The Quickest Way to Create an Android QR Code Scanner

A QR code scanner application primarily consists of two parts: camera preview and QR code scanning. There are many Android QR code scanner apps downloadable in the Google Play Store. However, it is more interesting to create a QR code scanner by yourself than to use an existing one. This article aims to reveal the quickest way to create an Android QR code scanner. You will see how to step by step implement camera preview, as well as how to integrate QR code scanning SDK.

Prerequisites

The following Android libraries are required in order to implement the QR code scanner. You can feel free to replace them with your own libraries.