Developer Tools and Guides

Build apps for Zebra mobile computers, scanners and printers for data capture and other applications using Zebra device APIs.

Reports from the Android and Zebra development communities describing changes to Android versions from Lollipop to the present, and their effect on Zebra devices and apps. 

Moving to Android 11, 13 or beyond? There are changes to the platforms that run most Zebra devices. These guides explain what's changing and why, when each change is happening and how to adapt. 

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Software Development Kits (SDKs) for building data-capture apps that use Zebra's dedicated barcode scanners.


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An Android library that gives device apps visibility into Bluetooth peripheral activities.


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An app included with Zebra Android mobile computers that provides data capture and processing services for virtually any other app on the device.

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The Enterprise Mobility Developer Kit for building Java apps for Zebra Android mobile computers includes Java sample projects using EMDK APIs for data capture.

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The Enterprise Mobility Developer Kit for building Xamarin apps for Zebra Android mobile computers includes sample projects using C# APIs for data capture.

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A platform for building apps that work with virtually any Zebra mobile computer using standard web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript.

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Easily and accurately capture measurements of parcel dimensions on-demand.


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Standards-based APIs through which apps can acquire information about Zebra device capabilities and settings.


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The Link-OS SDK makes creating powerful printer apps for label, receipt and card printing simple and straightforward.


Software development kits, guides, code samples and powerful tools to take full advantage of Zebra RFID readers.


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Securely store data to be exchanged between apps and optionally persist data across an enterprise reset.


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An Android library built on top of the Android NFC APIs and VAS protocol for reading NFC-enabled passes.

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