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7.6.5​

Released: November 12, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.6.4​

Released: November 5, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.6.3​

Released: October 29, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.6.2​

Released: October 20, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.6.1​

Released: September 18, 2025

Bug Fixes​

Core​

  • Fixed decoding of some ASCII-encoded DataMatrix codes ending with '254' codeword followed by padding.
  • Improved support for missing or damaged timing patterns in Aztec codes.

7.6.0​

Released: September 15, 2025

New Features​

  • Added support for QR Structured Append sequences in MatrixScan. Such sequences are reported as barcode clusters by the API.
  • Introduced a new symbology string identifier for Royal Mail: royal-mail-4state. This will replacerm4scc in the Scandit SDK 8.0 release.
  • Improved location width accuracy of scanned DataBar-14 codes.

Bug Fixes​

  • Fixed incorrect Python API enum value for scanditsdk.SYMBOLOGY_KIX.

Deprecations​

  • Deprecated the symbology enum SC_SYMBOLOGY_RM4SCC, use SC_SYMBOLOGY_ROYAL_MAIL_4STATE instead. The same applies to the Python API (scanditsdk.SYMBOLOGY_RM4SCC should be used instead of scanditsdk.SYMBOLOGY_ROYAL_MAIL_4STATE).
  • Deprecated camera focus mode functions sc_barcode_scanner_settings_get_focus_mode() and sc_barcode_scanner_settings_set_focus_mode(). For devices without auto-focus, set the code direction hint to SC_CODE_DIRECTION_NONE.

7.5.2​

Released: December 4, 2025

Bug Fixes​

Barcode​

  • Fixed a rare out-of-bound memory access crash when scanning low-resolution or blurry EAN13/UPCA codes at a specific distance

7.5.1​

Released: September 4, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.5.0​

Released: August 12, 2025

New Features​

  • Improved Lapa4SC scanning performance.
  • Improved support for non-standard GS1 AI codes.
  • Added new ScBarcode function sc_barcode_get_symbol_counts to access module counts of scanned codes.

Bug Fixes​

  • Improved Code128 and EAN13/UPCA scanning performance.
  • Reduced incorrect EAN13/UPCA, EAN8 and UPCE scans in cases of low resolution and out-of-focus.

7.4.4​

Released: November 22, 2025

Bug Fixes​

Core​

  • Fixed a rare crash in the EAN/UPC reader.

7.4.3​

Released: August 29, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.4.2​

Released: August 15, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.4.1​

Released: July 14, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.4.0​

Released: June 19, 2025

New Features​

  • Added OCR fallback symbology extension ocr_fallback to Codabar, Code128, Code39 and EAN13/UPCA. It enables text recognition when other readers fail. This feature requires Smart Scan Intention which is available in SparkScan, Barcode Capture, or through the Linux settings preset SC_PRESET_SINGLE_CODE_HAND_HELD.
    • Added sc_symbology_settings_set_ocr_fallback_regex and sc_symbology_settings_get_ocr_fallback_regex to configure a regular expression that OCR Fallback results should fully match for each symbology. This can also be configured with the ocrFallbackRegex symbology JSON settings field.
  • Improved scanning of vertical and reversed codes for all native and WebAssembly with SIMD devices.

Bug Fixes​

  • Updated sc_barcode_scanner_settings_new_from_json function to return an error in case a given JSON string contains unrecognized properties.
  • Updated Linux camera implementation to disallow following symbolic links in the basename of the device paths and restrict supported devices to block and character devices.
  • Fixed typos in python bindings:
    • Fixed IMAGE_LAYOUT_UYVY_8U mapping value to match C API.
    • Fixed return type of get_string_property function of PropertyCollection.

7.3.3​

Released: July 25, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.3.2​

Released: June 25, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.3.1​

Released: June 13, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.3.0​

Released: May 16, 2025

New Features​

  • Added Royal Mail 4 State symbology extension fluorescent_orange_ink to enable scanning of codes printed with fluorescent orange ink.
  • Improved DataMatrix reader for small codes affected by perspective distortion and reduced quiet zones.
  • Added CommandLineBarcodeScannerPillowImageSample.py SDK sample that demonstrates scanning a code from a local image file that is loaded using pillow module.

Bug Fixes​

  • Removed symbology extension relaxed_sharp_quiet_zone_check for EAN8 and EAN13/UPCA. Relaxed quiet zone rules are used by default. Strict quiet zone check is only performed in strict mode.

Behavioral Changes​

  • MatrixScan Check has been renamed to MatrixScan AR, including in the naming of all relevant APIs.

7.2.6​

Released: November 10, 2025

Bug Fixes​

Core​

  • Fixed a memory leak.

7.2.5​

Released: November 5, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.2.4​

Released: August 8, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.2.3​

Released: June 24, 2025

Bug Fixes​

  • Fixed sc_camera_request_image_layout to free allocated buffers before setting the format as some drivers fail with Device busy error otherwise. Take into account the possibility for the driver to auto-switch the resolution while setting image format.

7.2.2​

Released: May 9, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.2.1​

Released: April 24, 2025

New Features​

  • Extended camera API to allow enumerating supported image layouts as well as setting preferred image layout.
  • Removed the restriction of SC_PRESET_HIGH_EFFORT on having a license key with tracking/multi-scan enabled.

Performance Improvements​

  • Updated the default camera image layout choice to optimize for low latency.
  • Updated CommandLineBarcodeScannerCameraSample.py to allow setting desired camera format.

Bug Fixes​

  • Fixed handling of SC_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UYVY_8U image description layout where luma and chroma channels were misplaced.

7.2.0​

Released: March 31, 2025

Bug Fixes​

  • Removed optional dependency on OpenGL. Most configurations were already running without OpenGL prior to this release. As of 7.2, remaining configurations that depend on OpenGL were fully removed.
  • Fixed rare incorrect QR code reads of codes with a low error correction level.

7.1.3​

Released: March 26, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.1.2​

Released: March 13, 2025

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.1.1​

Released: March 7, 2025

Bug Fixes​

  • Fixed sc_recognition_context_release to abort potentially still in-progress background set up of the barcode scanner if sc_barcode_scanner_wait_for_setup_completed was not called explicitly.

7.1.0​

Released: February 21, 2025

New Features​

  • Added the following new barcode scanner presets:
    • SC_PRESET_HIGH_EFFORT to achieve the best accuracy by spending more resources.
    • SC_PRESET_SINGLE_CODE_HAND_HELD to enable smart single code scanning.
  • sc_barcode_scanner_settings_set_code_duplicate_filter() has been extended to accept -2 (SC_DUPLICATE_FILTER_DEFAULT) to indicate that an application-specific duplicate filter should be used. -2 is the new default and is currently identical to 0 (duplicate filtering disabled).
    • New constants SC_DUPLICATE_FILTER_DEFAULT and SC_DUPLICATE_FILTER_OFF were added to indicate the intent of these values more clearly.
  • Updated the package to no longer embed required resources into libscanditsdk.so and instead load them from /usr/share/scanditsdk/resources.

Performance Improvements​

  • We’ve increased the scan rate of 10% on our datasets of QR codes with high perspective distortion (so scanned at high angles). This is particularly important for cases such as receiving boxes or scanning shelf labels.
  • Improved the barcode detection and tracking robustness of ScObjectTracker.

Behavioral Changes​

  • After further improving the scanning speed on color-inverted QR and MicroQR codes, these variations can now be scanned without having to set any specific setting (as opposed to before), offering a better experience to developers.

7.0.2​

Released: January 20, 2025

Bug Fixes​

  • Fixed an issue causing the SparkScanView to not be rendered on top of the host application content.

7.0.1​

Released: December 19, 2024

No updates for this framework in this release.

7.0.0​

Released: November 29, 2024

New Features / Performance Improvements​

  • This update increases the Linux SDK libc version requirements from version 2.27 to 2.31. Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian/GNU Linux 10 are no longer supported.
  • The versioning of the Linux SDK has been aligned with the versioning of the Scandit DataCapture SDK. On Linux, 6.x is skipped and the version is updated from 5.x and 7.x directly.

The C API has been cleaned up and streamlined. If you migrate your code from version 5.x to 7.x you need to adjust the following interface changes.

  • Recognition Context:
    • Removed deprecated ScContextStatusFlag: SC_RECOGNITION_CONTEXT_STATUS_LICENSE_FILE_EXPIRED, SC_RECOGNITION_CONTEXT_STATUS_LICENSE_FILE_IO_ERROR, SC_RECOGNITION_CONTEXT_STATUS_LICENSE_VALIDATION_FAILED, SC_RECOGNITION_CONTEXT_STATUS_LICENSE_VALIDATION_FAILED_400
    • Removed deprecated recognition context function sc_recognition_context_set_geographical_location.
  • ScBarcodeScanner:
    • Replaced symbology enums SC_SYMBOLOGY_EAN13 and SC_SYMBOLOGY_UPCA by SC_SYMBOLOGY_EAN13_UPCA. EAN13 and UPCA codes are now represented and configured through the same symbology. If you need to distinguish between UPCA and EAN13, you will need to check for the first digit, or use the remove_leading_upca_zero symbology extension and check the length of the returned data string.
    • Removed the SC_SYMBOLOGY_UPCA symbology extension remove_leading_zero. Use the SC_SYMBOLOGY_EAN13_UPCA extension remove_leading_upca_zero instead.
    • Removed functionality related to caching of codes in the barcode scanner session. To obtain the results, retrieve them through sc_barcode_scanner_session_get_newly_recognized_codes before processing the next frame. Removed the two functions sc_barcode_scanner_settings_set_code_caching_duration, sc_barcode_scanner_settings_get_code_caching_duration and JSON settings field codeCachingDuration.
    • Removed all ScBarcodeScannerSettings presets: SC_PRESET_ENABLE_RETAIL_SYMBOLOGIES, SC_PRESET_ENABLE_VIN_DECODING, SC_PRESET_ENABLE_SSCC_DECODING, SC_PRESET_ENABLE_SINGLE_FRAME_MODE. New presets will be introduced in upcoming releases.
    • Replaced sc_barcode_scanner_settings_get_property and sc_barcode_scanner_settings_set_property functions that allowed to get/set scanner integer properties by sc_barcode_scanner_settings_get_properties/sc_barcode_scanner_settings_get_properties_const to access the settings property collection.
    • Introduced ScPropertyCollection.h header allowing to get/set property values of the generic property collection.
  • ScBarcodeGenerator:
    • The SC_SYMBOLOGY_EAN13_UPCA code generator no longer accepts UPCA input strings without leading zero character. 12 digits inputs are now interpreted as EAN13 data with a missing checksum.
  • ScParser:
    • Moved and renamed parser-related headers from include/Scandit/Parser/ to include/Scandit:
    • Renamed SpParser.h to ScParser.h
      • Renamed SpParser to ScParser
      • Renamed SpParserType to ScParserType
      • Renamed SP_PARSER_TYPE_* enum entries to SC_PARSER_TYPE_*
      • Renamed sp_parser_* functions to sc_parser_*
    • Renamed SpParserResult.h to ScParserResult.h
      • Renamed SpParserResult to ScParserResult
      • Renamed SpField to ScField
      • Renamed sp_parser_result_* functions to sc_parser_result_*
    • Removed SpParserCommon.h:
      • Use ScBool instead of SpBool
      • Use ScByteArray instead of SpData
      • Removed unused sp_data_free
  • ScCommon:
    • Updated ScByteArray-related api:
      • Removed deprecated ScByteArray fields data, c_str, length.
      • Updated functions returning ScByteArray such that the returned array size does not include string null terminator.
    • Removed deprecated ScData struct alias:
      • ScByteArray should be used directly instead.
    • Removed deprecated sc_data_free function. sc_byte_array_free should be used instead.
    • Updated sc_*_free functions to align their behavior, such that calling sc_*_free on any object more than once is undefined behavior that would end up in double free.
  • ScImageDescription:
    • Added sc_image_description_get_planes_count function to query number of separate planes in an image according to its layout.
    • Added sc_image_description_get_plane_offset/sc_image_description_get_plane_row_bytes functions to query plane information by index of the plane in a buffer.
    • Removed sc_image_description_get_first_plane_offset/sc_image_description_get_first_plane_row_bytes, use sc_image_description_get_plane_offset instead.
    • Removed sc_image_description_get_second_plane_offset/sc_image_description_get_second_plane_row_bytes, use sc_image_description_get_plane_offset instead.
    • Removed sc_image_description_get_memory_size/sc_image_description_set_memory_size. There is no more need to set the overall memory size.
  • ScObjectTracker:
    • The configuration of barcode scanner settings for use with the ScObjectTracker has been moved to a dedicated API: sc_object_tracker_apply_scanner_settings. It is no longer necessary to instantiate an ScBarcodeScanner to use the ScObjectTracker.
    • Replaced the callback-based tracking results API ScObjectTrackerCallbacks by a session object ScObjectTrackerSession.
  • The Python API was adjusted according to the new C API. In addition the following changes were made:
    • Removed all deprecated redundant SC_CODE_DIRECTION_* constants. Use sc.CODE_DIRECTION_* instead.
    • Removed all deprecated redundant SC_IMAGE_LAYOUT_* constants. Use sc.IMAGE_LAYOUT_* instead.
    • Removed sc.IMAGE_LAYOUT_NV16 constant. Use sc.IMAGE_LAYOUT_NV16_U8 instead.
    • Removed all deprecated redundant SC_CAMERA_* constants. Use sc.CAMERA_* instead.
    • Removed all deprecated redundant SC_CODE_LOCATION_* constants. Use sc.CODE_LOCATION_* instead.
  • Introduced support for Swiss Post proprietary, UPU 4 State based, postal symbology. It's disabled by default and can be enabled activating the UPU 4-State symbology extension swiss_post_decoding.

Bug Fixes​

  • Improvements for decoding blurry 1d linear codes.
  • Improved tracking of 1D codes that are horizontally aligned.
  • Added remove_delimiter_data extension to the Codabar symbology. This extension is off by default.
  • Fixed ScCamera python bindings querying stepwise camera mode resolutions.
  • Fixed sc_camera_get_frame to not hang after restarting camera stream.
  • Fixed Shift-JIS encoding classification for raw byte data in 2d barcodes

6.28.7​

Find earlier versions in the release notes section of version 6