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Zapnologica
Zapnologica

Reputation: 22556

Is it not possible to read QR codes in an android application without having a third party app installed?

I am looking at making use of QR codes in an application of mine.

I did some research / Googling and I found that this library is apparently a good option to use: http://sourceforge.net/p/zbar/news/

But I read there it says that is still needs an application that can read qr codes for it to work?

Is there not a library that just makes use of the camera and then decodes the qr code in the application that is using the library?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2723

Answers (2)

fasteque
fasteque

Reputation: 4339

If you need to scan QR codes in your application, this is the way to go :https://code.google.com/p/zxing/

You can also integrate the necessary libraries in your project in order to avoid to launch a scan using the Intent way (so a third-party app installed on your device would be necessary).

If you Google it, you'll find a lot of guides to do that: the first I got is http://www.androidaz.com/development/zxing-qr-reader-direct-integration but there's a plenty of tutorials out there.

Upvotes: 4

RdPC
RdPC

Reputation: 689

ZBar can be installed as a library in the project, and used as any other activity. You can Check:

That's the example of how to use ZBAR to read a QR, in the onActivityResult you can handle the results (in this case the example makes a toast).

You can follow the installation explanation here:

Upvotes: 2

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