Originally by Matt Kane Updates by Simon MacDonald

If you are using PhoneGap 1.5.0 to 1.8.1 please use the 1.8.1 directory. If you are using PhoneGap 2.0.0 to 2.1.0 please use the 2.0.0 directory. If you are using PhoneGap 2.2.0 or greater please use the 2.2.0 directory.

1. Add the 'LibraryProject' into Eclipse. File -> New Android Project -> create project from existing source.

2. In the new project you've just added to Eclipse go to the project properties. Select the Android section and at the bottom of the dialog check the "Is Library" checkbox.

3. In your application go into the project properties. In the Android section under library click the Add button and select the library you created in step 2.

4. To install the plugin, move barcodescanner.js to your project's www folder and include a reference to it in your html files.

5. Create a folder called 'com/phonegap/plugins/barcodescanner' within your project's src folder.

6. And copy the BarcodeScanner.java file into that new folder.

   mkdir <your_project>/src/com/phonegap/plugins/barcodescanner

   cp ./src/com/phonegap/plugins/barcodescanner/BarcodeScanner.java <your_project>/src/com/phonegap/plugins/barcodescanner

7. In your res/xml/config.xml file add the following line:

    <plugin name="BarcodeScanner" value="com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.BarcodeScanner"/>

8. Add the following activity to your AndroidManifest.xml file. It should be added inside the <application/> tag.

<!-- ZXing activities -->
<activity android:name="com.google.zxing.client.android.CaptureActivity"
          android:screenOrientation="landscape"
          android:clearTaskOnLaunch="true"
          android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
          android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen"
          android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden"
          android:exported="false">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.SCAN"/>
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
  </intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.google.zxing.client.android.encode.EncodeActivity" android:label="@string/share_name">
  <intent-filter>
    <action android:name="com.phonegap.plugins.barcodescanner.ENCODE"/>
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
  </intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="com.google.zxing.client.android.HelpActivity" android:label="@string/share_name">
	<intent-filter>
    		<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
		<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
  	</intent-filter>
</activity>

9. And make sure you have the following permissions in your AndroidManifest.xml file:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.FLASHLIGHT" />

The plugin creates the object window.plugins.barcodeScanner with the method scan(success, fail). The following barcode types are currently supported:

• QR_CODE
• DATA_MATRIX
• UPC_E
• UPC_A
• EAN_8
• EAN_13
• CODE_128
• CODE_39
• CODE_93
• CODABAR
• ITF
• RSS14
• PDF417
• RSS_EXPANDED

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:

window.plugins.barcodeScanner.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);
                }
    );

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:

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

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Copyright (c) 2010 Matt Kane

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