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DataWedge is the recommended approach for capturing data on Zebra Android mobile computers – barcode scanning, RFID or even voice.  Over the past few months we have added even more features to DataWedge such as multiple barcode scanning, enhanced security, OCR, signature capture, new decoder support and much more.  These features are available for free on our enterprise-series Android devices so learn how to take advantage of them in this webinar.

Presented by Darryn Campbell and Catherine Wei, Software Engineers, Zebra Technologies

DataWedge 8.0 introduced a new capability to the DataWedge Intent output plugin, the ability to specify the component of the application which will receive the Intent.

Up until version 8.0, DataWedge only allowed you to specify the action, category and delivery mechanism (Start Activity, Start Service or Send Broadcast)

By @darryncampbell

The sample application to accompany this post can be found at https://github.com/darryncampbell/EMDK-DeviceIdentifiers-Sample. This article was updated on 19th April to reflect the behaviour on Android 11

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Overview

This article details a method to install APKS files via sideloading them in a StageNow profile . APKS files are split APK files containing multiple component files which are combined into a single file.  

By @DarrynCampbell

Zebra's MX layer exposes configuration and provisioning capabilities for Zebra devices. Some of these features can be potentially misused by harmful apps so in these cases it is required to specify the signature of the signing certificate used to create the app, this ensures that only the desired app is given the elevated privileges.

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This document details the developer impact of moving to Zebra devices running Android 10 (API level 29), and is a follow-up to my previous posts about what’s new in Android Pie,

DataWedge Background Scanning

The sample application to accompany this post is available on Github

Although not common, some customers targeting Zebra Android mobile computers need to be able to scan barcodes when the application is in the background or the mobile computer is in the standby state. Following a question posted on the developer forum we came up with an architecture that appeared to work reliably.