Menu
• Menu Builder where the owner can create menu categories, add items, set prices, apply tags, and toggle item availability
• QR Code Screen with a branded QR design and direct menu link for customer access
• Print Cards Module for generating business-card-sized table cards on an A4 PDF sheet
• Customer Menu View optimized for phone browsing with search and category navigation
• Restaurant Settings for restaurant name, address, phone, Instagram handle, currency, WiFi password, supported languages and brand color
• Analytics Screen to view total categories, total items, available vs unavailable items, average price, highest price, lowest price, tags overview and category breakdown

Multi-Language Support

The application supports 9 languages out of the box: English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Indonesian, Swahili, Portuguese, Russian and Chinese. This makes the app suitable for tourist areas, international restaurants and multilingual hospitality businesses.

Print and QR Funnel Advantage

This app is not just a menu editor. It creates a full customer access funnel for restaurants:

• Build the menu inside the app
• Generate a branded QR code
• Print table cards for every table
• Let customers scan and instantly view the menu on mobile
• Update prices or availability in real time without reprinting the full menu

This workflow helps reduce printing costs, speeds up menu updates, improves presentation, and gives restaurant owners a more modern digital ordering presence.

Technical Stack

• Kotlin
• Jetpack Compose
• Material Design 3
• Single-Activity MVVM architecture
• StateFlow
• Navigation Compose
• Firebase Realtime Database
• ZXing for QR code generation
• Android PdfDocument API for PDF export