Scan Barcode And qrcode Programmatically In Android Studio

Scan Barcode And QRcode Programmatically In Android Studio

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In scan barcode and QRcode programmatically in android tutorial, we will implement scan functionality in our android app programmatically.
Scan feature is needed in the app regarding grocery stores and inventory android apps.
This article covers two different example relating to android barcode scanner.
Every barcode contains unique format which represents the product id. Using this app, you will be able to find out that id from the barcode by scanning it.
Scanning barcode programmatically with android device is always a topic of discussion among android developers.
There are certain ways using which you can accomplish your goal.

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  Write your own algorithm to scan the image based barcodes.
  
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  Using google’s mobile vision API.
  
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  Web based Solution, where you upload the barcode on the server, Web API scan it and returns the results in the text format.
  
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  Use third party library which will use android devices camera to scan the barcode
  

We will use fourth option in this tutorial. Using google’s api and third party library are almost same. You need to import classes and use them in your app.

1. Android Scan Barcode Programmatically

In the end, our Android app will be able to scan both Barcode as well as QRCode.
Check out what will be final result in the following video output.

Step 1: Create a new project in Android Studio.

When you are making new activity, select empty activity as a default activity.

Step 2: Updating build.gradle(Module:app) file

Add following code into dependencies{} 
compile 'me.dm7.barcodescanner:zbar:1.8.4'
Here we are using ZBar, but you can also use ZXing.
Github link for ZBar or ZXing library : ZXing or ZBar
This line will integrate required classes from the github.