Scan QR/barcodes with your NativeScript app.
npm install @nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner> 💡 Plugin version 5.0.0+ is compatible with NativeScript 7+ and also supports Mac M1. If you need to target older NativeScript versions, please stick to plugin nativescript-barcodescanner 3.4.2.
formats)format property of the result object.``
npm install @nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner
> If you need to embed the scanner for Android as well, please consider using the Machine Learning powered Barcode scanner I've added to the ML Kit feature of the NativeScript Firebase plugin!
As you can see, you can style the view any way you like, and even overlay it with an image or button.
To recreate the layout above, look at these lines in the demo app.
> 💡 TIP: If you don't destroy the component/page which embed the scanner (but instead show a modal, or navigate "forward") you can "pause" the scanner (since plugin version 3.4.0). Simply set that pause property to true when applicable.
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`xml`
Here's an example tag, showing all currently supported options. The property defaults are equal to the scan function.
`xml`
formats="QR_CODE, EAN_13"
beepOnScan="true"
reportDuplicates="true"
preferFrontCamera="false"
pause="{{ pause }}"
scanResult="{{ onScanResult }}" />
Component / Module:
`typescript`
import { registerElement } from "@nativescript/angular";
registerElement("BarcodeScanner", () => require("@nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner").BarcodeScannerView);
View:
`html`
formats="QR_CODE, EAN_13"
beepOnScan="true"
reportDuplicates="true"
preferFrontCamera="false"
[pause]="pause"
(scanResult)="onScanResult($event)">
main.ts:
`typescript`
Vue.registerElement('BarcodeScanner', () => require('@nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner').BarcodeScannerView)
View:
`html`
height="300"
formats="QR_CODE, EAN_13, UPC_A"
beepOnScan="true"
reportDuplicates="true"
preferFrontCamera="false"
:pause="pause"
@scanResult="onScanResult"
v-if="isIOS">
See 'demo-vue' for details.
iOS 10+ requires not only this popup, but also a _reason_. In this case it's "We'd like to use the Camera ..".
You can provide your own reason for accessing the camera by adding something like this to app/App_Resources/ios/Info.plist:
`xml`
_To not crash your app in case you forgot to provide the reason this plugin adds an empty reason to the .plist during build. This value gets overridden by anything you specify yourself._
#### TypeScript
`typescript
import { BarcodeScanner } from "@nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner";
const barcodescanner = new BarcodeScanner();
barcodescanner.scan({
formats: "QR_CODE, EAN_13",
cancelLabel: "EXIT. Also, try the volume buttons!", // iOS only, default 'Close'
cancelLabelBackgroundColor: "#333333", // iOS only, default '#000000' (black)
message: "Use the volume buttons for extra light", // Android only, default is 'Place a barcode inside the viewfinder rectangle to scan it.'
showFlipCameraButton: true, // default false
preferFrontCamera: false, // default false
showTorchButton: true, // default false
beepOnScan: true, // Play or Suppress beep on scan (default true)
fullScreen: true, // Currently only used on iOS; with iOS 13 modals are no longer shown fullScreen by default, which may be actually preferred. But to use the old fullScreen appearance, set this to 'true'. Default 'false'.
torchOn: false, // launch with the flashlight on (default false)
closeCallback: () => { console.log("Scanner closed")}, // invoked when the scanner was closed (success or abort)
resultDisplayDuration: 500, // Android only, default 1500 (ms), set to 0 to disable echoing the scanned text
orientation: orientation, // Android only, default undefined (sensor-driven orientation), other options: portrait|landscape
openSettingsIfPermissionWasPreviouslyDenied: true, // On iOS you can send the user to the settings app if access was previously denied
presentInRootViewController: true // iOS-only; If you're sure you're not presenting the (non embedded) scanner in a modal, or are experiencing issues with fi. the navigationbar, set this to 'true' and see if it works better for your app (default false).
}).then((result) => {
// Note that this Promise is never invoked when a 'continuousScanCallback' function is provided
alert({
title: "Scan result",
message: "Format: " + result.format + ",\nValue: " + result.text,
okButtonText: "OK"
});
}, (errorMessage) => {
console.log("No scan. " + errorMessage);
}
);
`
> Note that result.format above is one of these.
#### JavaScript
`js
var BarcodeScanner = require("@nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner").BarcodeScanner;
var barcodescanner = new BarcodeScanner();
barcodescanner.scan({
formats: "QR_CODE,PDF_417", // Pass in of you want to restrict scanning to certain types
cancelLabel: "EXIT. Also, try the volume buttons!", // iOS only, default 'Close'
cancelLabelBackgroundColor: "#333333", // iOS only, default '#000000' (black)
message: "Use the volume buttons for extra light", // Android only, default is 'Place a barcode inside the viewfinder rectangle to scan it.'
showFlipCameraButton: true, // default false
preferFrontCamera: false, // default false
showTorchButton: true, // default false
beepOnScan: true, // Play or Suppress beep on scan (default true)
fullScreen: true, // Currently only used on iOS; with iOS 13 modals are no longer shown fullScreen by default, which may be actually preferred. But to use the old fullScreen appearance, set this to 'true'. Default 'false'.
torchOn: false, // launch with the flashlight on (default false)
closeCallback: function () { console.log("Scanner closed"); }, // invoked when the scanner was closed (success or abort)
resultDisplayDuration: 500, // Android only, default 1500 (ms), set to 0 to disable echoing the scanned text
orientation: "landscape", // Android only, optionally lock the orientation to either "portrait" or "landscape"
openSettingsIfPermissionWasPreviouslyDenied: true // On iOS you can send the user to the settings app if access was previously denied
}).then(
function(result) {
console.log("Scan format: " + result.format);
console.log("Scan text: " + result.text);
},
function(error) {
console.log("No scan: " + error);
}
);
`
programmatically.The plugin handles duplicates for you so don't worry about checking those;
every result withing the same scan session is unique unless you set
reportDuplicates to true.Here's an example of scanning 3 unique QR codes and then stopping scanning programmatically.
You'll notice that the Promise will no longer receive the result as there may be many results:
#### JavaScript
`js
var count = 0;
barcodescanner.scan({
formats: "QR_CODE",
// this callback will be invoked for every unique scan in realtime!
continuousScanCallback: function (result) {
count++;
console.log(result.format + ": " + result.text + " (count: " + count + ")");
if (count === 3) {
barcodescanner.stop();
}
},
closeCallback: function () { console.log("Scanner closed"); }, // invoked when the scanner was closed
reportDuplicates: false // which is the default
}).then(
function() {
console.log("We're now reporting scan results in 'continuousScanCallback'");
},
function(error) {
console.log("No scan: " + error);
}
);
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Note that the iOS implementation will always return
at the moment,
on Android we actually check for a camera to be available.#### JavaScript
`js
var barcodescanner = require("@nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner"); barcodescanner.available().then(
function(avail) {
console.log("Available? " + avail);
}
);
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On Android 6+ you need to request permission to use the camera at runtime when targeting API level 23+.
Even if the tag for the Camera is present in AndroidManifest.xml.On iOS 10+ there's something similar going on.
Since version 1.5.0 you can let the plugin handle this for you
(if need be a prompt will be shown to the user when the scanner launches),
but if for some reason you want to handle permissions yourself you can use these functions.
#### JavaScript
`js
barcodescanner.hasCameraPermission().then(
function(granted) {
// if this is 'false' you probably want to call 'requestCameraPermission' now
console.log("Has Camera Permission? " + result);
}
); // if no permission was granted previously this wil open a user consent screen
barcodescanner.requestCameraPermission().then(
function() {
console.log("Camera permission requested");
}
);
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You may have injected the
class in your component constructor in the past,
but please don't do that anymore because in release builds you may experience a crash.So instead of:
`typescript
// my-component.ts
import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
import { BarcodeScanner } from '@nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner';@Component({ ... })
export class MyComponent {
constructor(private barcodeScanner: BarcodeScanner) {
}
//use the barcodescanner wherever you need it. See general usage above.
scanBarcode() {
this.barcodeScanner.scan({ ... });
}
}
`Simply do:
typescript
// my-component.ts
import { Component, Inject } from '@angular/core';
import { BarcodeScanner } from '@nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner';@Component({ ... })
//use the barcodescanner wherever you need it. See general usage above.
scanBarcode() {
new BarcodeScanner().scan({ ... });
}
}
`#### Webpack usage
If you run into an error when Webpacking, open
and add this:`typescript
import { BarcodeScanner } from "@nstudio/nativescript-barcodescanner";export function createBarcodeScanner() {
return new BarcodeScanner();
}
providers: [
{ provide: BarcodeScanner, useFactory: createBarcodeScanner }
]
`Troubleshooting
If you get the error on android, try the following steps:
1. Delete the app from your device
2. Remove the folder platforms/android. This triggers a complete rebuild
3. run tns run android`This plugin wraps libaries for Android and iOS to make the barcode scanner easily accessible via a unified API. The Libraries used are:
Custom Framework to access iOS APIs: https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/ios-framework-barcodescanner
ZXing: https://github.com/zxing/zxing/releases
As using that library as a direct dependency was not practical, there is a library-project that adopts the sources from ZXing and copiles them into a AAR for usage on android: https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/barcodescanner-lib-aar/