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Mobile document scanning apps bring convenience to users by allowing them to scan travel documents, ID cards, passports and other types of documents on the go. This article aims to help C# developers, who do not have the background in computer vision, to build a mobile document scanning app for...

Normally, we scan barcodes and QR codes from live camera streams or static images. But sometimes, we may need to read barcodes from video files, like scanning the barcodes on a long shelf and evaluating the performance of live scanning. A video contains rich information. A state-of-art mobile phone can...

On mobile platforms, HTML5 is not only supported by web browsers, such as Chrome, Edge, Safari, Firefox, and Opera, but also web view UI component that used for building native apps. Therefore, even though you are only familiar with web development, you can easily create excellent mobile apps for Android...

SwiftUI is a powerful UI framework for building native apps for any Apple platform. This article guides you through the process of creating an iOS QR code scanner using SwiftUI, Dynamsoft Camera Enhancer and Dynamsoft Barcode Reader on M1 Mac mini. Dev Environment on M1 Mac mini Xcode 13.2.1 Cocoapods...

A QR code scanner application primarily consists of two parts: camera preview and QR code scanning. There are many Android QR code scanner apps downloadable in the Google Play Store. However, it is more interesting to create a QR code scanner by yourself than to use an existing one. This...

Although almost every Android phone is equipped with cameras, some Android devices, like TV boxes and kiosks, may not have cameras built-in. An easy way to add extra camera functionality to these devices is by connecting with a USB camera if they support USB-OTG. Starting from Android 9, the Android...

If you want to create a QR code scanner for both Windows and Android from a single codebase, what is the best way to do it? If you have read my previous article, Flutter could be your answer. However, it takes time to develop Flutter plugins. The cons of Flutter...

There are many QR code tools and SDKs available on the market. For Android development, Google ML Kit is no doubt a good choice, which is free and supports general QR code detection. However, it cannot satisfy the requirement of high-density QR code detection. As a commercial barcode SDK, Dynamsoft...

Updated in 2021: The Dynamsoft Barcode Reader now has a client-side JavaScript SDK which makes it possible to read barcodes from within the browser. Learn about the JavaScript SDK The Dynamsoft Barcode Reader now has mobile native SDKs supporting Android and iOS. The Dynamsoft Barcode Reader now has an official...

Camera control and barcode reading are two essential parts of a barcode scanner. Dynamsoft Barcode Reader is an advanced barcode reader with an easy-to-use Android library. The implementation of the barcode reading function is simple and straightforward. Making a good camera app, however, is not easy. In Android, there are...

Dynamic Web TWAIN has added some exciting features related to the mobile platform since its version 16. Document capturing via mobile cameras, 16.0 PDF Rasterizer mobile edition, 16.0 LoadImageEx supports mobile platform, 16.1 Acquiring images from a remote scanner, 16.1 The scanDocument API which makes it easy to call a...

React Native is a JavaScript framework that enables developers to build mobile apps for Android and iOS platforms with one codebase. Even if you are a web developer, you can quickly develop mobile applications using React Native. Not like Cordova that uses WebViews, React Native produces a truly native user...

In my daily life, I enjoy taking photos with my smartphone and uploading them to various websites. So I started thinking, “Is it possible to implement these functions in a web browser?” Fortunately, the new HTML5 SDK is capable of uploading local images or captured images to web servers. Everything...