Barcode Scanner Written For Android Phones in Just 6 Lines of Code

Here’s a barcode scanner written in six lines of Python code using the Google released the Android Scripting Environment (ASE):

import android droid = android.Android()
code = droid.scanBarcode() isbn = int(code[‘result’][‘SCAN_RESULT’])
url = “http://books.google.com?q=%d” % isbn
droid.startActivity(‘android.intent.action.VIEW’, url)

This is just a proof-of-concept but it show the power and ease of Google’s Python scripting tools when combined with Android.

Written By Matt Cutts (Sorry I don’t have the original link)

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