Barcode reading using picture taken using mobile phone camera

Question

How do we do programmatic reading of a barcode that is captured using a mobile phone camera? For example, how do that using iPhone or Android or Java ME? Do we need separate har

Answer 1

For Android it's very easy. Simply use the service provided by the Barcode Scanner app (dependancy). Then the Barcode Scanner app will handle all of the scanning part and will simply return you the code.

I think similar solutions are available for other platforms, but in Android it's even easier because of its Intent architecture.