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Background App to scan into active textbox?


I was looking for an app for phones (iPhone, Android and SmartPhone - any or all) that would simply run in the background and place any scanned upc code digits into the currently active textbox.

I've Googled for quite a while and only found an Android app that actually replaces the keyboard of the phone.

It seems like it should be easy (I have many for PCs) but I haven't done any handheld programming since Windows CE days so I don't know if this is possible (can apps see other apps controls in these phones).

Has anyone ever come across an app like this?


Solution

  • use the iphone sdk from zbar and you can do it inside your app.