What does the "Use External Scanner" of barcode scanner Intent look like?

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Hi all,

I’m trying to get what the android intent of doing a scan with “use external scanner = true” looks like. Anyone have any idea of where to look?

I’m looking through the source code of App Inventor but can only find the intent for calling Zxing.

I’m trying to push an intent that suggests the user barcode scanning apps they can use. I know this is more related to Android Studio, but Kodular/App Inventor is the only place I’ve seen this intent used.

Thanks in advance if anyone has any idea

#2

You can ask @kodular

@justxelliot

#3

@justxelliot

If you set Use External Scanner to True and you have a barcode scanner app installed like:
Barcode Scanner

Then your app will use it to scan for a barcode.

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