How to integrate ZXing Library to Android Studio for Barcode Scanning?

Question

I've been looking all over internet how to include zxing library to my project, and I found this tutorial: http://blog.dihaw.com/integrating-zxing-in-your-android-app-as-standalone-scanner/

But when I reach the point that you need to check for BeepManager to add the R import I get all kinds of errors in my project (Even on the MainActivity) that it couldn't find R.

Also I found this one https://github.com/journeyapps/zxing-android-embedded/blob/master/README.md which seemed a lot easier because it was auto integrated by gradle, but when I sync it pops an error that it couldn't find the files.

Any help would be appreciated :) I'm new to Android Studio.

EDIT:

I added the settings of the 2nd method (the one with the gradle settings) to my build.gradle and 4 error pop up:

Error:Failed to find: com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-legacy:2.0.0 
Error:Failed to find: com.google.zxing:core:3.0.1 
Error:Failed to find: com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-integration:2.0.0 
Error:Failed to find: com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-minimal:2.0.0

Any help?

---ANSWER---

To fix this problem I needed to disable Offline Work on Gradle. Go into Android Studio's settings>Gradle>Uncheck 'offline work' After that, you're good to go!

Answer 1

You need add the following to your build.gradle file:

repositories {
    mavenCentral()

    maven {
        url "http://dl.bintray.com/journeyapps/maven"
    }
}

dependencies {
    // Supports Android 4.0.3 and later (API level 15)
    compile 'com.journeyapps:zxing-android-embedded:2.0.1@aar'

    // Supports Android 2.1 and later (API level 7), but not optimal for later Android versions.
    // If you only plan on supporting Android 4.0.3 and up, you don't need to include this.
    compile 'com.journeyapps:zxing-android-legacy:2.0.1@aar'

    // Convenience library to launch the scanning and encoding Activities.
    // It automatically picks the best scanning library from the above two, depending on the
    // Android version and what is available.
    compile 'com.journeyapps:zxing-android-integration:2.0.1@aar'

    // Version 3.0.x of zxing core contains some code that is not compatible on Android 2.2 and earlier.
    // This mostly affects encoding, but you should test if you plan to support these versions.
    // Older versions e.g. 2.2 may also work if you need support for older Android versions.
    compile 'com.google.zxing:core:3.0.1'
}

My build.gradle file like this:

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 21
    buildToolsVersion "21.1.2"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.myapplication2"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 21
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()

    maven {
        url "https://raw.github.com/embarkmobile/zxing-android-minimal/mvn-repo/maven-repository/"
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:21.0.3'
    // Supports Android 4.0.3 and later (API level 15)
    compile 'com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-minimal:2.0.0@aar'

    // Supports Android 2.1 and later (API level 7), but not optimal for later Android versions.
    // If you only plan on supporting Android 4.0.3 and up, you don't need to include this.
    compile 'com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-legacy:2.0.0@aar'

    // Convenience library to launch the scanning and encoding Activities.
    // It automatically picks the best scanning library from the above two, depending on the
    // Android version and what is available.
    compile 'com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-integration:2.0.0@aar'

    // Version 3.0.x of zxing core contains some code that is not compatible on Android 2.2 and earlier.
    // This mostly affects encoding, but you should test if you plan to support these versions.
    // Older versions e.g. 2.2 may also work if you need support for older Android versions.
    compile 'com.google.zxing:core:3.0.1'
}

The code is here.

Also, for how to use it, please refer my answer on the Stackoverflow here

It contains method and also simple code that I have tested.

Answer 2

As of version 3 of zxing-android-embedded you only need to add these to your build.gradle file:

repositories {
    jcenter()
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.journeyapps:zxing-android-embedded:3.0.2@aar'
    compile 'com.google.zxing:core:3.2.0'
}

Follow the steps in: https://github.com/journeyapps/zxing-android-embedded/

It now also allows for portrait mode with simple changes to the IntentIntegrator, and easier ways to customize the views.

Answer 3

Easiest way to integrate ZXing for barcode or Qr scanning.

For Full Reference : Scan Barcode ZXing Android

Add in dependencies

compile 'me.dm7.barcodescanner:zxing:1.9' 

ScanActivity

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import com.google.zxing.Result;

import me.dm7.barcodescanner.zxing.ZXingScannerView;

public class ScanActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ZXingScannerView.ResultHandler{

    private ZXingScannerView mScannerView;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle state) {
        super.onCreate(state);
        mScannerView = new ZXingScannerView(this);   // Programmatically initialize the scanner view
        setContentView(mScannerView);                // Set the scanner view as the content view
    }

    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        mScannerView.setResultHandler(this); // Register ourselves as a handler for scan results.
        mScannerView.startCamera();          // Start camera on resume
    }

    @Override
    public void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        mScannerView.stopCamera();           // Stop camera on pause
    }

    @Override
    public void handleResult(Result rawResult) {
        // Do something with the result here
       // Log.v("tag", rawResult.getText()); // Prints scan results
       // Log.v("tag", rawResult.getBarcodeFormat().toString()); // Prints the scan format (qrcode, pdf417 etc.)

        MainActivity.tvresult.setText(rawResult.getText());
        onBackPressed();

        // If you would like to resume scanning, call this method below:
        //mScannerView.resumeCameraPreview(this);
    }
}

Answer 4

I have it working with this:

repositories { mavenCentral()
    maven { url "https://raw.github.com/embarkmobile/zxing-android-minimal/mvn-repo/maven-repository/" }
}

compile 'com.google.zxing:core:3.2.1'
compile 'com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-minimal:2.0.0@aar'
compile 'com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-integration:2.0.0@aar'

I recommend using the IntentIntegrator

IntentIntegrator integrator = new IntentIntegrator(getActivity()); 
integrator.forSupportFragment(this).initiateScan();

The requestCode comes back with IntentIntegrator.REQUEST_CODE