Highlighting barcodes with the Custom UI AR Overlay on Flutter

Overview

The AR Overlay can be enabled to display and select recognized barcodes in an augmented-reality fashion. Each recognized barcode will be highlighted by a colored frame and text.

Tapping on a barcode will deliver the barcode scanning result to the delegate of the barcode scanner. These tapped/delivered barcodes can be highlighted with a different color. The displayed text is customizable.

To enable the AR Overlay, the following setup is required:

AR Overlay

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See full example on GitHub

RTU AR Overlay

The AR Overlay is also part of the SDK's Ready-to-Use UI Components.

AR Overlay scanning modes

Displaying an extra layer of information in the live view is useful for a range of scanning use cases. Take a look at the following use cases supporting the AR Overlay:

• Multi Scan: Quickly scan multiple barcodes in one go, highlighting scanned codes.
• Select Scan: Selectively capture barcodes by tapping them.

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