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Installation

This guide shows you how to add the Scandit Data Capture SDK to your existing project.

Prerequisites

warning

Android devices running the Scandit Data Capture SDK need to have a GPU or the performance will drastically decrease.

Get a License Key

  1. Sign up or Sign in to your Scandit account
  2. Create a project
  3. Create a license key

If you have a paid subscription, please reach out to Scandit Support if you need a new license key.

Add the SDK

Currently we support adding the Scandit Data Capture SDK React Native plugins to your project in two ways. The simplest way is to use the npm registry, alternatively you can manually download the plugins and add them to your project.

tip

You should always make sure to add the scandit-react-native-datacapture-core plugin, as all other plugins depend on it.

Create a new project (optional)

If you do not have a React Native project yet that you’ll use, you should create a new one.

react-native init HelloScandit
cd HelloScandit

Add the SDK from npm

To add our plugins from the npm registry, you can run these commands from your project’s root folder. In the following snippet we’re adding multiple plugins for different functionalities, but you can add only the ones you need.

yarn add scandit-react-native-datacapture-core
yarn add scandit-react-native-datacapture-barcode
yarn add scandit-react-native-datacapture-text
yarn add scandit-react-native-datacapture-parser
yarn add scandit-react-native-datacapture-id
tip

You can also specify a version @<version>.

Add the SDK manually

After you download the archive containing all the plugins, unzip the archive. It includes the available React Native plugins, including the scandit-react-native-datacapture-core plugin that all other plugins depend on.

First add scandit-react-native-datacapture-core plugin:

yarn add <path to scandit-react-native-datacapture-core plugin>

Once this is done, you can continue with adding the plugin(s) for your desired functionality, e.g. for barcode capture add the scandit-react-native-datacapture-barcode plugin:

yarn add <path to scandit-react-native-datacapture-barcode plugin>

Additional steps on iOS

After adding the plugins, you’ll want to make sure they’re added to your iOS project properly:

cd ios && pod install

Additional Information

Android Content Providers

On Android, the Scandit SDK uses content providers to initialize the scanning capabilities properly. If your own content providers depend on the Scandit SDK, choose an initOrder lower than 10 to make sure the SDK is ready first.

If not specified, initOrder is zero by default and you have nothing to worry about.

Check the official <provider> documentation.

Apple Privacy Settings

When using the Scandit Data Capture SDK you will want to set the camera as the frame source for various capture modes. You need to set the “Privacy - Camera Usage Description” field in the Info.plist file for iOS.

Info file

Camera Permissions

When using the Scandit Data Capture SDK you will want to set the camera as the frame source for various capture modes. On Android, you have to request camera permissions in your own application before starting scanning. To see how you can achieve this, take a look at our samples.