QR codes reader phonegap lib for both Android & iPhone

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creynders

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Jan 11, 2011, 10:29:53 AM1/11/11
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Does anybody know of a QR code reader lib to use in phonegap for both
Android & iPhone?
I've been searching but have so far only found one:
http://www.visionsmarts.com/products/VSBarcodeReader/VSBarcodeReader.html
However, I'd like an open-source alternative. Of course ;)
Are there any other options? All other projects/examples/experiments
seem to use either a 3rd party QR code reader app, which is not an
option for us - or seem to target only iphone or only android.

If no alternatives exist, I suppose I'll have to use 2 separate
libraries, one for iphone, one for android, right?

Justin Tyberg

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Jan 11, 2011, 10:51:50 AM1/11/11
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There is an Android plugin on github (phonegap-plugins), though I
believe Simon is working on an update.

I am working on a barcode plugin for BlackBerry Widgets. I have it
working, but need to test and polish more.

I'm not sure if there is one for iOS.

On Jan 11, 10:29 am, creynders <camille.reynd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anybody know of a QR code reader lib to use in phonegap for both
> Android & iPhone?
> I've been searching but have so far only found one:http://www.visionsmarts.com/products/VSBarcodeReader/VSBarcodeReader....

André Fiedler

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Jan 11, 2011, 10:55:33 AM1/11/11
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There´s a open sourced QR Code framework supporting iOS: http://code.google.com/p/zxing/
Someone wants to write a PhoneGap iOS plugin?! ;o)

greetings André

2011/1/11 Justin Tyberg <justin...@gmail.com>
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Simon MacDonald

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Jan 11, 2011, 11:18:54 AM1/11/11
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Yeah, the Android and BB plug-ins will/are be based on this. We'll
see if we can get an iOS plugin as well.

Simon Mac Donald
http://hi.im/simonmacdonald

Julio Rabadán González

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Jan 11, 2011, 11:43:23 AM1/11/11
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Hi all.

There is an opensource project for decoding QRCodes with javascript:

http://openalexandria.com/2010/10/11/qrcode-decode-javascript-read-qr-code-with-javascript/

http://sourceforge.jp/projects/jpqr/svn/view/

I haven't tested it, but it seems very interesting. It deserves a try.

Julio Rabadan
Somms.NET

André Fiedler

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Jan 11, 2011, 1:24:10 PM1/11/11
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Objective C is much faster than JS. QR Deconding needs much calculations. ;o)

Matt Kane

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Jan 11, 2011, 1:41:47 PM1/11/11
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If someone else hasn't started on it, I'm planning to do an iOS version of my plugin. It's harder than the Android one because iOS doesn't have anything as elegant as Intents, so the ZXing stuff will need to be included in the plugin.

Matt

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