Hi
I'm looking for a sample app developed in Android Studio for helping our customer developing a POC on a non zebra device (samsung)
This app should be quite simple, pair the device to RS5100 observe the barcode events and when the scanner is connected/disconnected.
The developer guide leaves out a lot of details, the sample application is more complete, but harder to understand.
I’m wondering if you have any simple apps with source code that can help us in this case?
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Hi Simon.
For non-Zebra Platforms, a simple recommendation is to use HID for the Bluetooth Profile for the RS5100 rather than the default SSI that the RS5100 uses. The Product reference Guide for RS5100 has barcodes you can scan and save on the RS5100.
This makes code simple - in that you can use Google (Or Samsung's ) BT Libraries to detect the RS5100 Connecting / Disconnecting.
And because it is HID - you only need to place a Text Input Cursor to allow the Keystroke input to populate the text field.
And this is Non-Zebra code - so you can use Android Developer portal or StackExchange to look for code that may help you.
However:
For iOS / Android and SSI-based scanners - the Scanner Framework for Zebra Scanners - is still the best example code to use to implement these devices/platforms. Yes - it is a fair bit of code / UI Fragments to work through; but this provides the correct context for our SSI Device Scanner Platforms.