Windows Universal Platform

[an-rahulpandey]

Does the plugin works on Windows 8.1 universal platform? I tried adding and running the project, but it doesn't work. When I tap on a button, it hangs the device. I have to remove the battery to make the device work again.

[dougestey]

There's a long and short answer to this one, as I've discovered over the past two months.

Short answer: no.

Long answer: it's not necessarily the plugin's fault. The MediaCapture API in 8.1 is extremely buggy, especially on Lumia devices. This is rumoured to be a driver issue that is not planned to be fixed in 8.1. See here: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/39a2c567-e2c0-42fc-98a9-494515b2007b/mediacapture-capturephototostoragefileasync-memory-leak?forum=wpdevelop

The closest you'll get is to use the latest from https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-plugin-barcodescanner - on the 17th they merged in 'windows' platform support. It will run on non-Lumia devices, even on some like the Icon (as I've tested.) With the 1020, you're out of luck. Same on the 925, and various other Lumias.

[an-rahulpandey]

Ok, thanks for clarifying the issue. I was testing it on Lumia.

[dougestey]

No problem. I wish I had better news - this is still blocking one of my projects.

[ikermart]

Any solution from May 5? I'm testing on Lumia too.

[dougestey]

I'm still waiting for Windows 10 for phones to hit stable. Last I tried, the results were the same.

[ikermart]

@dougestey Do you know any other plugin alternative? I see this one, but is paid alternative... https://manateeworks.com/admin/support/pricing/package and I think that has no support for Windows 10.