artsylar

Hi,

I am planning to integrate a barcode reader to my application. Is there already a android API for that?

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
artsylar

Tapirboy

It is very easy to integrate the barcode reader from zxing - you just launch it using an intent and receive the barcode content back as result.

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artsylar

Thank you for your reply. I was just wondering if android already provides their own package for that. thanks anyways.

codebum

If you want to integrate your barcode reader into your apk completelly, then you can use commercial android barcode api library like quickmarck or sd-toolkit ... Second one even royalty free, at least it was before.

cfloerkem

I'd recommend using a barcode scanner SDK that also decodes barcodes in blurry images, such as our Scandit barcode scanner SDK for Android. There are lots of Android devices that have only a fixed focus camera and most (if not all) open source barcode scanner solutions do not support barcode scanning on such devices.

The Scandit barcode scanner SDK also comes with a free community edition and a product API that helps converting the barcode numbers into product names.

Disclaimer: I am a co-founder of Scandit.