Release Notes for Android SDK - 9.x

9.2.10 (06/28/2022)

Version Highlights

• Barcode boundary-seeking algorithm is refactored to improve stability.
• Pharmacode decoding is optimized to improve accuracy.
• The function of device-alias is added to allow users to give each device a readable name. For end-users and administrators, this makes it more friendly to distinguish between devices about license usage statistics.

Changelog

New

• Added a new method setDeviceFriendlyName to set a human-readable name that identifies the device.
• Added a new interface ImageSource. It act as an adapter that transfer image data from external resources to the format that can be recognized by the Barcode Reader. The following APIs are available for users to reduce the code complexity when working with ImageSource:
  • setImageSource: Set ImageSource as the source of image data.
  • startScanning: Start obaining image from the ImageSource continuously.
  • stopScanning: Stop obtaining image from the ImageSource.
  • TextResultListener: The protocol that includes a callback method for users to receive decoded barcode results when decoding from the ImageSource.
• Added a new methods setMinImageReadingInterval to set a minimum interval between two barcode decoding.

9.0.2 (05/26/2022)

New

• Added the following property/Method to iImageData class:
  • toBitmap: The method that can convert the ImageData to a Bitmap.
  • orientation: The property that indicates the orientation of the image.

Changed

• Changed getVersion from a dynamic method to a static method. The format of the return value is changed as well.

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that TextResult might not be returned in TextResultCallback

9.0.1 (04/20/2022)

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that might offset the position of highlight overlays on the decoded barcodes when used together with DynamsoftCameraEnhancer.

9.0.0 (03/22/2022)

Highlights

• Simplified the license activation steps. Different license activation APIs are integrated into initLicense method.
• Added support for Pharmacode.
• Added support for Code 11, a 1D format.
• Deformation resisting modes DRM_BROAD_WARP, DRM_LOCAL_REFERENCE and DRM_DEWRINKLE are optimized and detached from DRM_GENERAL. Users can specify a more effective deformation resisting mode when processing QRCode and DataMatrix codes.
• Optimized the confidence scoring system for PDF417 codes.

Changelog

New

• Added BF_CODE_11 under enumeration EnumBarcodeFormat to specify newly supported barcode format, Code 11. The enumeration value of BF_ONED and BF_ALL are updated as well.
• Added BF2_PHARMACODE_ONE_TRACK, BF2_PHARMACODE_TWO_TRACK and BF2_PHARMACODE under enumeration EnumBarcodeFormat_2. to specify newly supported barcode format, Pharmacode.
• Added a new error code DBRERR_PHARMACODE_LICENSE_INVALID which will be returned when the license of Pharmacode is invalid.
• Added DRM_BROAD_WARP, DRM_Landroid_apiAL_REFERENCE and DRM_DEWRINKLE under enumeration EnumDeformationResistingMode to apply new deformation resisting modes.
• Added a parameter FormatSpecification.VerifyCheckDigit.
• Added new argument ConfidenceThreshold to the Landroid_apializationModes mode arguments.
• Added static method BarcodeReader.initLicense to replace legacy license activation APIs. The new method will support both online and offline licenses.
• Added interface DBRLicenseVerificationListener to get license verification callback when using BarcodeReader.initLicense.
• Added interface TextResultListener.
• Added interface IntermediateResultListener.
• Added the following image decoding methods. The parameter templateName is not required in the new methods.
  • BarcodeReader.decodeBuffer
  • BarcodeReader.decodeFile
  • BarcodeReader.decodeFileInMemory
  • BarcodeReader.decodeBase64String
  • BarcodeReader.decodeBufferedImage
  • BarcodeReader.decodeIntermediateResults

Fixed

• Fixed a bug that might cause a crash when using multiple threads for barcode decoding.

Deprecated

• The following license activation APIs are deprecated and will be removed in 10.0 release:
  • Class DMDLSConnectionParameters
  • Interface DBRServerLicenseVerificationListener
  • Interface DBRDLSLicenseVerificationListener
  • Enumeration EnumDMChargeWay
  • Enumeration EnumDMLicenseModule
  • Enumeration EnumDMUUIDGenerationMethod
  • Enumeration EnumProduct
  • Method BarcodeReader.initLicenseFromServer
  • Method BarcodeReader.initLicenseFromLicenseContent
  • Method BarcodeReader.initLicenseFromDLS
  • Method BarcodeReader.outputLicenseToString
• The image decoding methods with parameter templateName are deprecated
  • BarcodeReader.decodeBuffer
  • BarcodeReader.decodeFile
  • BarcodeReader.decodeFileInMemory
  • BarcodeReader.decodeBase64String
  • BarcodeReader.decodeBufferedImage
  • BarcodeReader.decodeIntermediateResults
• Interface TextResultCallback is deprecated.
• Interface IntermediateResultCallback is deprecated.

Breaking Changes

• Configurations of the preset templates are changed.
  • Changed the configurations of EnumPresetTemplate.DEFAULT to EnumPresetTemplate.VIEDE_SINGLE_BARCODE.
  • Added template EnumPresetTemplate.IMAGE_DEFAULT to store the legacy configurations of EnumPresetTemplate.DEFAULT.
• Removed legacy video barcode decoding APIs
  • Class DCESettingParameters
  • Class FrameDecodingParameters
  • Enumeration EnumClarityCalculationMethod
  • Enumeration EnumClarityFilterMode
  • Interface ErrorCallback
  • Method BarcodeReader.SetCameraEnhancerParam
  • Method BarcodeReader.StartCameraEnhancer
  • Method BarcodeReader.StopCameraEnhancer
  • Method BarcodeReader.PauseCameraEnhancer
  • Method BarcodeReader.ResumeCameraEnhancer
  • Method BarcodeReader.startFrameDecoding
  • Method BarcodeReader.startFrameDecodingEx
  • Method BarcodeReader.appendFrame
  • Method BarcodeReader.setErrorCallback
  • Method BarcodeReader.stopFrameDecoding
  • Method BarcodeReader.initFrameDecodingParameters
  • Method BarcodeReader.getLenghtOfFrameQueue
• Removed the following legacy license activation APIs
  • Interface DMLTSConnectionParameters
  • Protocol DBRLTSLicenseVerificationListener
  • Method initLicenseFromLTS