anyline-ocr-react-native-module

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Anyline React-Native Plugin

Anyline is mobile OCR SDK, which can be configured by yourself to scan all kinds of numbers, characters, text and codes.

The plugin lets you connect to the SDK with React-Native.

Example

Go to the Example project in the example folder.

Check out the examples ResultView.js and config.json to see the implementation.

Quick Start Guide

1. Get a License

Go to our pricing page and get your license.

2. Get the Anyline react-native plugin

Download or Clone the Repo to your node_modules (Npm coming soon).

project   
│    android.index.js
│    ios.index.js
└─── node_modules
     └─── anyline-ocr-react-native-module

To link the project install rnpm and run

rnpm link

in the root folder.

3. Get the native Dependencies

Android

Setup Packages

Package name must match with the bundleID from your Anyline License.

Add Anyline Package

Go into the native Android folder of your Project to your MainApplication.

Import the AnylinePackage

import com.anyline.reactnative.AnylinePackage;

and add the package to your getPackages function

@Override
    protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
      return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
          new MainReactPackage(),
            new AnylinePackage()
      );
    }

Issues

Strict mode does not allow function declarations in a lexically nested statement.

http://stackoverflow.com/a/41076153/2157717

duplicate files during packaging of APK

packagingOptions {
  pickFirst 'lib/armeabi-v7a/libgnustl_shared.so'
  pickFirst 'lib/x86/libgnustl_shared.so'
}

iOS

Disable bitcode in your project

Podfile

• Copy the Podfile from our example Project to your native iOS root folder.
• Change the target of the Podfile to your project name.
• pod install

Permissions

Add Camera Permissions to Info.plist

Privacy - Camera Usage Description

Add also every other permission you want to configure in your config.js (vibrate, sound).

Anyline License

Your BundleIdentifier of your app has to match with your bundleID from your Anyline License.

4. Import the plugin to your JavaScript file

import Anyline from 'anyline-ocr-react-native-module';

5. Import the config file

import config from './config.js';

Add and import a JSON file with the proper structure and elements. The JSON config contains:

1.) The license key

2.) Options field with

• AnylineSDK config parameter
• “segment”: which contains the scanModes for the UI Segment (e.g. switch between Analog and Digital)

If you want to get detailed information on the config JSON, go to ourdocumentation.

6. Add the Anyline component in your render function

<Anyline config={config} scanMode={“ANALOG_METER”} onResult={this.onResult} onError={this.onError} />

Props

Key	Type	Default	Description
config	string	*required	config (JSON String)
scanMode	string	*required	Will set the scanMode/Module of the Plugin.
onResult	function	*required	The function you pass will be the onResult callback. Use this callback to handle the found scan results.
onError	function	*required	The onError function will be called when the AnylinePlugin encounters an error. Handle the error messages in this method.

config

Stringified JSON with all the configurations, detailed information here.

scanMode

Available settings:

“ANALOG_METER”
“DIGITAL_METER”
“BARCODE”
“ANYLINE_OCR”
“MRZ”

onResult Function

Callback -> Stringified JSON

{
    reading : 'Result of the Scan',
    imagePath : 'path to cropped image',
    fullImagePath : 'path to full image',
    barcode : 'result of the simultaneous barcode scanning',
    scanMode : 'selected scanMode',
    meterType : 'meter type',
    cutoutBase64 : 'base64 string of cropped image', 
    fullImageBase64 : 'base64 string of full image' 
}

More information about the simultaneous barcode scanning here.

onError Function

Callback -> String

• String errorMessage