Humm hoping there were barcode fonts or something, I wanted to create a barcode from a number that you store into the app. I could do the web service thing I just didn't want it to be an image although the generated one will be of high quality so will scan fine.
2009/11/14 Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> > Paul Townsend wrote: > > Hi I just wondering if I wanted to display a barcode on my phone so > > that a scanner could scan it, ie like the reward cards apps, how would > > I go about creating the barcode in a view. > > Here are two possibilities: > > 1. You store on the phone the barcode as an alphanumeric value and a bar > code type, then generate the image on the phone. That would require a > bar code imaging JAR, and while those probably exist for Java, I expect > they may require some massaging to work on Android. > > 2. You store on the phone the actual barcode image, obtained from a Web > service or something. This has the advantage of being a better-traveled > road. Then, you'd just use an ImageView, or the 2D graphics API, to > display the image on screen. > > The only thing I see potentially being tricky with scenario #2 is > getting the image size right, taking into account different screen > densities. And, you have that same problem with scenario #1. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _Android Programming Tutorials_ Version 1.0 In Print! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
