0.1 (09 Nov 2007) - Initial release 0.1.1 (11 Nov 2007) - Fixed bug decoding version 0 QR Codes - Now default zoom is 2.5x in Java ME client 0.1.2 (28 Nov 2007) - Issue 11 fixed: Build problems on Windows - Can now build "ZXingReaderBasic" which does not require JSR-234 - Issue 14 fixed: release .zip builds into one directory 0.1.3 (7 Dec 2007) - Unit test for QR Code decoding - Added EAN-13 support - Now builds with class file format version 1.2 -- may solve some compatibility issues? - Fixed obfuscation step bug causing NoClassDefFoundError 0.1.4 (13 Dec 2007) - Added Blackberry client build script -- does not yet work - Big change to handling of content of barcodes: - com.google.zxing.client.result moved from core-ext to core - Rewritten for J2ME - core-ext removed - J2ME client now uses this code for better parsing/handling of results 0.2 (07 Jan 2008) - Few small bug fixes in AlignmentPatternFinder, MultiFormatReader (thank K. Kakima, Andreas) - LCDUIImageMonochromeBitmapSource now public - Notably improved decoding for Basic version -- Regular version still your best bet if you can run it though 0.2.1 (16 Jan 2008) - Slight tweaks and enhancements to decode and runtime performance of UPCDecoder - Added black-box test suites against a known set of images (Thanks to Enrique G. S. for additional images) 0.2.2 (22 Jan 2008) - Now includes junit locally to build tests - Fixed "MIDlet" name in MANIFEST.MF, which may solve some problems - Friendlier error message when barcode can't be found 0.3 (04 Feb 2008) - Major refactoring of 1D barcode decoding - Added support for UPC-E, EAN-8 - Also added Code 39, Code 128 support -- may need refinement - Now any "game" key triggers photo capture - Workaround implemented for Nokias that use "capture://image" in MMAPI - UPC codes now trigger lookup to upcdatabase.com 0.4 (15 Feb 2008) - First release of Android client -- only guaranteed to work with "M3" builds so far. - Major reorganization of current test cases and data - Worked around ProGuard issue with paths with spaces on Windows - Phones that don't like FocusControl.AUTO_LOCK won't cause an error now - Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in 1D barcode decoders - Worked around "java.lang.Error 136" from Nokia N70 (?) - Fixed bug in Shift_JIS detection and implemented basic UTF-8 detection for nonstandard QR Codes that don't use ISO-8859-1 0.4.5 (22 Feb 2008) - Checked in first minimal working Blackberry client. Still quite crude. - Fixed UTF-8 detection again - Refactored Reed-Solomon to allow different GF(256) primitive polynomials, in preparation for Data Matrix - Slight improvement to 1D decoding accuracy, most noticeable in improvements to Code 128 decoding - Bug fix in Code39Reader -- typo in encoding of letter "I" and "0" - Bug fix in 1D readers -- error in counting black/white pixel counts in certain situations - Now supports Extended Code 39 - Tiny bug fix to QRCodeReader for images that extend all the way to top or left - Android client now builds with ProGuard optimization 0.5 (05 Mar 2008) - Improvement in QR Code decoding accuracy on non-JSR-234 phones - Supports "URLTO" data in barcodes. - Restructured ParsedReaderResult parsing code to not use so many exceptions, for more efficiency. - "TRY_HARDER" decoding hint now supported. Will do more work in some cases to find an image, such as scan for 1D barcodes at a right angle and backwards. Only recommended for non-mobile applications. - Result now indicates the format of the decoded barcode with a BarcodeFormat instance - More intelligent handling of POSSIBLE_FORMATS decoding hint - Fixed sub-optimal handling of EAN-13 barcodes which encode a string starting with "0". These are now returned as a full 13-digit string from EAN13Reader, but will continue to be construed as 12-digit UPC-A codes from the MultiFormatReader. - A host of small bug fixes, including bug in Version 25 QR Code support - A round of code cleanup and refactoring from IntelliJ inspections 0.5.5 (12 Mar 2008) - Revert change that rejected BufferedImage of type TYPE_CUSTOM in javase - Now supports KDDI/AU / Softbank address book format - Now can read Android "Intent" URIs (Android only) - Modest improvements to efficiency of J2ME client: shorter autofocus, better use of threads - First checkin of Data Matrix decoder code. Not yet enabled in reader applications. - "Result" object now returns raw bytes decoded; maybe useful in some cases - More unit tests for common code, EAN-8, UPC-E 0.6 (28 Mar 2008) - Updated android client to work on latest M5 SDK; M3-compatiable version preserved in android-m3 - Added tel: URL support to clients - Added geo: URL support; only enabled for Android client so far - Added initial support for short NDEF messages, but not yet enabled - Bug fix to corner-case of perspective transformation code - Now attempts to configure camera's exposure controls if available - Fixed rotation transform used in "try harder" mode; result did not contain the whole image - "Try harder" mode tries 2D formats first to avoid false positives in detailed search for 1D codes, in some cases - More aggressive inlining by ProGuard, notable performance boost - Small Reed-Solomon optimizations for 0- and 1-error case - Refactored GridSampler out into common package for use by Data Matrix - GridSampler now smarter about bounds checking and point nudging; should avoid some ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException issues - More unit tests 0.7 (5 May 2008) - Added support for MobileTag message formats - Added source to zxing.org - Significant work on Android clients, including UI overhaul and continuous scan mode - Bug fix: ResultPoints from 1D barcodes were wrong - SKIP_N_BARCODES hint now gone, and associated logic has been transferred to individual project users, as it is fairly app-specific at this point and is beginning to complicate the core library. We can help other users who need this functionality on a case-by-case basis. - Bug fix in AddressBookAUParsedResult parsing - Possible workaround for NoSuchMethodError on Nokias - New shell of an iPhone client committed - ... and other assorted small improvements and fixes 0.8 (16 Jun 2008) - FinderPatternFinder now isn't fooled by false-positive finder patterns in some rare cases - Added SMSTO: support, expanded mailto: support to include subject and body params - Now should properly unescape URLs in appropriate cases; better handling of mailto: and tel: URIs (won't get modified by the library) - Optimized 1D decoding to use integer math - Small bug fix / improvement in BlackPointEstimator's estimates - 1D decoding now applies a light sharpening filter - Refactored and simplified MonochromeBitmapSource implementations - Removed android-m3/ directory, no longer in active development. The current Android client remains in android/ (M5 SDK) - Restored ability to read upside-down 1D codes without try-harder mode - Added a crude GUI-based decoder to javase/, for the interested - core/ is now independent of MIDP; only requires CLDC 1.1 - Added optimized build of core library - Unit tests now use local copies of images 0.9 (11 July 2008) - First draft of iPhone client committed - core module now built in a way that makes it function as an OSGi bundle, and also supports deployment in BugLabs's BUG platform. - Added client for BUG platform courtesy of buglabs.net - Big refactoring of com.google.zxing.client.result to separate idea of result parser from result value objects - Added basic vCard 2.1 support - Added basic BIZCARD format support - Added basic iCal format support - Added new calendar event parsed result type - Fewer false positives in 1D detectors, notably Code 39 and Code 128; new unit tests for false positives - Now parses and tries to act on ECI designators in QR Codes - Merged "basic" and "regular" J2ME readers into one unified app that should work on platforms with and without JSR-234 support - Removed dependence on Ant 1.7 (1.6 needed now) - Web application at zxing.org now shows raw bytes - Far more black box tests - Assorted small bug fixes 1.0 (12 September 2008) - All new RIM client from LifeMarks - Initial Data Matrix detector included - New and much improved Android 0.9-SDK compatible Android client - Better 1D detection, especially UPC-E, due to loosened quite zone checks - URIParsedResult now tries to warn about malicious URIs - New parser for ISBNs - New QR code blackbox images 1.1 (22 October 2008) - First public release of iPhone client called Barcodes - Completely new multi-action Android client UI, released as Barcode Scanner v2.3 - Code 128 parsing fixes - Dozens of new blackbox test images - Many small core library parsing improvements and bug fixes - Improved quiet zone enforcement which reduces false positives significantly - Better calendar event and MECARD support - Compatibility with the Android 1.0 SDK - Added androidtest app for testing intents and capturing blackbox test images 1.2 (23 December 2008) - New Android benchmark application to time decoding performance - Dramatic performance improvements for worst case images (up to 2x faster) - Expanded blackbox unit tests with many new test images - Many small decoding improvements and bug fixes - New Share functionality in the Android client which encodes contacts, bookmarks, or the clipboard contents as a QR Code for a friend to scan with their phone - Locale-specific Android client which picks the right TLD when connecting to Google - Support for Furigana in the Android client, and better parsing of Kanji in core - Added the ability to import and export multiple phone numbers and emails for a single contact - Native QR Encoding added to the ZXing library - no need to send request to ChartServer - New ITF barcode format support from Kevin O'Sullivan at SITA - New HTML help system for the Android client - New web-based QR Code encoder at zxing.appspot.com based on GWT 1.3 (11 March 2009) - New C# port from Mohamad Fairol - ITF format scanning now on by default - Many new blackbox test images - Better QR Code detection - Better Android Intent handling - Improved email parsing - New Android Integration module to make life easier for third party ZXing users - More robust URI parsing - Many other small improvements and bug fixes 1.4 (26 Oct 2009) - Wider viewfinder in Android app to account for better close-range focus - More Android app translations: Spanish, Italian, Russian, French - Support for more devices, Cupcake, Donut - Worked around two important, related callback issues in Donut/Cupcake that stopped scanning - New custom search in Android app - New framework for evaluating the black point of an image - Many many small bug fixes, refactorings, small improvements, new versions of dependencies 1.5 (5 March 2010) - Android app: - Shopper integration - Tries to activate front light on some devices - Xperia et al. support with new screen sizes - Translations: Dutch, Swedish, Czech, Finnish - "Thinking" visualization - Updated C++ port, including new Data Matrix port - Updated C# port - Preliminary RSS-14 support - Reconceived support for various image sources and thresholding - Other small bug fixes and performance improvements 1.6 (20 Sept 2010) - Many, many updates to C++, Symbian, iPhone ports - RSS 14, Expanded support - Code 93 support - Codabar support - Data Matrix support reaches release quality - UPC/EAN +5 extension support - Android app: - Share history support - Bulk scan mode - Wi-fi configuration support - Format available in callback for web-based integration - Updated or new translations for: Hungarian, Danish, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch, Slovenian, Turkish - UI beautification - Added ability to detect multiple barcodes per image - Many small bug fixes and enhancements