Android - Barcode Scanning, Options? Zxing?

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Published on 2010-04-09T13:35:37Z Indexed on 2010/04/10 16:23 UTC
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I want to create an application for Android that will be able to scan barcodes, get the information contained within the barcode and then be able to use that information in some way.

I have no idea how to create a barcode scanner so I went Googling and it seems Zxing is the most commonly used way to implement a barcode scanner in an app.

Some Links:

http://code.google.com/p/zxing/

http://awalkingcity.com/blog/2008/08/25/qr-codes-made-easy-in-android/

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2050263/using-zxing-to-create-an-android-barcode-scanning-app

However the samples I found on zxing involved having to prompt the user to go to the market and install the zxing barcode scanner so that my app can then call the barcode scanner when its needed and the barcode scanner will then return the info to my app.

While this would be a good starting point for me I was wondering is there any other options that would allow me to have a barcode scanner embedded in my own application without having to prompt the user to download a secondary application?

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