Motorola barcode scanning devices are now supported with Rhodes3.3 and RhoElement2.0. Install RhoElements gem or RhoStudio and start developing for Motorola Windows Mobile, Windows CE and Android(ET1).
To enable this feature add following to build.yml:
capabilities:
-motorola
extensions: [“barcode-moto”]
Barcode API :
How to get list of scanners present on the device?
Barcode.enumerate
this returns array of hashes (‘name’,‘id’).
How to enables the scanner?
barcode_callback get the same parameters as Barcode.take_barcode
Barcode.enable(url_for(:action => :barcode_callback), {:name=>name_from_enumerate})
Callback parameters?
“status” – “ok” or “cancel”
“barcode” – recognized barcode string
How to disable a currently enabled scanner?
Barcode.disable
This reverts the scanner to its default state and flushes any current decoder settings
Performing a soft trigger start?
Barcode.start
If the scan does not result in a decode it is necessary to perform a soft stop before another soft start.
Performs a soft trigger stop ?
Barcode.stop
Enabling the scanner and start scanner?
Before callback is called scanner is disabled:
Barcode.take_barcode(url_for(:action => :barcode_callback), {:name=>name_from_enumerate})
System API example: https://github.com/rhomobile/rhodes-system-api-samples/blob/master/app/BarcodeRecognizerMoto/controller.rb
source : Rhomobile.com
