# journeyapps/zxing-android-embedded

Barcode scanner library for Android, based on the ZXing decoder

Repository: https://github.com/journeyapps/zxing-android-embedded
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zxing-android-embedded
Homepage: https://journeyapps.com/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: zxing-android, android-library, barcode-scanning
Last push: 2024-08-04T04:24:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5026, "days_push": 759, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5931, forks 1289 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:32.490925+00:00)

## What it is
An Android barcode scanning library built on the ZXing decoder, usable via Intents or embedded in an Activity for custom UI. It supports portrait and landscape scanning with camera handling on a background thread.

## Use cases
- scan qr codes in an android app
- add barcode scanning to my app without a separate scanner app
- embed a camera barcode scanner view in an activity
- read barcodes via intent with minimal code
- support portrait and landscape barcode scanning

## When to choose
- you need barcode/QR scanning in an Android app with minimal code via Intents
- you want an embeddable scanner view with customizable UI and logic
- you need fast camera startup and orientation flexibility

## When to avoid
- you need ML-based scanning of damaged or low-quality barcodes (consider ML Kit)
- your project targets SDK below 24 and you cannot configure desugaring or downgrade zxing:core
- you need scanning on non-Android platforms

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: computer-vision, ui-components, sdk
- domain: mobile-development, computer-vision
- platform: jvm
- tags: barcode-scanning, qr-code, zxing, camera, intent-based, android

## Member repositories
- journeyapps/zxing-android-embedded (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.490925+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:21:27.961777+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/journeyapps/zxing-android-embedded (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:32.490925+00:00, sha 615fd46bce38)
  - homepage: https://journeyapps.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:27.175798+00:00, sha febd2cc0797c)
  - site_page: https://journeyapps.com/about-us (fetched 2026-08-29T08:46:27.184722+00:00, sha f68416cf2913)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.