Augmented reality (AR) enhances our physical environment by overlaying digital information in real time. This technology transforms traditional barcode scanning from a simple data capture task into an intuitive spatial experience. Imagine walking through a warehouse where AR markers precisely identify each item’s location, or managing hospital supplies with visual...

An IP camera, also known as a network camera, is a digital video tool that sends and receives data via the internet. Unlike its analogue predecessor, the CCTV (Closed Circuit TV), it offers the functionality to view live or recorded footage from anywhere, anytime using a web-based platform or mobile...

SwiftUI is a robust UI framework designed for constructing native applications across all Apple platforms. This article will guide you through developing an iOS QR code scanner utilizing SwiftUI and the Dynamsoft Barcode Reader on an Apple Silicon Mac (M1/M2/M3/M4). The v11 barcode SDK is distributed as a single bundle...

Jetpack Compose is Android’s recommended modern toolkit for building native UI. It simplifies and accelerates UI development on Android. In this article, we are going to create a QR code scanner to demonstrate how to use Dynamsoft Barcode Reader and Dynamsoft Camera Enhancer in Jetpack Compose. What you’ll build: a...

You can read barcodes and QR codes from video files on Android in two ways: decode frames while the video plays, or grab every frame with FFmpeg and decode it offline. This article builds a Kotlin app that records videos with CameraX and then reads barcodes from the recorded files...

Although almost every Android phone is equipped with cameras, some Android devices, like TV boxes and kiosks, may not have cameras built-in. An easy way to add extra camera functionality to these devices is by connecting with a USB camera if they support USB-OTG. Starting from Android 9, the Android...

The market offers numerous QR code tools and SDKs, but not all are created equal. For Android development, Google ML Kit is a popular and free option, providing reliable support for general QR code detection. However, it falls short when it comes to high-density QR code detection. On the other...

You can build an Android barcode scanner with CameraX by combining its preview and image-analysis use cases with Dynamsoft Barcode Reader for decoding: CameraX delivers the camera frames, and the Capture Vision engine (com.dynamsoft:barcodereaderbundle:11.6.2000) decodes barcodes from the NV21 frame buffer. Camera control and barcode reading are the two essential...