Is there a cross platform barcode scanner application with an SDK available for mobile devices?

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Is there a cross platform barcode scanner application with an SDK available for mobile devices?

I would like to create a barcode scanning applciation for iPhone & Android . I have found for iPhone "Red Laser" http://www.redlaser.com/SDK.aspx.

I would like to know of any software people know about that has a shared license for both Android and iPhone devices.

Cheers.

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Zebra Crossing (ZXing) has an Android barcode scanning library with an iPhone port that was "contributed and/or intermittently maintained".

CommonsWare 2010-07-19 11:05:55

The iPhone port is a complete rewrite; I wouldn't really call it "cross platform" as much as a separate package. It might get better if they rewrite the Android source to use the C++ version through JNI, but I don't see that happening. Last I checked, the C++ version didn't support 1D barcodes.

tc. 2010-07-19 18:08:26

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On the iPhone, VSBarcodeReader is another commercial library which reads UPC-A, EAN-13 and EAN-8. You can try it with the free app pic2shop.

Although the app is also available for Android, the SDK is not, because zxing is the standard solution there.

I am the developer of this app/library.

Benoit 2010-07-20 05:40:53

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ZBar, GNU LGPL 2.1.

Support iOS 4's AVCaptureInput (capture barcode from video camera), and Java too.

digdog 2010-07-20 06:05:00

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