This repository contains example wrapper for BlinkID native SDK for Android and iOS. For 100% of features and maximum control, consider using native SDK.
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BlinkID React Native was built and tested with React Native v0.56.0
First generate an empty project if needed:
react-native init --version="0.56.0" NameOfYourProject
Add the blinkid-react-native module to your project:
cd <path_to_your_project>
npm i --save blinkid-react-native
CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Objective-C, which automates and simplifies the process of using 3rd-party libraries like BlinkID in your projects.
- If you wish to use version v1.4.0 or above, you need to install Git Large File Storage by running these comamnds:
brew install git-lfs
git lfs install
- Be sure to restart your console after installing Git LFS
Go to NameOfYourProject/ios folder and create Podfile
pod init
Link module with your project:
react-native link blinkid-react-native
platform :ios, '9.0'
target 'TargetName' do
pod 'PPBlinkID', '~> 4.2.0'
end
platform :ios, '9.0'
target 'TargetName' do
pod 'blinkid-react-native', path: '../node_modules/blinkid-react-native'
end
After setting Your Podfile
, run in terminal
pod install
To run iOS application, open NameOfYourProject.xcworkspace, set Your team for every Target in General settings and add Privacy - Camera Usage Description key to Your info.plist file and press run
Link module with your project:
react-native link blinkid-react-native
Add microblink maven repository to project level build.gradle:
allprojects {
repositories {
// don't forget to add maven and jcenter
mavenLocal()
jcenter()
// ... other repositories your project needs
maven { url "http://maven.microblink.com" }
}
}
This repository contains initReactNativeDemoApp.sh script that will create React Native project and download all of its dependencies. You can run this script with following command:
./initReactNativeDemoApp.sh
Step by step guide how to start blinkid-reactnative demo app. A tutorial flows from cloning repository via git clone to successfully deployed demo application on Android and iOS device with real-time screen mirroring. Application demo contains the simple use of USDL recognizer with Ontario drivers license card.
To use the module you call it in your index.android.js or index.ios.js file like in the example app. Available recognizers and API documentation is available in JS API files.
Can I create a custom UI overlay?
Yes you can, but you will have to implement it natively for android and ios, you can see native implementation guides here(Android) and here(ios).