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Adding Barcode Using XAML Code

Before You Begin

This topic is designed to get you up and running as quickly as possible by describing the basic steps required for adding a XamQRCodeBarcode™ control to your application using XAML.

What You Will Accomplish

You will add a basic XamQRCodeBarcode™ control to your application.

Follow these Steps

  1. Create a Xamarin.Forms application project.

  2. Add References Through NuGet Packages.

Note
Note:

Add support for the CJK encoding to your project.

For Android project - open Android project properties – select Android Options tab - Additional supported encodings – check CJK encoding.

xamBarcode Android Encodings.png

For iOS project - open iOS Project properties – select iOS Build tab - Internationalization – Codesets – check cjk codeset.

xamBarcode iOS Codesets.png

  1. Add an XML namespace declaration for XamQRCodeBarcode:

In XAML:

xmlns:ig="clr-namespace:Infragistics.XamarinForms.Controls.Barcodes;assembly=Infragistics.XF.Barcodes"

  1. Choose a barcode symbology, and add an instance to the StackLayout named LayoutRoot.

Supported Symbology Types:

In XAML:

<StackLayout x:Name="LayoutRoot">
    <ig:XamQRCodeBarcode x:Name="Barcode" />
</StackLayout>

  1. Assign a value to the control’s Data property

In XAML:

<ig:XamQRCodeBarcode x:Name="Barcode" Data="QRBarcode" />

  1. Save and run your application.