Background App to scan into active textbox?

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I was looking for an app for phones (iPhone, Android and SmartPhone - any or all) that would simply run in the background and place any scanned upc code digits into the currently active textbox.

I've Googled for quite a while and only found an Android app that actually replaces the keyboard of the phone.

It seems like it should be easy (I have many for PCs) but I haven't done any handheld programming since Windows CE days so I don't know if this is possible (can apps see other apps controls in these phones).

Has anyone ever come across an app like this?

What I'm hoping for is a way to scan a upc into the textbox of a browser. — Belmiris, Apr 24 '12 at 13:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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You cannot do this system wide. You can only add this functionality to your apps.

This question is very similar Take a look. Android Long Press on Edit Text behavior

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Apr 24 '12 at 13:38

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FWIW; You can't do this in iOS either – JustSid Apr 24 '12 at 13:45
Ah, I was afraid of that. Perhaps there are similar keypad replacement apps for iPhone and SmartPhone that will allow me to shell a browser in them and scan into it. Thank you. – Belmiris Apr 24 '12 at 13:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 24 '12 at 14:10

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use the iphone sdk from zbar and you can do it inside your app.

answered Apr 24 '12 at 14:10

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