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- Supported Symbologies
- Creating the Project
- Coding the App
- Testing the App
- Appendix: Code for ScannerViewController.swift
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Appendix: Code for ScannerViewController.swift
Following is the complete ScannerViewController.swift file for the example in this article. You can find all the files in the source code download of this project.
import UIKit
import AVFoundation
//---to be implemented by the view controller calling this view controller---
protocol ScannerViewControllerDelegate {
//---close the current View controller and return the barcode obtained---
func barcodeObtained(viewController: ScannerViewController,
data: String)
}
class ScannerViewController: UIViewController,
AVCaptureMetadataOutputObjectsDelegate
{
//---delegate to handle the barcodeObtained method---
var delegate: ScannerViewControllerDelegate?
var captureSession: AVCaptureSession!
var device : AVCaptureDevice!
var deviceInput: AVCaptureDeviceInput!
var metadataOutput : AVCaptureMetadataOutput!
var previewLayer : AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer!
var barcodeCapturedView : UIView!
var audioPlayer:AVAudioPlayer!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
//---view to display a border around the captured barcode---
barcodeCapturedView = UIView()
barcodeCapturedView.autoresizingMask =
UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleTopMargin |
UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleLeftMargin |
UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleRightMargin |
UIViewAutoresizing.FlexibleBottomMargin
//---draw a yellow border around the barcode scanned---
barcodeCapturedView.layer.borderColor = UIColor.yellowColor().CGColor
barcodeCapturedView.layer.borderWidth = 5;
self.view.addSubview(barcodeCapturedView)
//---set up the AVCaptureSession together with the AVCaptureDevice and
// AVCaptureDeviceInput---
captureSession = AVCaptureSession()
device = AVCaptureDevice.defaultDeviceWithMediaType(AVMediaTypeVideo)
var error : NSError?
deviceInput = AVCaptureDeviceInput.deviceInputWithDevice(
device, error:&error) as AVCaptureDeviceInput
if deviceInput != nil {
captureSession.addInput(deviceInput)
} else {
println(“Error: \(error)”)
}
//---set up the delegate for the AVCaptureMetadataOutput so that you can
// process the scanned barcode---
metadataOutput = AVCaptureMetadataOutput()
metadataOutput.setMetadataObjectsDelegate(self,
queue:dispatch_get_main_queue())
captureSession.addOutput(metadataOutput)
metadataOutput.metadataObjectTypes =
metadataOutput.availableMetadataObjectTypes
//---the layer to preview the video capturing the barcode---
previewLayer = AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer(session:captureSession)
previewLayer.frame = self.view.bounds
previewLayer.videoGravity = AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill
self.view.layer.addSublayer(previewLayer)
self.view.bringSubviewToFront(barcodeCapturedView)
//---start scanning---
captureSession.startRunning()
}
//---fired when the barcode is captured---
func captureOutput(
captureOutput: AVCaptureOutput!,
didOutputMetadataObjects metadataObjects: [AnyObject]!,
fromConnection connection: AVCaptureConnection!) {
var barcodeCapturedRect = CGRectZero
var barCodeObject : AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject
var barcodeScanned = “”
//---types of symbologies recognized---
var symbologies = [
AVMetadataObjectTypeUPCECode,
AVMetadataObjectTypeCode39Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeCode39Mod43Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeEAN13Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeEAN8Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeCode93Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeCode128Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypePDF417Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeQRCode,
AVMetadataObjectTypeAztecCode,
AVMetadataObjectTypeInterleaved2of5Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeITF14Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeDataMatrixCode]
//---loop through the metadata and see if they match any of the
// supported symbologies---
for metadata in metadataObjects {
for symbology in symbologies{
if metadata.type == symbology {
//---get the screen coordinates of the barcode scanned---
barCodeObject =
previewLayer.transformedMetadataObjectForMetadataObject(
metadata as AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject) as
AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject
barcodeCapturedRect = barCodeObject.bounds;
barcodeScanned = (metadata as
AVMetadataMachineReadableCodeObject).stringValue
//---play a beep sound---
playSound()
//---outline the barcode that is detected---
barcodeCapturedView.frame =
barcodeCapturedRect;
//---stop the scanning---
captureSession.stopRunning()
break;
}
}
if barcodeScanned != ““ {
break;
}
else {
barcodeScanned = “No barcode detected”
}
}
//---close the window, return the barcode scanned,
// and return to the previous View controller---
delegate?.barcodeObtained(self, data: barcodeScanned)
self.dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
//---play a beep sound---
func playSound() {
var soundFilePath =
NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource(“beep”,
ofType:“wav”)
var fileURL = NSURL(string: soundFilePath!)
var error: NSError?
audioPlayer = AVAudioPlayer(contentsOfURL: fileURL, error: &error)
audioPlayer.play()
}
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