Chapter 1. Barcodes, iOS, and you
This chapter covers
- Why the nexus of barcodes and mobile technologies is creating new, exciting opportunities for app makers
- The barcode symbologies in iOS you should know about
- The distinctions between 1D and 2D barcodes
- A brief history of the UPC/GTIN, the mother of modern barcodes
In the past, if you wanted to add barcode scanning to your apps, you had to either fight your way through open source projects or license a commercial barcode-scanning library. None of those projects were written in Objective-C, documentation was lacking, and commercial solutions required payment of license fees for each downloaded copy of your app. All of these issues made barcode scanning impractical for all but the most ...
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