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Take Full Advantage of Zebra Android Devices

Do you need to integrate scanning, device management and other features with high performance, tight integration and enterprise security? Comprehensive sets of APIs and sample apps provided by the EMDK enable you to build your application quickly, securely & robustly.

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If you're new to the EMDK the resources below are a great place to start. Learn more about Scanning, Profile Management, Developing for Personal Shopper devices & using SAM for NFC

EMDK Setup

EMDK for Android Programming Practices

Basic Scanning with Barcode API

Advanced Barcode API Usage

Using Bluetooth Scanner API

Bluetooth Scanner Notification API Programmer's Guide

Using Profile Manager

EMDK Profile Manager Programmer's Guide

Popular Tutorials

Overview

Enterprise Mobility Developer Kit (EMDK) Overview

Watch our director of Engineering, Prashanth Kadur, provide an overview of the EMDK, what business problem it solves, what environments it is commonly used in and how you can start using it

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Beginner

Best Practices in using EMDK for Android

In the webinar Zebra's experts discuss and demonstrate EMDK for Android best practice techniques to ensure your application runs smoothly. Watch this video to learn some of the common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

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Intermediate

Using EMDK Scan & Pair APIs

The ScanAndPair API provides simple methods to programmatically pair/unpair a remote Bluetooth device. In this webinar we will demonstrate how to use these API's when pairing BlueTooth Printers.

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Documentation

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Sample Apps - Scanning

Scanning Guides

Sample Apps - Profile Management

Profile Manager Guides

Sample Apps - General

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About EMDK For Android

EMDK for Android includes class libraries, sample apps and source code that enables developers to easily build apps that take full advantage of the power of Zebra devices.

EMDK Components

Learn more about the different components available in the EMDK

Whats New

Checkout the latest updates & releases for the EMDK

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Barcode APIs

Shows how to scan barcodes based on selected scanner device, trigger type and a few decoder parameters.

Scanning with Kotlin

Explains how use EMDK for Android to build a scanning app using Kotlin.

Multi-barcode Scanning

Shows how to scan multiple barcodes simultaneously.

Scan and Pair

Shows how the Scan and Pair API is used to pair Bluetooth devices programmatically.

Document Capture

Shows how the Simulscan APIs are used to capture multiple types of data from paper forms.

UDI Label Scanning

Shows how the Barcode API's UDI label scanning features are used.

Bluetooth Scanner Notification

Shows how to use the Notification APIs for Bluetooth scanners to control things such as LEDs, beepers & vibration.

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Barcode Scanning API Programmer's Guide

The EMDK Barcode API provides applications with the ability to read numerous barcode label formats using a variety of built-in and pluggable cameras, imagers, lasers and scanners. For the full list, see scanners supported by EMDK for Android.

Basic Scanning with Barcode API

This guide provides a walk-through of the steps for creating an application that uses Barcode/Scanning APIs to perform Scanning operations on a Zebra Android device without using Profile Wizard. The API uses Barcode Manager, which is the primary object for accessing barcode scanning features.

Advanced Barcode API Usage

This guide walks through creation of an app using the Barcode/Scanning APIs introduced in EMDK-A 3.0 to perform additional options along with scanning operations on Zebra Android devices without using Profile Wizard. The API uses Barcode Manager, which is the primary object to access barcode scanning feature.

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Setting The Clock

Shows how to create a custom application for setting system time using the Profile Manager's Clock feature.

Rebooting The Device

Shows how to set the power state to "Suspend" (sleep mode) or to "Reset" (reboot) the device.

App Manager

Shows how to use EMDK for Android Profile APIs to manage App Manager profiles.

WiFi Configuration

Demonstrates how to manage WiFi networks.

Using WirelessMgr

Shows how to enable and disable the Bluetooth radio on a device.

GPRS Settings

Shows how to add/replace a named APN and remove an existing named APN.

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Using Profile Manager

Profile Manager enhances the Android Studio IDE with a GUI-based tool for generating all the code required to access and configure Zebra device features and settings. This enables developers to target Zebra devices with fewer lines of code, fewer errors and reduced overall development time.

MX Management System Overview

Learn about MX, or Mobility Extensions, which expose vast configuration options to developers & device administrators.

Choosing an MX Version

Selecting an MX version for your device, OS & LG patch versions.

MX Feature Compatibility

View all of the MX APIs, their dependencies, status & requirements etc...

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Using Push-to-Talk

Enables Push-to-Talk functions on a Zebra device without unlocking it

App Signature Tool

Used to extract the signature file from APK or DER file(s)

Serial Communication

Demonstrates the EMDK Serial Communication API to enable support for DEX (data exchange) in an application. DEX is a format for collecting audit and event data from vending machines.

NFC SAM Configuration

Demonstrates use of the NFC Secure Access Module.

Personal Shopper

Shows how the Personal Shopper APIs are used to programmatically interact with the PC20 cradle.

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EMDK Package

Base package for EMDK SDK

Barcode Package

Base package for Barcode functionality via EMDK

Notifcation Package

Base package for Bluetooth Notifcation functionality via EMDK

Personal Shopper

Base package for Personal Shopper (PS20/ MC18) functionality via EMDK

SAM Package

Base package for Secure Access Module (SAM) functionality via EMDK

Scan & Pair Package

Base package for Scan & Pair functionality via EMDK

Serial Comm Package

Base package for Serial Comm functionality via EMDK

Release Notes

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