com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner v0.6.1

VIN BarcodeScanner

Cross-platform VIN BarcodeScanner for Cordova / PhoneGap.

Follows the Cordova Plugin spec, so that it works with Plugman.

This plugin leverages Cordova/PhoneGap's require/define functionality used for plugins.

Note: the Android source for this project includes an Android Library Project. plugman currently doesn't support Library Project refs, so its been prebuilt as a jar library. Any updates to the Library Project should be committed with an updated jar.

Note: the iOS source for this project includes a XCode Universal Static Library Project. plugman currently doesn't support Library Project refs, so its been prebuilt as a fat library. Any updates to the Static Library Project should be committed with an updated library file (.a). This library is being using if the devices does not run iOS7, otherwise it uses the new API for scanning barcodes (AVCaptureMetaDataOutput).

Note: the WP8 source does not include the ZXing.Net library, so it has to be included during installation.

Using the plugin

The plugin creates the object plugins.barcodeScanner with the method scan(success, fail).

Only CODE_39 barcode types will be scanned, as this is optimized for VINs!

Installing the plugin

1. Download the repo using GIT or just a ZIP from Github.
2. Add the plugin to your project (from the root of your project):

   cordova plugin add <path_download_plugin>

Windows Phone 8 needs some more steps:

1. Open your project on Visual Studio 2012.
2. Right click on References, select Magange NuGet Packages.
3. Search online for ZXing.Net (created by Michael Jahn at http://zxingnet.codeplex.com).
4. Install it.

success and fail are callback functions. Success is passed an object with data, type and cancelled properties. Data is the text representation of the barcode data, type is the type of barcode detected and cancelled is whether or not the user cancelled the scan.

A full example could be:

   var scanner = cordova.require("com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.barcodescanner");

   scanner.scan(
      function (result) {
          alert("We got a barcode\n" +
                "Result: " + result.text + "\n" +
                "Format: " + result.format + "\n" +
                "Cancelled: " + result.cancelled);
      }, 
      function (error) {
          alert("Scanning failed: " + error);
      }
   );

Encoding a Barcode

The plugin creates the object window.plugins.barcodeScanner with the method encode(type, data, success, fail). Supported encoding types:

• TEXT_TYPE
• EMAIL_TYPE
• PHONE_TYPE
• SMS_TYPE

A full example could be:

   var scanner = cordova.require("com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.barcodescanner");

   scanner.encode(BarcodeScanner.Encode.TEXT_TYPE, "http://www.nytimes.com", function(success) {
  	        alert("encode success: " + success);
  	      }, function(fail) {
  	        alert("encoding failed: " + fail);
  	      }
  	    );

Thanks on Github

So many -- check out the original iOS and Android repos.

Licence

The MIT License

Copyright (c) 2010 Matt Kane

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.