Android Generate QR code using ZXing library

QR code short Quick Response Code is a two-dimensional matrix type barcode. Designed by the automotive industry in Japan has gained popularity due to its large storage capacity and fast readability. It has become very common in the mobile industry where you scan a QR code to download an App. QR code is detected as a 2-dimensional digital image. There are plenty of apps that take an image of the QR code using the device camera and process them. In this example we are going to generate a QR code from a String input in out Android Activity using the ZXing library. You need the core.jar library in your project classpath. The core.jar can be found in the ZXing download, here is the link for that http://code.google.com/p/zxing/downloads/list

Android Generate QR code using ZXing library
Android Generate QR code Project

Android Manifest

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.as400samplecode"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="15" />
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE" />
 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
 
    <application
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name" 
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Holo.Light">
        <activity
            android:name=".GenerateQRCodeActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>

</manifest>

Android Layout - main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
 android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 android:orientation="vertical">
 <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Input some text here ..."
  android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceMedium" />
 <EditText android:id="@+id/qrInput" android:layout_width="match_parent"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:ems="10">

  <requestFocus />
 </EditText>
 <Button android:id="@+id/button1" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="Generate QR Code" />
 <ImageView android:id="@+id/imageView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
  android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

</LinearLayout>

Android Activity - GenerateQRCodeActivity.java

package com.as400samplecode;

import com.google.zxing.BarcodeFormat;
import com.google.zxing.WriterException;


import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Point;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Display;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class GenerateQRCodeActivity extends Activity implements OnClickListener{

 private String LOG_TAG = "GenerateQRCode";

 @Override
 public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.main);

  Button button1 = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
  button1.setOnClickListener(this);

 }

 public void onClick(View v) {

  switch (v.getId()) {
  case R.id.button1:
   EditText qrInput = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.qrInput);
   String qrInputText = qrInput.getText().toString();
   Log.v(LOG_TAG, qrInputText);

   //Find screen size
   WindowManager manager = (WindowManager) getSystemService(WINDOW_SERVICE);
   Display display = manager.getDefaultDisplay();
   Point point = new Point();
   display.getSize(point);
   int width = point.x;
   int height = point.y;
   int smallerDimension = width < height ? width : height;
   smallerDimension = smallerDimension * 3/4;

   //Encode with a QR Code image
   QRCodeEncoder qrCodeEncoder = new QRCodeEncoder(qrInputText, 
             null, 
             Contents.Type.TEXT,  
             BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE.toString(), 
             smallerDimension);
   try {
    Bitmap bitmap = qrCodeEncoder.encodeAsBitmap();
    ImageView myImage = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
    myImage.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

   } catch (WriterException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
   }


   break;

   // More buttons go here (if any) ...

  }
 }

}

Source for QRCodeEncoder.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 ZXing authors
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package com.as400samplecode;

import android.provider.ContactsContract;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.telephony.PhoneNumberUtils;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.EnumMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;

import com.google.zxing.BarcodeFormat;
import com.google.zxing.EncodeHintType;
import com.google.zxing.MultiFormatWriter;
import com.google.zxing.WriterException;
import com.google.zxing.common.BitMatrix;

public final class QRCodeEncoder {
    private static final int WHITE = 0xFFFFFFFF;
    private static final int BLACK = 0xFF000000;

    private int dimension = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
    private String contents = null;
    private String displayContents = null;
    private String title = null;
    private BarcodeFormat format = null;
    private boolean encoded = false;

    public QRCodeEncoder(String data, Bundle bundle, String type, String format, int dimension) {
        this.dimension = dimension;
        encoded = encodeContents(data, bundle, type, format);
    }

    public String getContents() {
        return contents;
    }

    public String getDisplayContents() {
        return displayContents;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }

    private boolean encodeContents(String data, Bundle bundle, String type, String formatString) {
        // Default to QR_CODE if no format given.
        format = null;
        if (formatString != null) {
            try {
                format = BarcodeFormat.valueOf(formatString);
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
                // Ignore it then
            }
        }
        if (format == null || format == BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE) {
            this.format = BarcodeFormat.QR_CODE;
            encodeQRCodeContents(data, bundle, type);
        } else if (data != null && data.length() > 0) {
            contents = data;
            displayContents = data;
            title = "Text";
        }
        return contents != null && contents.length() > 0;
    }

    private void encodeQRCodeContents(String data, Bundle bundle, String type) {
        if (type.equals(Contents.Type.TEXT)) {
            if (data != null && data.length() > 0) {
                contents = data;
                displayContents = data;
                title = "Text";
            }
        } else if (type.equals(Contents.Type.EMAIL)) {
            data = trim(data);
            if (data != null) {
                contents = "mailto:" + data;
                displayContents = data;
                title = "E-Mail";
            }
        } else if (type.equals(Contents.Type.PHONE)) {
            data = trim(data);
            if (data != null) {
                contents = "tel:" + data;
                displayContents = PhoneNumberUtils.formatNumber(data);
                title = "Phone";
            }
        } else if (type.equals(Contents.Type.SMS)) {
            data = trim(data);
            if (data != null) {
                contents = "sms:" + data;
                displayContents = PhoneNumberUtils.formatNumber(data);
                title = "SMS";
            }
        } else if (type.equals(Contents.Type.CONTACT)) {
            if (bundle != null) {
                StringBuilder newContents = new StringBuilder(100);
                StringBuilder newDisplayContents = new StringBuilder(100);

                newContents.append("MECARD:");

                String name = trim(bundle.getString(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.NAME));
                if (name != null) {
                    newContents.append("N:").append(escapeMECARD(name)).append(';');
                    newDisplayContents.append(name);
                }

                String address = trim(bundle.getString(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.POSTAL));
                if (address != null) {
                    newContents.append("ADR:").append(escapeMECARD(address)).append(';');
                    newDisplayContents.append('\n').append(address);
                }

                Collection<String> uniquePhones = new HashSet<String>(Contents.PHONE_KEYS.length);
                for (int x = 0; x < Contents.PHONE_KEYS.length; x++) {
                    String phone = trim(bundle.getString(Contents.PHONE_KEYS[x]));
                    if (phone != null) {
                        uniquePhones.add(phone);
                    }
                }
                for (String phone : uniquePhones) {
                    newContents.append("TEL:").append(escapeMECARD(phone)).append(';');
                    newDisplayContents.append('\n').append(PhoneNumberUtils.formatNumber(phone));
                }

                Collection<String> uniqueEmails = new HashSet<String>(Contents.EMAIL_KEYS.length);
                for (int x = 0; x < Contents.EMAIL_KEYS.length; x++) {
                    String email = trim(bundle.getString(Contents.EMAIL_KEYS[x]));
                    if (email != null) {
                        uniqueEmails.add(email);
                    }
                }
                for (String email : uniqueEmails) {
                    newContents.append("EMAIL:").append(escapeMECARD(email)).append(';');
                    newDisplayContents.append('\n').append(email);
                }

                String url = trim(bundle.getString(Contents.URL_KEY));
                if (url != null) {
                    // escapeMECARD(url) -> wrong escape e.g. http\://zxing.google.com
                    newContents.append("URL:").append(url).append(';');
                    newDisplayContents.append('\n').append(url);
                }

                String note = trim(bundle.getString(Contents.NOTE_KEY));
                if (note != null) {
                    newContents.append("NOTE:").append(escapeMECARD(note)).append(';');
                    newDisplayContents.append('\n').append(note);
                }

                // Make sure we've encoded at least one field.
                if (newDisplayContents.length() > 0) {
                    newContents.append(';');
                    contents = newContents.toString();
                    displayContents = newDisplayContents.toString();
                    title = "Contact";
                } else {
                    contents = null;
                    displayContents = null;
                }

            }
        } else if (type.equals(Contents.Type.LOCATION)) {
            if (bundle != null) {
                // These must use Bundle.getFloat(), not getDouble(), it's part of the API.
                float latitude = bundle.getFloat("LAT", Float.MAX_VALUE);
                float longitude = bundle.getFloat("LONG", Float.MAX_VALUE);
                if (latitude != Float.MAX_VALUE && longitude != Float.MAX_VALUE) {
                    contents = "geo:" + latitude + ',' + longitude;
                    displayContents = latitude + "," + longitude;
                    title = "Location";
                }
            }
        }
    }

    public Bitmap encodeAsBitmap() throws WriterException {
        if (!encoded) return null;

        Map<EncodeHintType, Object> hints = null;
        String encoding = guessAppropriateEncoding(contents);
        if (encoding != null) {
            hints = new EnumMap<EncodeHintType, Object>(EncodeHintType.class);
            hints.put(EncodeHintType.CHARACTER_SET, encoding);
        }
        MultiFormatWriter writer = new MultiFormatWriter();
        BitMatrix result = writer.encode(contents, format, dimension, dimension, hints);
        int width = result.getWidth();
        int height = result.getHeight();
        int[] pixels = new int[width * height];
        // All are 0, or black, by default
        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++) {
            int offset = y * width;
            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
                pixels[offset + x] = result.get(x, y) ? BLACK : WHITE;
            }
        }

        Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        bitmap.setPixels(pixels, 0, width, 0, 0, width, height);
        return bitmap;
    }

    private static String guessAppropriateEncoding(CharSequence contents) {
        // Very crude at the moment
        for (int i = 0; i < contents.length(); i++) {
            if (contents.charAt(i) > 0xFF) { return "UTF-8"; }
        }
        return null;
    }

    private static String trim(String s) {
        if (s == null) { return null; }
        String result = s.trim();
        return result.length() == 0 ? null : result;
    }

    private static String escapeMECARD(String input) {
        if (input == null || (input.indexOf(':') < 0 && input.indexOf(';') < 0)) { return input; }
        int length = input.length();
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(length);
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            char c = input.charAt(i);
            if (c == ':' || c == ';') {
                result.append('\\');
            }
            result.append(c);
        }
        return result.toString();
    }
}


Source for Contents.java

//
// * Copyright (C) 2008 ZXing authors
// * 
// * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// * You may obtain a copy of the License at
// * 
// * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
// * 
// * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// * limitations under the License.
// 

package com.as400samplecode;

import android.provider.ContactsContract;

public final class Contents {
    private Contents() {
    }

    public static final class Type {
        
     // Plain text. Use Intent.putExtra(DATA, string). This can be used for URLs too, but string
     // must include "http://" or "https://".
        public static final String TEXT = "TEXT_TYPE";

        // An email type. Use Intent.putExtra(DATA, string) where string is the email address.
        public static final String EMAIL = "EMAIL_TYPE";

        // Use Intent.putExtra(DATA, string) where string is the phone number to call.
        public static final String PHONE = "PHONE_TYPE";

        // An SMS type. Use Intent.putExtra(DATA, string) where string is the number to SMS.
        public static final String SMS = "SMS_TYPE";

        
  //  A contact. Send a request to encode it as follows:
  //  <p/>
  //  import android.provider.Contacts;
  //  <p/>
  //  Intent intent = new Intent(Intents.Encode.ACTION); intent.putExtra(Intents.Encode.TYPE,
  //  CONTACT); Bundle bundle = new Bundle(); bundle.putString(Contacts.Intents.Insert.NAME,
  //  "Jenny"); bundle.putString(Contacts.Intents.Insert.PHONE, "8675309");
  //  bundle.putString(Contacts.Intents.Insert.EMAIL, "jenny@the80s.com");
  //  bundle.putString(Contacts.Intents.Insert.POSTAL, "123 Fake St. San Francisco, CA 94102");
  //  intent.putExtra(Intents.Encode.DATA, bundle);
         
        public static final String CONTACT = "CONTACT_TYPE";

        
  // A geographic location. Use as follows:
  // Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
  // bundle.putFloat("LAT", latitude);
  // bundle.putFloat("LONG", longitude);
  // intent.putExtra(Intents.Encode.DATA, bundle);
         
        public static final String LOCATION = "LOCATION_TYPE";

        private Type() {
        }
    }

    public static final String URL_KEY = "URL_KEY";

    public static final String NOTE_KEY = "NOTE_KEY";

    // When using Type.CONTACT, these arrays provide the keys for adding or retrieving multiple
    // phone numbers and addresses.
    public static final String[] PHONE_KEYS = {
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.PHONE, ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.SECONDARY_PHONE,
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.TERTIARY_PHONE
    };

    public static final String[] PHONE_TYPE_KEYS = {
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.PHONE_TYPE,
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.SECONDARY_PHONE_TYPE,
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.TERTIARY_PHONE_TYPE
    };

    public static final String[] EMAIL_KEYS = {
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.EMAIL, ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.SECONDARY_EMAIL,
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.TERTIARY_EMAIL
    };

    public static final String[] EMAIL_TYPE_KEYS = {
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.EMAIL_TYPE,
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.SECONDARY_EMAIL_TYPE,
            ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.TERTIARY_EMAIL_TYPE
    };
}

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