Xamarin & Xamarin.Forms Barcode Scanner SDK

The Scanbot Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms Barcode Scanner SDKs are available as NuGet packages. You can easily integrate the Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms Barcode Scanner into your app.

You can start integrating the Scanbot Barcode Scanner SDK for cross-platform app development with Xamarin.Forms for both Android and iOS as below:

var configuration = new BarcodeScannerConfiguration();
BarcodeResultBundle result = await 
SBSDK.Scanner.Open(configuration);

You can configure the 1D and 2D barcode types that you want to recognize:

configuration.AcceptedFormats = new List
{
	    BarcodeFormat.Aztec,
	    BarcodeFormat.Codabar,
	    BarcodeFormat.Code128,
	    BarcodeFormat.Code39,
	    BarcodeFormat.Code93,
	    BarcodeFormat.DataMatrix,
	    BarcodeFormat.Ean13,
	    BarcodeFormat.Ean8,
	    BarcodeFormat.Itf,
	    BarcodeFormat.Pdf417,
	    BarcodeFormat.QrCode,
	    BarcodeFormat.Rss14,
	    BarcodeFormat.RssExpanded,
	    BarcodeFormat.Unknown,
	    BarcodeFormat.UpcA,
	    BarcodeFormat.UpcE,
	    BarcodeFormat.MsiPlessey
};

Also, you can customize the UI style of your Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms Barcode Scanners like below:

configuration.FinderWidth = 300;
configuration.FinderHeight = 200;
configuration.FlashEnabled = true;
configuration.TopBarBackgroundColor = Color.Accent;
configuration.FinderTextHint = "Custom hint text...";
// further configurations...

Getting Started with the Scanbot Xamarin Barcode Scanner

You can start integrating the Scanbot Barcode Scanner SDK for native app development with Xamarin for both Android and iOS as below:

Xamarin Android:

var configuration = new BarcodeScannerConfiguration();
var intent = BarcodeScannerActivity.NewIntent(this, configuration);
StartActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE);

Xamarin iOS:

var configuration = SBSDKUIBarcodeScannerConfiguration.DefaultConfiguration;
BarcodeResultReceiver receiver = new BarcodeResultReceiver();
SBSDKUIBarcodeScannerViewController.PresentOn(this, acceptedBarcodeTypes, configuration, receiver);

You can check our Xamarin documentation for further information on customization and configuration.

Complete example projects

To get off to a flying start, check out our GitHub repository. There, you can find full example projects on Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms

They demonstrate the integration of all API methods of the Scanbot Xamarin & Xamarin.Forms Barcode Scanner SDKs, such as 1D and 2D barcode scanning, UI customization, and more.