License handling

License key

To run the Scanbot SDK within your production app, you must purchase and use a valid Scanbot SDK license.

Each license key is valid only for a given app bundle identifier. You will be unable to use any of the SDK features if the license key is corrupted, expired, or invalid in any other way.

Getting a trial license

The Scanbot SDK will run without a license for one minute per session.

To get an unrestricted, "no-strings-attached" 7-day trial license, please submit the Trial License Form on our website.

Kindly note that a trial license can only be used in a development and staging environment. You are not allowed to publish your app to the App Store, Play Store, or any third-party Android App Store with a trial license.

Purchase a production License

To get pricing information and purchase a production license for the Scanbot SDK, please request a quote.

License checks in production apps

If your ScanbotSDK license has expired, any call of the ScanbotSDK API will result in a rejection. To prevent this you should always check for license expiration during the runtime by calling the below methods based on the platform you have. If the license check isn't valid, you should disable any usage of the Scanbot SDK functions or UI components.

We highly recommend implementing a suitable handling of this case in your app!

Example code for checking the license status

MAUI

if (ScanbotSDKMain.LicenseInfo.IsValid) 
{
    // License is valid.
}

.NET Android

var _scanbotSdk = new IO.Scanbot.Sdk.ScanbotSDK(this);
... 
...

if (_scanbotSdk.LicenseInfo.IsValid) 
{
    // License is valid.
}

.NET iOS

if (ScanbotSDKGlobal.IsLicenseValid) 
{
    // License is valid.
}

Please also note: To renew an expired license or extend a valid license with new Scanbot SDK features, you will have to reinitialize the Scanbot SDK with the new updated license string. The expiration date and the feature list of a license are contained in an encrypted data part of the license key string. This means a renewal or extension of a license will cause a new license key string to be generated.

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