phonegap-barcode-scanner
phonegap-barcode-scanner
phonegap-barcode-scanner

This article is about Apache Cordova / PhoneGap Bar Code Scanner / QR Code Scanner with Example.

What is barcode ?

a machine-readable code in the form of numbers and a pattern of parallel lines of varying widths, printed on a commodity and used especially for stock control.

Steps to implement barcode scanner:

Let’s create new project & Add required platforms & plugins. here we’re going to add https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner for reading barcode

create a new project

cordova create BarCodeScanner com.codesundar.barcodescanner BarCodeScanner
cd BarCodeScanner
cordova platform add android
cordova plugin add phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner

Syntax


cordova.plugins.barcodeScanner.scan(successCallBack, errorCallback, options);
var options = {
    "preferFrontCamera" : true, // iOS and Android
    "showFlipCameraButton" : true, // iOS and Android
    "prompt" : "Place a barcode inside the scan area", // supported on Android only
    "formats" : "QR_CODE,PDF_417", // default: all but PDF_417 and RSS_EXPANDED
    "orientation" : "landscape" // Android only (portrait|landscape), default unset so it rotates with the device
}

To read a barcode, we use scan() function, which has success callback & error callback with options.

Full Source code (index.html)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
 <meta charset="UTF-8">
 <title>BarCode Scanner - CodeSundar.com</title>
 <script type="text/javascript" src="cordova.js"></script>
 <script type="text/javascript">
 function scan(){
 console.log("clicked");
 cordova.plugins.barcodeScanner.scan(function(result){
 //success callback
 alert(JSON.stringify(result));

 },function(error){
 //error callback
 alert(JSON.stringify(error));

 });
 }
 </script>
</head>
<body>
 <h3>BAR CODE SCANNER</h3>
 <button onclick="scan()">SCAN</button>
</body>
</html>