react-native-vision-camera/docs/docs/guides/CODE_SCANNING.mdx
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feat: Add UPC-A support (#2563)
* Add UPC_A support

* Add documentation for UPC-A on iOS

* Doc adjustments

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Co-authored-by: Keaton Roux <keaton@codehesion.co.za>
2024-03-18 15:42:57 +01:00

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---
id: code-scanning
title: QR/Barcode Scanning
sidebar_label: QR/Barcode Scanning
---
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## What is a Code Scanner?
A Code Scanner is a separate Camera output (just like photo or video) that can detect a variety of machine-readable codes, such as:
- **QR**: Square QR codes
- **Aztec**: Square Aztec codes
- **Data Matrix**: Square Data Matrix codes
- **Barcode (EAN)**: EAN-13 or EAN-8 Barcodes
- **Barcode (Code)**: Code-128, Code-39 or Code-93 Barcodes
- **Barcode (other)**: Codabar, ITF-14, UPC-E or PDF-417 Barcodes
## Setup
On iOS, the Code Scanner uses the platform-native APIs and can be used out of the box.
On Android, the [MLKit Vision Barcode Scanning](https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/vision/barcode-scanning) API will be used, and the model (2.2MB) needs to be included into your app first.
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Inside your `gradle.properties` file, add the `enableCodeScanner` flag:
```groovy
VisionCamera_enableCodeScanner=true
```
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Add the `enableCodeScanner` flag to your Expo config (`app.json`, `app.config.json` or `app.config.js`):
```json
{
"name": "my app",
"plugins": [
[
"react-native-vision-camera",
{
// ...
"enableCodeScanner": true
}
]
]
}
```
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</Tabs>
## Usage
To scan codes, simply create a [`CodeScanner`](/docs/api/interfaces/CodeScanner) instance and pass it to the `<Camera>`:
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```tsx
const codeScanner = useCodeScanner({
codeTypes: ['qr', 'ean-13'],
onCodeScanned: (codes) => {
console.log(`Scanned ${codes.length} codes!`)
}
})
return <Camera {...props} codeScanner={codeScanner} />
```
The result of this will automatically be memoized.
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="imperative">
```ts
const codeScanner: CodeScanner = {
codeTypes: ['qr', 'ean-13'],
onCodeScanned: (codes) => {
console.log(`Scanned ${codes.length} codes!`)
}
}
```
Make sure to memoize the result of this, as every change in this will trigger a Camera session re-build.
```tsx
render() {
return <Camera {...props} codeScanner={this.codeScanner} />
}
```
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## Separate Output
Since the Code Scanner is a separate camera output (just like photo or video), it cannot be attached simultaneously with photo and video enabled.
You need to disable either `photo`, `video`, or the `codeScanner`.
## Code result
The Code Scanner will call your [`onCodeScanned`](/docs/api/interfaces/CodeScanner#oncodescanned) callback with all detected codes ([`Code`](/docs/api/interfaces/Code)), including their decoded string value, and their coordinates on the screen relative to the Preview.
<br />
## UPC-A vs EAN-13 codes
UPC-A is a special case to handle if you need to cater for it. Android's SDK officially supports UPC-A but iOS does not, instead they handle the code as EAN-13. Since EAN-13 is a superset of UPC-A, with an extra 0 digit at the front.
This means, the `upc-a` types are reported under the `ean-13` umbrella type on iOS:
```jsx
const codeScanner = useCodeScanner({
codeTypes: ['upc-a'], // <-- ✅ We configure for 'upc-a' types
onCodeScanned: (codes) => {
for (const code of codes) {
console.log(code.type); // <-- ❌ On iOS, we receive 'ean-13'
}
}
})
```
You will need to keep this in mind and do the conversion from EAN-13 to UPC-A yourself. This can be done by removing the front `0` digit from the code to get a UPC-A code.
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