Integrate Zxing with Android Studio

Spent some time trying to integrate Zxing into my app and couldn't get the Activity to work.

Lots of posts saying add this activity but the name was linked to their project so didn't work.

Do i add it in via the Project Structure, do I compile the jar using maven.

Nothing seemed to work.

I asked on the TeamTreehouse Forum and got a reply,

https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/adding-an-external-library-to-an-android-studio-project

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18543668/integrate-zxing-in-android-studio

I think I'd come across that SO answer but as I'd been going back and forth trying everything had overlooked it.

https://github.com/journeyapps/zxing-android-embedded

Tried again and got it working.

[gist e7374ab15ebd3722e904 /]

build.grade

repositories {
    mavenCentral()

    maven {
        url "https://raw.github.com/embarkmobile/zxing-android-minimal/mvn-repo/maven-repository/"
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile 'com.google.zxing:core:2.2'
    compile 'com.embarkmobile:zxing-android-minimal:1.2.1@aar'
}

MainActivity.java

// import the various classes

// Add the controls to your View
Button button;
TextView tvScanResults;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_barcode);

  button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);
  tvScanResults = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textView);
  button.setOnClickListener(this);
}

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
  IntentIntegrator.initiateScan(this);
}

// Add the following
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) {
  IntentResult scanResult = IntentIntegrator.parseActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);
  if (scanResult != null) {
    // handle scan result
    tvScanResults.setText(scanResult.getContents());
  } else {
    // else continue with any other code you need in the method
    Log.v("BarcodeActivity", "No result");
  }
}

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