With Zxing retiring for iOS, which barcode-scanner to switch to?

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user1354603 picture user1354603 · Nov 22, 2013 · Viewed 28.1k times · Source

I have implemented ZXing to my iOS-app, however I am questioning it's maintainability as not long ago it was announced that ZXing to iOS is retiring:

Retiring C++, Objective C code

I've also read that there might be compatibility issues with the newer phones iPhone 5S..

Also running Xcode's static code analysis on the Zxing-library reveals memory errors, I'm not sure if these errors are false positive or not, but they make me doubt Zxing even more. Further, the performance of Zxing compared to other barcode scanners feels subpar.

So my question is, what is the best alternative? I hear a lot of good stuff about Zbar, however I'm not sure how updated it is either.

Answer

Max MacLeod picture Max MacLeod · Nov 22, 2013

iOS 7 SDK now includes a QR code reader, AVCaptureMetaDataOutput. You can read about it at i​OS 7 NSHipster.

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