Universal Windows® Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

Magnetic Stripe Readers

Because a magnetic stripe reader is another point of service device, its APIs follow the same pattern as the barcode scanner APIs:

→ You must declare a pointOfService device capability.

→ You get an instance of MagneticStripeReader using one of the same approaches: calling its GetDefaultAsync method or FromIdAsync in conjunction with an API from the Windows.Devices.Enumeration namespace to get the device ID.

→ It has the same claiming model, so you must call ClaimReaderAsync to get an instance of ClaimedMagneticStripeReader then potentially handle its ReleaseDeviceRequested event to call RetainDevice.

→ You must handle events to retrieve data, and then enable the ClaimedMagneticStripeReader by setting IsEnabled to true ...