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Install our data-capture-sdk skill so your coding agent can answer questions about Scandit products and recommend the right one for your use case, directly from your editor. More info →

Run this in a terminal in your project directory, then follow the instructions to select your coding agent.

npx skills add https://github.com/scandit/skills --skill data-capture-sdk

Your coding agent loads the skill automatically based on your prompt; to invoke it explicitly, call /data-capture-sdk followed by your task.

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Xamarin and Forms Deprecation Notice

Starting with version 8.0 we are no longer upgrading Xamarin and Forms solutions for the Data Capture SDK. Microsoft ended support for these frameworks on May 1, 2024, which locks them into discontinued tooling.

You may continue to use the latest releases of SDK version 7.x as per our support policy.

We recommend migrating to .NET MAUI to take advantage of the latest features and improvements in our SDK.

Single Scanning

Implementing single scanning of barcodes using the Scandit Data Capture SDK can be done in two ways:

  • (Recommended) Implementing SparkScan, our pre-built UI and workflow for barcode scanning.
  • Implementing the low-level Barcode Capture API.

The SparkScan API provides pre-built UI elements (trigger button, camera view, camera controls), a complete scanning workflow (visual, audio, and haptic feedback, and UI transitions on scan) and offers additional functionality needed to achieve optimal scanning UX, such as:

  • Triggering scans via a hardware trigger (volume or dedicated hardware button)
  • UI to activate an aimer for precise scanning in crowded scenarios
  • pre-built code rejection and error handling options
  • Option to choose between single and continuous scanning, programmatically or with hold gesture
  • Battery-optimizing features such as idle timeout and camera standby

SparkScan Workflow
Scanning to a list with SparkScan

All of the above functionality is available out-of-the-box, without having to create it yourself via the low-level API.