Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[43.0.0] - 2023-02-17

Build Information

  • Anyline

    • Android SDK: 43.1.0

    • iOS SDK: 43.0.0

  • Microsoft Visual Studio For Mac: 17.3.7

  • Xamarin

    • Android: 13.0

    • iOS: 14.6.0

  • Xcode Version: 14.2

  • NuGet Version: 6.2.2

Breaking Changes

This release introduces fundamental changes & improvements to how the Anyline SDK works. To upgrade from a prior SDK version to version 43.0.0, check out the migration guide.
Document Scanner Support Dropped

As of Anyline v43, the Document Scanner plugin has been removed and the feature will no longer be supported.

Android

Added

  • Added PluginResult for describing result data

    • Added a type of plugin result for each scanning capability

  • [Tire] Added tire size specification fields to the result

  • [Barcode] Added AAMVA parsing for PDF417 codes on driving licenses

  • [ID] Restructured ID results in a way that every field can contain date- & multi-language information

Changed

  • Changed the SDK architecture from one using inheritance & generics to a composition-based approach

    • Instead of distinctive subclasses such as MeterScanViewPlugin, IDScanViewPlugin, etc. the SDK offers an ScanViewPlugin class regardless of the scanning use case

  • Changed the structure of how scanning use-cases are constructed through JSON

  • Introduced configuration types for every scanning use-case with a corresponding result type

Deprecated

  • Because of the fundamental nature of changes, there are no deprecations to list for this version.

iOS

Added

  • Added ALPluginConfig for describing configuration data

    • Added a type of configuration for each scanning capability

  • Added ALPluginResult for describing result data

    • Added a type of plugin result for each scanning capability

  • [Tire] Added tire size specification fields to the result

  • [Barcode] Added AAMVA parsing for PDF417 codes on driving licenses

  • [ID] Restructured ID results in a way that every field can contain date- & multi-language information

Changed

  • Changed the SDK architecture from one using inheritance & generics to a composition-based approach

    • Instead of distinctive subclasses such as ALMeterScanViewPlugin, ALIDScanViewPlugin, etc. the SDK offers an ALScanViewPlugin class regardless of the scanning use case

  • Changed the structure of how scanning use-cases are constructed through JSON

  • Introduced configuration types for every scanning use-case with a corresponding result type

Improved

  • Added ScanViewFactory class targetting the most common use cases

  • Cleaned up public interface: also, added memberwise initializers to XXXConfig classes

  • Made additional improvements to stability

Deprecated

  • Because of the fundamental nature of changes, there are no deprecations to list for this version.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • startScanDelay does not work at the moment.