##Card Reader for Xamarin Forms Simple cross platform plugin read a non-setoff card from shared code. Ported from Xamarin.Mobile to a cross platform API.

###Setup

• Available on NuGet: https://www.nuget.org/packages/CrossCardReader/
• Install into your PCL project and Client projects.
• Please see the additional setup for each platforms permissions.

Platform Support

###API Usage Call CrossCardReader.Current from any project or PCL to gain access to APIs. Before taking photos or videos you should check to see if a camera exists and if photos and videos are supported on the device.

###Usage Via a Xamarin.Forms project with a Button and Image to take a photo:

takePhoto.Clicked += async (sender, args) =>
{
    await CrossCardReader.Current.Initialize(“API_KEY”);

    var supportedProducts = new Products();
    supportedProducts.Add("55123804");
    supportedProducts.Add("40276602");
    
    var card = await CrossCardReader.CrossCardReader.Current.RecognizeCardAsync(supportedProducts);
};

###Important Permission Information Please read these as they must be implemented for all platforms.

###Android The CAMERA permission is required.

By adding these permissions Google Play will automatically filter out devices without specific hardward. You can get around this by adding the following to your AssemblyInfo.cs file in your Android project: [assembly: UsesFeature("android.hardware.camera", Required = false)] [assembly: UsesFeature("android.hardware.camera.autofocus", Required = false)]

###iOS Your app is required to have NSPhotoLibraryUsageDescription key in your Info.plist in order to access the device's camera. The string that you provide for each of these keys will be displayed to the user when they are prompted to provide permission to access these device features. You can read me here: https://blog.xamarin.com/new-ios-10-privacy-permission-settings/ Such as: NSCameraUsageDescription This app needs access to the camera to take photos.

###Special Thanks

All of the libraries and projects that made this plugin possible.

Thanks!

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Copyright (c) 2016 Alset & Tristan Martinez

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