Is there a way to make 'EMDK for Android' work with devices other than Zebra's (Symbol) ?

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B Bruno Hajjar 3 years 6 months ago
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Hi,
 
Everything is in the title !
Let's say I manually pair a RS507 barcode scanner to a SAMSUNG XCover 2.
For EMDK to work on the SAMSUNG, the SAMSUNG would need to have the EMDK libraries.
Is there a solution (even a paying one) to include those files on a device other than a Zebra device ?
 
Thanks.

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R Ritesh Gupta

Hi,

Short answer is no.  EMDK relies on the MX (mobility extensions) layer (Mobility Extensions (Mx) ) which is unique to Zebra devices only.  MX essentially runs on top of Android OS and enables enterprise features. 

On a Samsung device, it should be possible to get the data from RS507 as a HID device.  Have you tried that?

B Bruno Hajjar

Thank you Ritesh and Happy New Year !

Yes, I know I can get the data from the RS507 set as HID device. It's working fine.

What I wanted to be able to, was to programmatically make the RS507 do things like trigger a beep, trigger a light alert (using the rear light), stop scanning, restart scanning or whatever is possible to do with it.
Unfortunately, I must live with the fact that it is not possible.

Thanks anyway

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