I am working on an barcode reader app which currently uses zbar sdk, i works like magic on iphone 4G but does it also works with ipod touch?????
if it does'nt then is that any other api which supports barcode reader in ipod touch.
Thanks
Yes it does. For QR codes its quite fast. But for UPC, you may have to be a bit specific about the distance from where you are scanning though(scan from 30cms). Read this for further info.
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I have developed an hybrid with combination of Sencha Touch2.3 and Phonegep. It has barcode scanner feature. It is working fine with iPhone 3 and iPhone 4. It is not working consistently in iPhone 5s. Sometimes it scans immediately and doesn't scan full the barcode.
I am sure there weren't problems with Sencha Touch 2.3 and I am using latest version of PhoneGap.
I don't know how to fix this. I tried looking in google, I could not find any useful answers.
--Sridhar
We're creating an iOS app that basically scans badges at events and collects contact info. We're looking for an iOS library that can read not only the number of the barcode, but also any additional information that's included (contact info). Does anyone have any library suggestions or will this have to be a custom library? Thanks in advance!
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Use AVCaptureMetaDataOutput in AVFoundation which works with minimum deployment target iOS 7.
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Have been using ZBar SDK in most of our projects. Picks up barcode and scans very fast, easy to customize focus area from SDK. Tested on iPhone 3GS, iPhone4/4S, iPhone 5 and iPad
https://codeload.github.com/cgreening/BarCodeExample/zip/master
iOS7 has built in functionality scanning BarCodes not sepearate sdk is required; if your deployment target is iOS7
Is your barcode format up to you, or do you have a predetermined symbology you have to work with?
There is this: http://shopsavvy.mobi/sdk/. Don't know why that wouldn't work for you, unless you object to the licensing terms.
Checkout ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") at http://code.google.com/p/zxing/
Reads almost every kind of barcodes and we used it with great success previously.
Use ZBAR its the best, we used it in our app www.infomq.com and its is really stable and scans reliably.
Basically you want to use PDF417 which is a stacked linear barcode symbol. Check out the pdf417 decode on Sourceforge.
I want to implement read/scan bar code in my iPhone application. I would like to know how to implement it into our iPhone app and also some links and example code and apps to check out how it works.
You can use our free app pic2shop as an external barcode scanner (from a web page or from another app). Here is a demo and detailed info: http://www.pic2shop.com/developers.html
It works even on non-autofocus devices (iPad2, iPod Touch, iPhone 3G and many Android phones).
I am newbie to iPhone application. But recently I saw a post asking for Barcode Reader for 3G iPhones. And people(including me) have referred to zxing which works on 3GS or later and if you want to make an appication for 3G then better you buy it from QuickMark or RedLaser to get 3g scanning.
So I planned something and need several information from you all
There are lots available on appStore. One of them is pic2shop(Which is a free application).
But what I want to know is:
What exactly is it done to recognize the barcode and generate code?
Is there any website or link to which when image of barcode is send will respond with the code generated or any API which does the same i.e. Taking picture and generating code.
And Secondly From Where does we get the information about the produce related to that barcode code.
Hi we recently had a product which required bar code scanning functionality, in the end after evaluating a lot options we went with zBar but it does not work on iPhone 3G it requires 3GS or above.
zBar is an open source SDK you can download it from sourceforge.
What we're doing right now is scanning bar codes using the zbar SDK & then calling upcdatabase.com API through xml-rpc to get the information about the product back.
And its working pretty well.
If you do not want to pay redlaser or others for SDK I would recommend using this approach. But of-course the downside is iphone 3G is not supported which I think does not represent many devices & also recently Apple has also dropped its support for its upgrades as iPhone 3G users will not be able to upgrade to iOS 4.3.
I actually own a 3G iphone & its very slow on iOS version 4.0 .
Hai everyone, may I ask whether iphone can support .swf file or not? This is because I have developed a mini game using Adobe Flash Lite by using action script 2.0 and save as .fla file and export as .swf file. If can, can give me some guidances on how to import .swf to iphone. Thank a lot.:)
The iPhone and other iOS devices cannot run Flash apps (at least not without being jailbroken first). See http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/ for Apple's official position on Flash.
Somedays the iPhone can support flash, others it can not. It all depends how Apple are feeling at the moment...
Currently the only way to run flash on iPhone is to jailbreak it first.