Barcode Scanner Using Xamarin.Forms
For creating a Barcode Scanner, I will use the NuGet package Arc.BarCodes , a cross-platform creator built on top of ZXing.Net.Mobile to allow for easy cross-platform access from Shared/PCL core libraries. Now we can set some permissions for Android and Windows to get access to the camera. This is for taking the clear picture of the barcode that we want to scan. For Android open the AndroidManifest.xml and select CAMERA from the Required Permissions . Now open WMAppManifest.xml for setting permissions to Windows Phone then select ID_CAP_ISV_CAMERA from Capabilities . Now we want to initialize the corresponding NuGet package in each platform-specific startup classes. For example, AppDelegate.cs for iOS, MainActivity.cs for Android and MainPage.xaml.cs for Windows Phone by calling global::Acr.BarCodes.BarCodes.Init(); before calling LoadApplication(); Now create a button on the page for the...