How to use Zxing in android [duplicate]

Question

I am new to Zxing. I am doing barcode conversion using zxing in my android application. Can anyone guide me how to include zxing to android device.

Answer 1

If the zxing barcode scanner is installed in the mobile, its very easy:

Intent intent = new Intent("com.google.zxing.client.android.SCAN");
       intent.putExtra("SCAN_MODE", "PRODUCT_MODE");//for Qr code, its "QR_CODE_MODE" instead of "PRODUCT_MODE"
       intent.putExtra("SAVE_HISTORY", false);//this stops saving ur barcode in barcode scanner app's history
       startActivityForResult(intent, 0);

and in OnActivityResult:

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        if (requestCode == 0) {
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                    String contents = data.getStringExtra("SCAN_RESULT"); //this is the result
            } else 
            if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
              // Handle cancel
            }
        }
    }

If its not installed: u can put this code in try-catch block and catching the exception, u can do this:

Uri marketUri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android");
Intent marketIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,marketUri);
startActivity(marketIntent);

So it redirects the app to android market and ur app continues running once if the barcode scanner is installed.

If u dont want to use the other app in ur app, U have to download zxing library and try using the classes from core.jar file(it is created using apache ant). Follow this tutorial to do that: https://github.com/zxing/zxing/wiki/Getting-Started-Developing

All Intent options can be found here:

http://code.google.com/p/zxing/source/browse/trunk/android/src/com/google/zxing/client/android/Intents.java

Answer 2

You need to download the Zing's .Jar file & add in to your application folder. Then you can call classes & methods of it.

Answer 3

Step by step to setup zxing 3.2.1 in eclipse

1. Download zxing-master.zip from "https://github.com/zxing/zxing"
2. Unzip zxing-master.zip, Use eclipse to import "android" project in zxing-master
3. Download core-3.2.1.jar from "http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/zxing/core/3.2.1/"
4. Create "libs" folder in "android" project and paste cor-3.2.1.jar into the libs folder
5. Click on project: choose "properties" -> "Java Compiler" to change level to 1.7. Then click on "Android" change "Project build target" to android 4.4.2+, because using 1.7 requires compiling with Android 4.4
6. If "CameraConfigurationUtils.java" don't exist in "zxing-master/android/app/src/main/java/com/google/zxing/client/android/camera/". You can copy it from "zxing-master/android-core/src/main/java/com/google/zxing/client/android/camera/" and paste to your project.
7. Clean and build project. If your project show error about "switch - case", you should change them to "if - else".
8. Completed. Clean and build project