zebraCapacitor

Capacitor (v2.0) plugin for Zebra printers (ios and android)

Limitations

iOS has been tested on device with a real printer. Android has had no testing yet. I had access to printers at my previous employer; however, I have recently moved on. I can test on real hardware if somone is able to loan me with hardware to test on :)

This works with bluetooth printers only.

This is all a port of a plugin I built for Cordova (which was well tested), so I'm reasonably sure it should all work.

I had plans to port this to Capacitor 3, and still may, but my time is quite limited at the moment.

iOS

After installing this, you may have to drag the libZSDK_API.a library into the ZebraCapacitor target of the Pods Project. Then update your build settings Library Search Paths with: "${PODS_ROOT}/../../../node_modules/zebra-capacitor/ios/Plugin/Plugin" I've updated the podspec so this may not be necessary anymore, but I havn't tested it yet.

Also for iOS update your apps Info.plist file with Supported external accessory protocols as an array with the value com.zebra.rawport.

Add this to your plist

<key>UISupportedExternalAccessoryProtocols</key>
<array>
    <string>com.zebra.rawport</string>
</array>

I'll experiment with trying to automate this via the podspec as well. If anybody can help with this, please submit a PR :)

Android

Add the following to your AndroidManifest.xml

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN"/>

and register the plugin in your MainActivity.java for example:

import ca.cleversolutions.zebracapacitor.ZebraCapacitorPlugin;
...
public class MainActivity extends BridgeActivity {
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // Initializes the Bridge
    this.init(savedInstanceState, new ArrayList<Class<? extends Plugin>>() {{
      // Additional plugins you've installed go here
      // Ex: add(TotallyAwesomePlugin.class);
      add(ZebraCapacitorPlugin.class);
    }});
  }
}

Printers Known To Work

I'll maintain a list of printer models that are known to work as I or other community members test this on real hardware. If you have used this successfully, please open an issue letting me know what printer model you have tested it on.