Barcode scanning using react native

Question

I am using react-native-camera to build a barcode scanner for Android and iOS both.

I am able to scan the barcode in iOS but the issue is there is no visual for the

Answer 1

Well it took me all day but I finally found a library that worked. If anyone finds their way here and is looking for a barcode scanner for react native that works on android...I am here to help.

https://github.com/ideacreation/react-native-barcodescanner

1st if you do not have rnpm get it...it is very helpful!(npm install -g rnpm)(https://github.com/rnpm/rnpm)

then run these commands in your project file:

npm install --save react-native-barcodescanner

rnpm link react-native-barcodescanner

at this point I synced gradle and reran the app from android studios...not sure if it is needed(also sometimes rnpm link forgets a new line character...if you have an error message about the word include it is because this...just find it in your setting.gradle file add a new line before the word include)

now it is ready to use.

import it:

import BarcodeScanner from 'react-native-barcodescanner';

then use it in your render function's return statment:

If you need more info check out that link. I hope this helped someone avoid the torture I endured going through library after old library that did not work.

Happy coding! :)