Scandit Data Capture SDK 6.18 Release Notes (June 30, 2023)
See also the System Requirements of the Scandit Data Capture SDK across all platforms.
New Features
Barcode
Barcode Find is an API that implements MatrixScan Find. MatrixScan Find is a pre-built UI that uses augmented reality overlays to highlight items that match predefined criteria. It allows you to add a search and find experience with augmented reality to an existing native app, with just a few lines of code.
SparkScan has been expanded with a range of new features:
Added tablet and landscape support.
Improved barcode highlighting after a scan. The highlight of the barcode has been redesigned to be snappier and more clear:
Barcodes are highlighted as long as the preview is frozen.
A separate highlight is applied to barcodes when the error message is triggered (default colour is red).
Added an animation when trying to move the SparkScan trigger button above its vertical limit.
Added a hint when using Target. Also added SparkScanView.targetModeHintText to control the text of the hint and SparkScanView.shouldShowTargetModeHint to control whether to show it.
Added SparkScanViewSettings.targetZoomFactorOut, SparkScanViewSettings.targetZoomFactorIn and SparkScanView.zoomSwitchControlVisible to control zoom in Target mode of SparkScanView.
Added a new constructor for Error which allows setting the Brush which is used for the barcode highlight during error feedback.
Added new methods BarcodeCountView.setBrushForRecognizedBarcode(), BarcodeCountView.setBrushForUnrecognizedBarcode() and BarcodeCountView.setBrushForRecognizedBarcodeNotInList() to directly set the brush for a particular barcode instead of going through a listener.
Added BarcodeSelectionBasicOverlay.setTextForAimToSelectAutoHint() that allows to set a custom text for the textual hint displayed when using BarcodeSelectionAimerSelection with BarcodeSelectionAutoSelectionStrategy.
ID
IdCapture now supports capturing both the Visual Inspection Zone (VIZ) and the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) of passports.
It is now possible to run basic authenticity checks on VIZ & MRZ documents by comparing the data from the VIZ with the data decoded from the MRZ. Check VizMrzComparisonVerifier for details. This feature is currently in beta, and may still change significantly in the next releases.
Added IdCapture.applySettings() method.
IdCapture now supports capturing the visa number from a US Visa.
IdCapture now supports capturing the information from the PDF417 barcode of a US Common Access Card.
Performance Improvements
Barcode
Improved Aztec code scan performance for bent and crumpled codes which is especially important for Railway tickets.
Improved scan performance of up-side-down codes for 1D fixed-length symbologies (e.g. EAN/UPC).
Improved scan performance for long rectangular MicroQR (rMQR) codes with perspective distortion.
Reduced CPU usage when data-matrix is enabled by a factor of 3 in many situations.
Bug Fixes
Barcode
Fixed a BarcodeSelection issue where the “toggle selection” setting was ignored and the scanner was acting as in “repeat selection” mode when BarcodeSelectionSettings.singleBarcodeAutoDetection was enabled.
Deprecations
Barcode
TrackedBarcode.shouldAnimateFromPreviousToNextState has been deprecated. TrackedBarcode.location returns a continuously interpolated location so animating between locations is no longer needed.
SparkScanSettings.singleBarcodeAutoDetection is deprecated and its functionality was removed. With the recent improvements introduced in the target mode, selection of barcodes it’s easier and more reliable. Given that, this method is outdated and not needed anymore.
ID
Deprecated IdCaptureListener.onErrorEncountered().
Updates
Scandit Data Capture SDK 6.18.1 Bug Fixes (July 12, 2023)
Contains no bug fixes for this platform.
Scandit Data Capture SDK 6.18.2 Bug Fixes (August 3, 2023)
Contains no bug fixes for this platform.
Scandit Data Capture SDK 6.18.3 Bug Fixes (November 14, 2023)
Contains no bug fixes for this platform.