Scandit Data Capture SDK 6.7 Release Notes (March 17, 2021)

See also the System Requirements of the Scandit Data Capture SDK across all platforms.

New Features

• Significantly improved algorithms to localize barcodes in an image. This has led to scan performance improvements especially in challenging scanning scenarios. The improvements are dependent on the individual device / symbologies used.

• Added a new CameraSettings.FocusGestureStrategy called FocusGestureStrategy.AutoOnLocation to continuously focus at the location of the gesture.

• Added IZoomGestureListener and IFocusGestureListener to listen to when gestures are performed. Gestures can now be programmatically triggered through TriggerFocus(), TriggerZoomIn(), and TriggerZoomOut().

• It is now possible to apply camera settings with changed CameraSettings.PreferredResolution while the camera is running or during standby.

• Added AimerViewfinder which fits well with the RadiusLocationSelection to let users aim with a dot.

• Added BarcodeTrackingAdvancedOverlay.ShouldShowScanAreaGuides property.

• Added support for Symbology.UspsIntelligentMail.

• Added missing encoding support for ISO-8859-1 encoded DataMatrix data.

• Added support for decoding a non-standard encoding of large 6x6 DataMatrix codes.

• Renamed IDataCaptureViewListener.OnSizeChanged()’s screenOrientation parameter to screenRotation as it is defined by the rotation from the natural screen orientation rather than an absolute orientation. There now is a DeviceOrientationMapper to map from the screen rotation to a device orientation based on the natural orientation of the device.

• Added IDataCaptureViewSizeListener as an alternative to IDataCaptureViewListener which passes the view as other platforms already do.

• Added DataCaptureContextSettings.

• DLID parser: neverExpires field added for Illinois ID cards that never expires.

• DLID parser: added support for parsing non-standard header section.

• DLID parser: added support for parsing non-standard subfile designator section.

• DLID parser: added support for parsing some Arizona codes that pass 5-digit IIN.

• DLID parser: added support for parsing codes with ‘HIDE2’ IIN.

• DLID parser: added support for parsing codes from Arizona that don’t contain a IIN.

• DLID parser: added support for parsing pre-AAMVA standard Alabama codes.

• DLID parser: added support for parsing dates provided in non-AAMVA standard.

Bug Fixes

• Removed the “companyPrefix” and “itemReference” fields from the GS1 parser GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) result and combined them to a single “GTIN” field.

• Removed the “companyPrefix” and “serviceReference” fields from the GS1 parser GSRN (Global Service Relation Number) result and combined them to a single “GSRN” field.

• Removed the “companyPrefix” and “serialReference” fields from the GS1 parser SSCC (Serial Shipping Container Code) result and combined them to a single “SSCC” field.

• SwissQr parser: fixed a bug with accepting codes with more than two additional AltPmt fields.

• Fixed a crash that could occur when directly switching from landscape left to right with the camera running.

• DLID parser: fixed issue with some North Carolina codes that were treated as version 1 but in reality, they are pre-AAMVA standard codes.

• DLID parser: eye and hair color are now always returned in english form (used to depend on encoding standard).

• DLID parser: fixed issue that caused firstNames and lastNames fields to be empty for some codes of version 1.

• DLID parser: fixed parsing of name fields containing ‘@’ instead of spaces and sorted in incorrect order.

• IFocusGesture and IZoomGesture can no longer be triggered while the camera is off.

• Reduced the camera preview lag on the Kyocera Digno BX.

API Changes

• Added a way to instantiate a Sound from an asset name instead of a raw resource.

• DLID parser: neverExpires field added for Illinois ID cards that never expires.

Deprecations

• Deprecated CameraSettings.MaxFrameRate as the frame rate is optimized internally based on the used device. Setting max frame rate may have no effect due to camera or device-specific restrictions.

Updates

Scandit Data Capture SDK 6.7.1 Bug Fixes (March 31, 2021)

• Fixed a focusing issue in the US version of the Samsung S20 (and potentially further Samsung devices) that would make the device always focus in the middle of the frame even with an off-center point of interest or even stop the device from properly focusing at all.

• Fixed a regression introduced in 6.6.0 that caused CameraSettings.ShouldPreferSmoothAutoFocus to be ignored and also otherwise negatively affected the focusing speed on some devices.

Scandit Data Capture SDK 6.7.2 Bug Fixes (April 9, 2021)

Contains no bug fixes for this platform.

Scandit Data Capture SDK 6.7.3 Bug Fixes (May 7, 2021)

• Fixed a rare crash when deallocating the DataCaptureContext.