Switched to (imo) better error handling

android/src/main/kotlin/com/apptreesoftware/barcodescan/BarcodeScanPlugin.kt

@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ class BarcodeScanPlugin(val activity: Activity): MethodCallHandler,
       if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
         val barcode = data?.getStringExtra("SCAN_RESULT")
         barcode?.let { this.result?.success(barcode) }
+      } else {
+        val errorCode = data?.getStringExtra("ERROR_CODE")
+        this.result?.error(errorCode, null, null)
       }
+      return true
     }
     return false
   }

android/src/main/kotlin/com/apptreesoftware/barcodescan/BarcodeScannerActivity.kt

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import android.app.Activity
 import android.content.Intent
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
 import android.os.Bundle
-import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar
 import android.support.v4.app.ActivityCompat
 import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat
 import android.view.Menu
@@ -38,32 +37,29 @@ import me.dm7.barcodescanner.zxing.ZXingScannerView
 class BarcodeScannerActivity : Activity(), ZXingScannerView.ResultHandler {
 
     lateinit var scannerView: me.dm7.barcodescanner.zxing.ZXingScannerView
-    //lateinit var pressLightSnackBar: Snackbar
 
     companion object {
         val REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO_CAMERA_PERMISSION = 100
         val TOGGLE_FLASH = 200
 
     }
+
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         title = ""
         scannerView = ZXingScannerView(this)
         scannerView.setAutoFocus(true)
         setContentView(scannerView)
-//        pressLightSnackBar = Snackbar.make(scannerView, "Press Screen To Turn Light On",
-//                                           Int.MAX_VALUE)
-//        pressLightSnackBar.show()
     }
 
     override fun onCreateOptionsMenu(menu: Menu): Boolean {
         if (scannerView.flash) {
             val item = menu.add(0,
-                                TOGGLE_FLASH, 0, "Flash Off")
+                    TOGGLE_FLASH, 0, "Flash Off")
             item.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS)
         } else {
             val item = menu.add(0,
-                                TOGGLE_FLASH, 0, "Flash On")
+                    TOGGLE_FLASH, 0, "Flash On")
             item.setShowAsAction(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_ALWAYS)
         }
         return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu)
@@ -81,6 +77,7 @@ class BarcodeScannerActivity : Activity(), ZXingScannerView.ResultHandler {
     override fun onResume() {
         super.onResume()
         scannerView.setResultHandler(this)
+        // start camera immediately if permission is already given
         if (!requestCameraAccessIfNecessary()) {
             scannerView.startCamera()
         }
@@ -98,38 +95,38 @@ class BarcodeScannerActivity : Activity(), ZXingScannerView.ResultHandler {
         finish()
     }
 
+    fun finishWithError(errorCode: String) {
+        val intent = Intent()
+        intent.putExtra("ERROR_CODE", errorCode)
+        setResult(Activity.RESULT_CANCELED, intent)
+        finish()
+    }
+
     private fun requestCameraAccessIfNecessary(): Boolean {
         val array = arrayOf(Manifest.permission.CAMERA)
         if (ContextCompat
-            .checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.CAMERA) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
-            if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(this, Manifest.permission.CAMERA)) {
-                val snackbar = Snackbar.make(scannerView, "Grant access to the camera to enable barcode scanning.", Snackbar.LENGTH_INDEFINITE)
-                snackbar.setAction("OK") {
-                    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
-                                            array,
-                                                      REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO_CAMERA_PERMISSION)
-                }
-                snackbar.show()
-            } else {
-                ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this,
-                                                  array,
-                                                  REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO_CAMERA_PERMISSION)
-            }
+                .checkSelfPermission(this, Manifest.permission.CAMERA) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
+
+            ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(this, array,
+                    REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO_CAMERA_PERMISSION)
             return true
         }
         return false
     }
 
-    override fun onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode: Int, permissions: Array<out String>,
-                                            grantResults: IntArray) {
+    override fun onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode: Int, permissions: Array<out String>,grantResults: IntArray) {
         when (requestCode) {
             REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO_CAMERA_PERMISSION -> {
                 if (PermissionUtil.verifyPermissions(grantResults)) {
                     scannerView.startCamera()
+                } else {
+                    finishWithError("PERMISSION_NOT_GRANTED")
                 }
             }
+            else -> {
+                super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults)
+            }
         }
-        super.onRequestPermissionsResult(requestCode, permissions, grantResults)
     }
 }
 
@@ -155,4 +152,4 @@ object PermissionUtil {
         }
         return true
     }
-}
+}

example/lib/main.dart

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 
 import 'package:barcode_scan/barcode_scan.dart';
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 
 void main() {
   runApp(new MyApp());
@@ -43,7 +44,21 @@ class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp> {
   }
 
   Future scan() async {
-    String barcode = await BarcodeScanner.scan();
-    setState(() => this.barcode = barcode);
+    try {
+      String barcode = await BarcodeScanner.scan();
+      setState(() => this.barcode = barcode);
+    } on PlatformException catch (e) {
+      if (e.code == BarcodeScanner.CameraAccessDenied) {
+        setState(() {
+          this.barcode = 'The user did not grant the camera permission!';
+        });
+      } else {
+        setState(() => this.barcode = 'Unknown error: $e');
+      }
+    } on FormatException{
+      setState(() => this.barcode = 'null (User returned using the "back"-button before scanning anything. Result)');
+    } catch (e) {
+      setState(() => this.barcode = 'Unknown error: $e');
+    }
   }
 }

ios/Classes/BarcodeScanPlugin.m

@@ -32,4 +32,12 @@ - (void)barcodeScannerViewController:(BarcodeScannerViewController *)controller
     }
 }
 
+- (void)barcodeScannerViewController:(BarcodeScannerViewController *)controller didFailWithErrorCode:(NSString *)errorCode {
+    if (self.result){
+        self.result([FlutterError errorWithCode:errorCode
+                                        message:nil
+                                        details:nil]);
+    }
+}
+
 @end

ios/Classes/BarcodeScannerViewController.m

@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ - (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
         if (success) {
             [self startScan];
         } else {
-            [self showNoCameraAccessAlert];
+          [self.delegate barcodeScannerViewController:self didFailWithErrorCode:@"PERMISSION_NOT_GRANTED"];
+          [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:nil];
         }
     }];
 }
@@ -81,16 +82,6 @@ - (void)updateFlashButton {
     }
 }
 
-- (void)showNoCameraAccessAlert {
-    UIAlertController *alertController = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:@"Camera access denied"
-                                                                             message:@"Camera access has been disabled for this application. To turn camera access back on, please go to the iOS settings application."
-                                                                      preferredStyle:UIAlertControllerStyleAlert];
-    [alertController addAction:[UIAlertAction actionWithTitle:@"OK" style:UIAlertActionStyleDefault handler:^(UIAlertAction *action) {
-        [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
-    }]];
-    [self presentViewController:alertController animated:YES completion:nil];
-}
-
 - (void)toggle {
     [self toggleFlash:!self.isFlashOn];
     [self updateFlashButton];
@@ -132,4 +123,4 @@ - (void)toggleFlash:(BOOL)on {
 }
 
 
-@end
+@end

ios/Classes/BarcodeScannerViewControllerDelegate.h

@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@
 @protocol BarcodeScannerViewControllerDelegate <NSObject>
 
 - (void)barcodeScannerViewController:(BarcodeScannerViewController *)controller didScanBarcodeWithResult:(NSString *)result;
+- (void)barcodeScannerViewController:(BarcodeScannerViewController *)controller didFailWithErrorCode:(NSString *)errorCode;
 
-@end
+@end

lib/barcode_scan.dart

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 
 class BarcodeScanner {
+  static const CameraAccessDenied = 'PERMISSION_NOT_GRANTED';
   static const MethodChannel _channel =
       const MethodChannel('com.apptreesoftware.barcode_scan');
   static Future<String> scan() async => await _channel.invokeMethod('scan');