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Version 6.1.1 (16 December 2024)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Android: Resolved a crash with legacy startDocumentScanner when documentImageSizeLimit is set in DocumentScannerConfiguration.

Version 6.1.0 (12 December 2024)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Implemented new RTU-UI v2 Document Scanner screen with extended scanning and reviewing capabilities. Added startDocumentScanner and startCroppingScreen APIs that can be imported from package:scanbot_sdk/scanbot_sdk_ui_v2.dart. See full documentation here.
    • Implemented new ImageOperations API for creating TIFFs, extracting images from PDFs, generating PDFs, rotating images, and applying filters on images.
    • Implemented new Document API to perform document creation and editing.
    • Moved all RTU-UI v2 scanners into ScanbotSdkUiV2.
    • Added support for German health insurance cards (front side) and European health insurance cards to startGenericDocumentRecognizer and recognizeGenericDocumentOnImage. Added literals DE_HEALTH_INSURANCE_CARD_FRONT and EU_HEALTH_INSURANCE_CARD to GenericDocumentType. Added EuropeanHealthInsuranceCard and DeHealthInsuranceCardFront.
    • Added support for new barcode types MAXI_CODE, RMQR_CODE, CODE_11 and CODE_32. Added literals that represent the new barcode types in BarcodeFormat.
    • Added a new optional property recognizerParameters of type HealthInsuranceCardRecognizerParameters in HealthInsuranceCardScannerConfiguration to configure live detection parameters.
    • Added a new property accessibilityDescription in RoundButton and ButtonConfiguration.
    • Added a new property allowEmptySubmission in MultipleScanningMode to allow submission of an empty barcode list in the Multiple Barcodes use case in RTU-UI v2.
    • Added new optional properties useIATA2OF5Checksum, useCode11Checksum and australiaPostCustomerFormat in BarcodeScannerConfiguration, BatchBarcodeScannerConfiguration and BarcodeRecognizerConfiguration.
    • Added new optional property enableNativeLogging in ScanbotSdkConfig.
    • iOS: Added new zoom control slider (controlled by the new camera control button) to all view controllers. Available on all the new iPhone 16 models.
    • Android: Added support for 16KB page size (Android 15).
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Document detector:
      • Improved detection speed and robustness against orientation changes.
      • Improved robustness against picking up random contours.
      • Improved robustness against documents with colored corners, booklets, handheld documents, and cards, documents near edges of tables, and overlapping documents.
    • Improved detection of UPC and EAN extensions.
    • Added support for Extended Channel Interpretation (ECI) for Datamatrix and Aztec barcodes.
    • Improved performance of documentQualityAnalyzer.
    • For CODE_128 and ITF, we improved the recognition of barcodes generated by defective thermal printers that do not print certain black bars correctly.
    • iOS: Improved sharpness of captured images in documentScanner by tweaking various timing related default values, such as autoSnappingDelay.
    • Android: Improved generic document recognition on static images.
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed KANJI mode for QR codes.
    • iOS: Fixed a UI issue in the RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner FindAndPickScanningModeUseCase that never showed the expected barcodes title, but always the barcode value.
    • iOS: Fixed a UI issue in the RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner FindAndPickScanningModeUseCase in button sheet mode where the counter badge was not visible.
    • iOS: Fixed a UI issue on the RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner's sheet screen where the subtitle label was being vertically cut off.
    • iOS: Fixed a UI issue on the RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner's confirmation sheet in the SingleScanningModeUseCase where the loading indicator was not centered when the loading message was hidden.
    • iOS: Fixed a bug in RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner where extended barcodes are displayed along with their non-extended versions.
    • iOS: Fixed a UI issue in the RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner where a title that was too long would cut off the cancel button.
    • iOS: Fixed a UI issue in RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner's finder where the background color overlapped with the line color.
    • iOS: Fixed a crash when zooming with invalid minZoom and maxZoom values.
    • iOS: Fixed a bug that did not mirror the front camera as expected.
    • Android: Fixed image preprocessing for documentQualityAnalyzer.
    • Android: Fixed R8 obfuscation config for SDK logging classes.
    • Android: Minor fixes for appearance in RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner to make it consistent with its iOS counterpart.
    • Android: Fix point sorting in the contour detector.
    • Android: Fixed an issue with AR Overlay and barcode mapping in RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner, where the mapped image wasn't shown on the AR Overlay until the same barcode appeared in the list below.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Introduced new properties, fileEncryptionPassword and fileEncryptionMode, in ScanbotSdkConfig to replace the encryption parameters.
    • Deprecated startDocumentScanner, startFinderDocumentScanner, startCroppingScreen and related configurations and result types. See RTU-UI v2 Document Scanner.
    • Removed property codeDensity from BarcodeScannerConfiguration, BatchBarcodeScannerConfiguration and BarcodeRecognizerConfiguration.
    • Removed property sharpnessAcceptanceFactor from GenericDocumentRecognizerConfiguration.
    • Removed type literals VALIDATE and DECODE and replaced them with VALIDATE_STRUCTURE, DECODE_STRUCTURE, VALIDATE_FULL and DECODE_FULL in Gs1HandlingMode.
    • Removed type literals SuccessFound and ErrorTooBlurry and added new ErrorUnknownDocument,ErrorUnacceptableDocument and IncompleteValidation in GenericDocumentRecognitionStatus.
    • Removed scanbot_sdk_v2 and moved initialization of sdk into scanbot_sdk.
    • Removed EncryptionParameters and encryptionParameters property from ScanbotSdkConfig.
    • Removed OK_BARCODE type literal from DetectionStatus.
    • Renamed property name engine to engineMode in OcrOptions.
    • Changed property name imageFormat to storageImageFormat, and imageQuality to storageImageQuality in ScanbotSdkConfig.
    • Changed default values for properties enableCameraButton and closeButton in CameraPermissionScreen.
    • Changed default values for properties okButton, cancelButton and actionButton in ScanbotAlertDialog.
    • Changed default value for property visible in ArOverlayFindAndPickConfiguration to true for FindAndPickScanningMode.
    • ResultWrapper model changes:
      • Added a new OperationStatus enum and an extension method for parsing strings to OperationStatus.
    • Document models changes:
      • Added property cardAccessNumber and removed property pin in DeIdCardFront and DeResidencePermitFront models.
      • pseudonym property now returns Field | undefined in DeIdCardBack model.
      • restrictions property now returns Field | undefined in DeDriverLicenseBack model.
      • Replaced m property of type DeDriverLicenseBack.Categories.M with am property of type DeDriverLicenseBack.Categories.AM.
      • Replaced standard and validationStatus fields with validationErrors in the GS1.Element class.
    • Android: Changed barcodesRegexFilter behavior in BarcodeRecognizerConfiguration for BarcodeScannerConfiguration config for RTU-UI v2 Barcode Scanner. Barcodes are accepted if the barcode data contains the part that matches the regex.
    • Android: Some newly created files, like PDF, TIFF, or temporary images, will have different paths than previously created files.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Upgraded the native Scanbot Android SDK to v6.1.2.
    • Upgraded the native Scanbot iOS SDK to v6.1.1.
    • Added gs1-syntax-dictionary lib.

Version 5.1.3 (5 November 2024)​

  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • iOS:
      • Added widgetFadeAnimationDurationiOS to ScanbotCroppingWidget to customize the animation duration.
  • 🐞 Bug Fixes:
    • Android:
      • Fixed an issue where polygon detection didn't work after switching the page inside ScanbotCroppingWidget.
    • iOS:
      • Resolved a blink issue that caused brief redraws during page changes inside ScanbotCroppingWidget.

Version 5.1.2 (25 October 2024)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • iOS:
      • Fixed the image processing and editing flow in ScanbotCroppingWidget.

Version 5.1.1 (21 October 2024)​

  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Updated visibility of ScanbotCameraWidgetState to allow access to channelName.
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Android:
      • Fixed transitive resources issue for proper references across modules.

Version 5.1.0 (20 September 2024)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Introduced the redesigned RTU-UI version 2.0 for enhanced Barcode scanning, featuring advanced agile configuration options.
    • Added support for the Micro PDF 417 barcode format.
    • Added support for parsing AAMVA Certificate of Title for motor vehicle barcodes.
    • Added a new field shouldReturnCroppedImage in BarcodeClassicScannerConfiguration for the BarcodeScannerCamera Classic UI. When set to true, the result will be returned in the barcodeImageBase64 field of the BarcodeItem model.
    • Added new RTU components:
      • VIN Scanner: The startVinScanner component is designed to accurately scan and decode Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs). This scanner is optimized to handle VINs from a variety of sources, including vehicle dashboards and registration documents, providing precise extraction and decoding of this critical vehicle information.
      • Check Scanner: With the startCheckScanner component, you can scan and recognize various check formats. This scanner processes checks to extract key data fields, enabling streamlined check processing and verification.
      • Text Data Scanner: The startTextDataScanner component extracts text data from documents using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). It is particularly useful for capturing and digitizing text from forms, invoices, and other text-heavy documents, facilitating efficient data entry and management.
      • Medical Certificate Scanner: The startMedicalCertificateScanner component is tailored for scanning and recognizing medical certificates. It supports various medical document formats, extracting essential information such as patient details, diagnoses, and treatment data, which is crucial for healthcare documentation and management.
    • Added new ParametricFilter APIs:
      • ScanbotBinarizationFilter
      • CustomBinarizationFilter
      • ColorDocumentFilter
      • BrightnessFilter
      • ContrastFilter
      • GrayscaleFilter
      • WhiteBlackPointFilter
      • LegacyFilter
    • Added support for German residence permits (2011 and 2019 formats) in GenericDocumentRecognizer.
    • PdfRenderingOptions now allows setting the jpegQuality for image encoding. Additional fields include pageFitMode, dpi, and resample.
    • Introduced a new class ScanbotSdkRecognizeOperations with operations:
      • recognizeMrzOnImage
      • recognizeMedicalCertificateOnImage
      • recognizeHealthInsuranceCardOnImage
      • recognizeGenericDocumentOnImage
      • recognizeCheckOnImage
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • The Health Insurance Card Recognizer now implements the new Scanbot OCR engine. The recognition is faster and more accurate than before.
    • Improved speed and quality of scanning for Generic Document.
    • Improved detection of UPC/EAN barcode extensions in live mode.
    • Improved speed and image quality of still image capturing.
  • 🐞 Bug Fixes
    • Fixed issue with misaligned barcode polygons on devices with horizontal orientation.
    • Fixed a crash with BarcodeFormat.PDF_417 due to an uncovered cluster generation case.
    • Fixed error handling in storage cleanup and page loading.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Deprecated the Ready-to-Use UI v1.0 barcode scanners. Adoption of the RTU UI v2 scanner API is strongly recommended.
    • Transitioned barcode result structures from record classes to GenericDocument, affecting RTU UI v1 but standardizing across RTU UI v1 and v2.
    • Renamed BarcodeFormat.RSS_14 to BarcodeFormat.DATABAR and BarcodeFormat.RSS_EXPANDED to BarcodeFormat.DATABAR_EXPANDED.
    • Eliminated the LiveDetector and CameraController classes. Their functionalities are now integrated within the widgets.
    • Updated widgets to automatically adjust to configuration changes received by the camera widget constructors.
    • Updated BarcodeScannerCamera Classic UI Component:
      • Previous Structure:
        • Used ScanbotCameraController for camera control and barcode detection, with cameraDetector and onWidgetReady for initialization.
      • New Structure:
        • Simplified to use direct callbacks: barcodeListener for handling scanning results, errorListener for error handling, and onCameraPreviewStarted for setup after the camera preview starts. ScanbotCameraController and cameraDetector are no longer needed.
    • Updated DocumentScannerCamera Classic UI Component:
      • Previous Structure:
        • Relied on DocumentCameraLiveDetector for document scanning and separate listeners for results, errors, and document contours. Required ScanbotCameraController for control and initialization.
      • New Structure:
        • Consolidated functionality into the DocumentScannerCamera widget. Uses snapListener for handling scanned pages, errorListener for errors, documentContourListener for document contours, and onCameraPreviewStarted for setup after the preview starts.
    • Updated MedicalCertificateScannerCamera Classic UI Component:
      • Previous Structure:
        • Used MedicalCertificateCameraLiveDetector and ScanbotCameraController for control and initialization. Included finder and onWidgetReady for UI setup.
      • New Structure:
        • Integrated all functionality into the MedicalCertificateScannerCamera widget. Now uses mcListener for medical certificate results, errorListener for error handling, and onCameraPreviewStarted for setup. Enhanced finder configuration includes new UI options.
    • Removed Legacy Components:
      • Removed DocumentCameraLiveDetector and ScanbotCameraController in favor of a streamlined approach.
      • Removed MedicalCertificateCameraLiveDetector; its functionality is now integrated directly into the MedicalCertificateScannerCamera widget.
      • Removed the LiveDetector and CameraController classes. Their functionality is now integrated directly into the BarcodeScannerCamera widget.
  • 🚙 Under the Hood:
    • Updated the native Scanbot iOS SDK to v5.1.3 (cf. changelog).
    • Updated the native Scanbot Android SDK to v5.1.2 (cf. changelog).
    • Android:
      • Updated Kotlin to version 1.8.22 and set jvmTarget to "17".
      • Updated 3rd-party libraries:
        • libjpeg-turbo to 2.1.5.1
        • libpng to 1.6.40
        • libtiff to 4.6.0
        • Added zlib library
    • iOS:
      • Updated 3rd-party libraries:
        • zlib to 1.3.1
        • libtiff to 4.6.0
        • libjpeg-turbo to 2.1.5.1
        • libpng to 1.6.40

Version 4.2.3 (26 August 2024)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Android:
      • Resolved a build failure in the CameraDisplayOwner class that occurred due to incorrect implementation of the LifecycleOwner interface.

Version 4.2.2 (12 April 2024)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • iOS:
      • Changed privacy manifest to comply with the latest Apple specs.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 4.2.2 (cf. changelog)

Version 4.2.1 (5 February 2024)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Android:
      • Fixed an unhandled exception when closing the Document Scanner classic component.

Version 4.2.0 (12 January 2024)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Added support for new barcode type BarcodeFormat.GS1_COMPOSITE.
    • Added analyzer image size limit property for Document Quality Analyzer analyzeQualityOfDocument(Page page, Size? analyzerImageSizeLimit). If analyzerImageSizeLimit not set, the image will be downscaled to 2500 px.
    • Added support for Kuwait ID cards in the MRZ scanner.
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Added more control over how to handle GS1 messages in barcodes. See BarcodeScannerAdditionalConfig.setGs1HandlingMode.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Replaced BarcodeScannerConfiguration.gs1DecodingEnabled with BarcodeScannerConfiguration.gs1DecodingMode in the RTU-UI Barcode Scanner and Batch Barcode Scanner.
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Android:
      • Fixed the Camera Preview blinking after capturing a picture.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 4.2.0 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 4.2.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 4.1.0 (15 December 2023)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Added a new Optical Character Recognition engine based on machine learning algorithms that is usually much faster and less error prone. This new OCR engine currently supports all languages with latin letters, there is no need to specify the languages for it. The legacy engine, based on Tesseract, can still be used for non latin-based languages.
    • New PDF renderer for simple PDFs and "sandwiched" PDFs generation.
      • Added support for custom PDF metadata.
      • Added support for portrait, landscape and auto locks for the page orientation.
      • Extended the list of supported page sizes (A3, A5, B4, B5, etc.)
    • Added new Document Quality Analyzer. Use ScanbotSdk.analyzeQualityOfDocument.
    • Added new barcode types: AUSTRALIA_POST, JAPAN_POST, ROYAL_MAIL, ROYAL_TNT_POST, USPS_INTELLIGENT_MAIL, DATABAR_LIMITED.
    • Added touchToFocusEnabled to the RTU-UI scanner configs.
    • Added CameraModule.BACK_WIDEST to the cameraModule config.
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Improved the document detector with better performance and less memory consumption.
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed the behavior of the Barcode Scanner when an empty array is set. Now it scans all barcode types for iOS.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • photoQualityPrioritization parameter spelling was fixed in the Document Scanner.
    • Removed autoCancelTimeout parameter from the MRZ Scanner.
    • Removed ScanbotSdk.estimateBlurOnPage method. Use the new ScanbotSdk.analyzeQualityOfDocument method instead.
    • Removed PdfRenderSize enum in favor of PageSize class.
    • The default OCR engine has changed from TESSERACT to SCANBOT_OCR. Please use TESSERACT if you need to recognize non-Latin language texts.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Changed the behavior of classic components cameraZoomFactor parameter. Now 0..1 maps to the real zoom value in the range 1.0..12.0x on both Android and iOS.
    • Changed the behavior of the barcode data mapper callback.
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 4.1.0 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native android Scanbot SDK to 4.1.1 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.13.6 (24 October 2023)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed a bug where documentContourListener was not correctly returning DetectionStatus.OK when ignoreBadAspectRatio: true was set.

Version 2.13.5 (16 October 2023)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed ScanbotCroppingWidget not showing the image when encryptionEnabled mode is set.

Version 2.13.4 (13 October 2023)​

  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Optimized preview image quality in ScanbotCroppingWidget in Android.
    • Optimized behavior of DocumentScannerCamera. When scanning with ignoreBadAspectRatio: true, the documentContourListener won't return DetectionStatus.OK_BUT_BAD_ASPECT_RATIO.

Version 2.13.3 (4 October 2023)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed a focusing issue with the new iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max.
    • Fixed an issue that prevented the Batch Barcode screen from starting.

Version 2.13.2 (26 September 2023)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Added named parameters originalImageSizeLimit and documentImageSizeLimit to ScanbotSdk.createPage, ScanbotSdk.createPageFromBytes and DocumentClassicScannerConfiguration that limits page images size to this value. If the image size exceeds the limit, the image will be downscaled to fit the limit. Cropped images will never be bigger than the original images.
    • Added ContourConfiguration.showPolygonInManualMode to DocumentScannerConfiguration that allows to show/hide polygon contour when auto-snapping is disabled.
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Improved behavior of DocumentScannerCamera. Now it automatically reacts to the changes of DocumentClassicScannerConfiguration.autoSnapEnabled parameter. Hence, you can change this parameter and don't need to call liveDetector.setAutoSnappingEnabled when changing this state by pressing a button.
    • Improved behavior of CroppingController.rotateCw() and CroppingController.rotateCCW(). Now the call can be awaited so you can block UI elements during the rotation animation.
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed a bug with encryption where EncryptionParameters.password had a default empty value which is not correct. Now password is a required parameter to encrypt the data.
    • Fixed documentation for acceptedAngleScore and acceptedSizeScore in DocumentClassicScannerConfiguration. The range changed to 0-100 in percentage values.
    • Fixed behavior of document contour in DocumentScannerCamera. Now it's the same for both platforms.
    • Fixed DocumentCameraLiveDetector.documentContourListener callback. Now it always returns the detection status on iOS.
    • Fixed crash in iOS when partially filled sub-objects of RTU-UI configurations were set.

Version 2.13.1 (20 September 2023)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed a bug in the RTU-UI Document Scanner due to an issue with config parsing.

Version 2.13.0 (15 August 2023)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Added MICRO_QR_CODE barcode format to BarcodeFormat.
    • Added onCameraPreviewStarted callback to custom components to get notified when the camera preview is started. It also runs each time the preview restarts after the picture is taken (Android).
    • Changed behavior of onWidgetReady callback in custom camera components. It is now called when the camera widget is initialized and ready to use. This happens not only once when the widget is created but also when the app returns to the foreground and the user pops to the camera page from another page, if ScanbotCamera.scanbotSdkRouteObserver is registered.
    • Added barcode scanning classic component AR overlay feature.
    • Added BarcodeCameraConfiguration.overlayConfiguration to configure the barcode scanning classic component AR overlay.
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Refactored behavior colors. The colors in RTU-UI screens that should be displayed as semi-transparent should be used with alpha as follows: fillColor: Colors.red.withAlpha(150).
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed bug with ScanbotSdk.refreshImageUris method on Android. Now it renews uris properly.
    • ScanbotCroppingWidget now properly reacts to the Page object changes. If you reassign a new page to the page property (with a new id), it will reset its content and cropping state to the new state.
    • Fixed a bug when the camera is disabled, the document scanner screen could crash on iOS.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Refactored the structure of ALL RTU-UI scanners configuration classes. Please check example app and documentation for more details.
    • Refactored the way we process and return the data for the Generic Document Scanner and MRZ Scanner. The structure of the result classes for the both scanners are changed to support the GenericDocument structure. Same as the native SDKs. Please check example app and documentation for more details.
    • Refactored imports structure inside scanbot_sdk. Please replace all scanbot_sdk related imports to import 'package:scanbot_sdk/scanbot_sdk.dart'; in your code. For imports with the prefixes please use import 'package:scanbot_sdk/scanbot_sdk.dart' as ScanbotSdk;. Please check example app and documentation for more details.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Default set of params applied for all RTU-UI scanner configs if not specified explicitly.
    • Added dart library dart:collections v.1.17.1 to the internal usage of scanbot_sdk, json_annotation dependency updated to 4.8.1, environment:sdk tool to >=2.17.0 <4.0.0.
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 2.3.1-Beta4 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native android Scanbot SDK to 2.3.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.12.1 (9 June 2023)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed a crash in the iOS Classic components for when the scanners were closed multiple times.

Version 2.12.0 (8 May 2023)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Added IATA_2_OF_5, INDUSTRIAL_2_OF_5 and CODE_25 barcode formats to BarcodeFormat.
    • Added property recognitionConfidenceValue to McPatientInfoField.
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Improved behavior of Classic UI components for asynchronous communication with the native SDK.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Changed structure of MedicalCertificateRecognizerResult:
      • McInfoBoxSubType renamed to MedicalCertificateCheckBoxType.
      • McPatientInfoFieldType renamed to MedicalCertificatePatientInfoFieldType.
      • MedicalCertificateInfoBox type split into MedicalCertificatePatientInfoField and MedicalCertificateCheckBox.
      • MedicalCertificateInfoBox.patientInfoFields property now available as MedicalCertificateInfoBox.patientInfoBox.patientInfoFields.
      • DateRecord.validationConfidenceValue removed.
    • Removed parameter decodeStacks1D. The decoding of stacked barcodes is now handled automatically.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 2.2.0 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 2.2.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.11.0 (27 March 2023)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Introduced Classical Components for the Medical Certificate Scanner that allow you to build your own flexible and fully customizable UI for Scanning German Medical Certificates. Use the classes MedicalCertificateScannerCamera and ScanbotCameraController to build a custom document scanner UI.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 2.0.0 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 2.0.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.10.1 (20 January 2023)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Introduced Classical Components for Cropping Page that allow you to build your own flexible and fully customizable UI for cropping Page Objects. Use the classes ScanbotCroppingWidget and CroppingController to build a custom cropping UI.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Renamed DetectionResult to DetectionStatus
    • Renamed FinderInsets to Insets
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed enableCameraButtonTitle and enableCameraExplanationText in EHIC and MRZ Scanners
    • Fixed image saving for classical document scanner on android

Version 2.10.0 (17 November 2022)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Introduced Classical Components for Document Scanning that allow you to build your own flexible and fully customizable UI for the document scanner. Use the classes DocumentScannerCamera, DocumentCameraLiveDetector, and ScanbotCameraController to build a custom document scanner UI.
    • Added GS1 barcode document to BarcodeDocumentFormat.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Changed file location of Barcode Scanner and Batch Barcode Scanner related classes.
    • Renamed AcceptedDocumentFormat to BarcodeDocumentFormat
    • Renamed CameraOrientationMode to OrientationLockMode
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 1.29.0 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 1.96.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.9.1 (28 September 2022)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed compatibility issues with Xcode 14 (build error)
    • Fixed compatibility issues with Kotlin 1.7.10 (build error)

Version 2.9.0 (22 June 2022)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Introduced Classical Components for Barcode Scanning that allow you to build your own flexible and fully customizable UI for the barcode scanner. Use the classes BarcodeScannerCamera, BarcodeCameraLiveDetector and ScanbotCameraController to build a custom scanner UI.
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Improved 1D barcode recognition
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 1.27.1 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 1.94.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.8.3 (31 May 2022)​

  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Updated README

Version 2.8.2 (31 May 2022)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed compatibility issues with Flutter v3.0.1+

Versions 2.8.1 (16 March 2022)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed LicenseExpirationDate: Invalid date format.

Version 2.8.0 (8 March 2022)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Introduced the Generic Document Recognizer, providing the ability to scan various types of documents, including German ID cards, German passports and German driver's licenses
    • Added detectBarcodesOnImages in ScanbotSdk for detecting barcodes on multiple still images.
    • Android: Added useCameraX in ScanbotSdkConfig. You can now enable CameraX under the hood.
    • Android: Added allowXnnpackAcceleration in ScanbotSdkConfig which allows controlling whether the XNN pack optimizations should be used.
    • Android: Added allowGpuAcceleration in ScanbotSdkConfig which enables GPU acceleration for TensorFlow ML models.
    • Added the ability to disable auto-focus by locking the lens at the specified lens position. See minFocusDistance in BarcodeScannerConfiguration and BatchBarcodeScannerConfiguration
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Improved Aztec barcode recognition.
    • Improved PDF417 recognition performance on single photos.
    • Improved barcode detection on large documents.
    • Improved GS-1 databar recognition in the next-gen barcode scanner.
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed LicenseExpirationDate returning the incorrect time.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Renamed detectBarcodeFromImageFile parameter to detectBarcodesOnImage
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 1.24.1 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 1.91.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.7.0 (3 Dec 2021)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Added createPageFromBytes function to create a page object without storing a temporary image object outside the SDK
    • Added support for AcceptedDocumentFormats in BarcodeScannerConfiguration, BatchBarcodeScannerConfiguration and detectBarcodeFromImageFile
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Significant performance improvements for all scanners
  • 🚙 Under the hood
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 1.21.2 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 1.89.1 (cf. changelog)
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fixed CroppingResult.error() return for CroppingResult object in the page cropping component

Version 2.6.0 (23 Jul 2021)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Brand new "Next Generation" machine-learning-based barcode scanning engine with improved reliability and much faster performance
    • API changes for the new barcode engine: added engineMode property of type EngineMode on barcode scanning APIs - BarcodeScannerConfiguration and BatchBarcodeScannerConfiguration to switch between the legacy barcode engine and the new Next Generation barcode engine. By default, the new engine is used.
    • Added the new cameraZoomFactor property in BarcodeScannerConfiguration for configuring the zoom level of the camera.
    • Added support for MSI Plessey barcodes.
  • 🚙 Under the hood
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 1.19.3 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 1.85.1 (cf. changelog)
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Removed enableHighSensitivityMode property on BarcodeScanner, because it is no longer needed

Version 2.5.0 (2 Jun 2021)​

Version 2.4.1 (1 Apr 2021)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • iOS: Fixed a mapping issue of the config parameter flashButtonHidden in the Document Scanner.

Version 2.4.0 (30 Mar 2021)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Add null safety support for the SDK.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Due to null safety support update please follow compilation issues and warnings from 'flutter analyze' command
    • Updated minimum dart sdk to 2.12.0-0 and flutter to 2.0.1

Version 2.3.0 (11 Mar 2021)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Encryption for images, PDF, and TIFF files, generated by the SDK. For more details please check out the section Storage Encryption.
    • Blur estimation feature. See the new API function estimateBlurOnPage.
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • iOS: Multiple UI fixes for barcode scanners.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 1.14.0 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 1.80.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.2.2 (16 Feb 2021)​

  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Android compileSdkVersion is set to 30
    • Increase flutter min support version to 1.22.6
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Fix compilation for compileSdkVersion 30 for android

Version 2.2.1 (12 Feb 2021)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Added missing permission text properties enableCameraButtonTitle and enableCameraExplanationText to DocumentScannerConfiguration

Version 2.2.0 (12 Feb 2021)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • Batch Barcode Scanner - a new RTU-UI screen component to scan multiple barcodes in a row. See the new API function startBatchBarcodeScanner.
    • Added barcode detection from still images, see detectBarcodeFromImageFile.
    • New result field BarcodeItem.rawBytes that contains the raw bytes from the scanned barcode.
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Replaced finderAspectRatio parameter with finderWidth and finderHeight in BarcodeScannerConfiguration and MrzScannerConfiguration.
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Updated the native Android Scanbot SDK to 1.77.2 (cf. changelog)
    • Updated the native iOS Scanbot SDK to 1.13.0 (cf. changelog)

Version 2.1.0 (15 Dec 2020)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • iOS: Introduced a new API method refreshImageUris(pages) to fix image file paths after app updates. For more details please check out the section Persistence of Page Objects.
    • iOS: Fixed de-/serialization of the property Page.detectionStatus.

Version 2.0.1 (28 Nov 2020)​

  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • iOS: Swift 5 support

Version 2.0.0 (30 Oct 2020)​

  • 🎉 New:
    • A new Machine Learning based approach for document detection. See the new SDK initialization parameter documentDetectorMode.
    • Barcode Scanner: Added barcode data parsers for several document types. See the new result field BarcodeItem.formattedResult as well as the corresponding implementations of BarcodeFormattedResult.
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Android: Some big improvements in the Document Scanner UI that make document scanning perform better and much smoother. Decreased start-up time of the camera preview. Faster saving of the snapped pages. Optimized performance of the image processing for simple operations (rotate, crop, resize).
    • Barcode Scanner: Multi-barcode scan support!
  • ⚠️ Breaking Changes:
    • Android: Migrated to Android embedding v2
    • Android: Raised minSdkVersion to 21
    • iOS: Dropped support for iOS 9 and iOS 10!
  • 🚙 Under the hood:
    • Upgraded the native Scanbot Android SDK to v1.74.0 (cf. changelog)
    • Upgraded the native Scanbot iOS SDK to v1.11.6 (cf. changelog)

Version 1.1.4 (29 Sep 2020)​

  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • iOS: Changed presenter logic for all Scanbot SDK RTU-UI screens.

Version 1.1.3 (27 Aug 2020)​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • iOS: Fixed a mapping issue of the config parameter doneButtonTitle in Cropping UI.

Version 1.1.2 (28 May 2020):​

  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • OperationResult.CANCELED when the user presses cancel in any Scanbot UI screen component

Version 1.1.1 (13 May 2020):​

  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • Android: Fixed a bug with mappings of OCR language data files (zh-Hans and zh-Hant to chi_sim.traineddata and chi_tra.traineddata).

Version 1.1.0 (9 Dec 2019):​

  • 🎉 New:
  • 🚀 Improvements:
    • Improved OCR API. The OCR results now contain bounding boxes and values of recognized words, lines and paragraphs. See the API docs of OcrResult.pages for more details.
  • 🐞 Bug fixes:
    • iOS: Fixed file URI handling in the native implementation of the createPage() method.

Version 1.0.0 (6 Nov 2019):​

  • 🎉 First release.

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