Release 5.1.1

5.1.1 (2026-07-17)

✨ Features

• Implement focus(…, { adaptiveness: 'locked' }) on Android (7e7ae70)
• Upgrade CameraX to 1.7.0-alpha02 (#4068) (3b46a05)

💨 Performance Improvements

• Use official CameraX PRIVATE ImageReader implementation (59e1d41)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix getSupportedResolutions('photo') throwing on some Androids (#4077) (391d765)
• Remove ListenableFuture workaround (dd68d69)
• Use official HardwareBuffer CameraX APIs (3c6a364)

Release 5.1.0

5.1.0 (2026-07-01)

✨ Features

• Add scanCodesInImage(...) to scan static Images via Barcode Scanner (#3995) (3106137)
• Add support for passing declarative position to Camera Device configuration (#4057) (be75cce), closes #4059
• Better useCameraDevice(...) including default Cameras (#4053) (38140ce)
• Properly report YUV range (-full or -video) on Android (#4034) (fd23573)
• Support getDefaultCamera('external') on Android too (#4056) (e26489f)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Add timeout for metering tasks (#3972) (dbe1c23)
• Check white balance mode support before metering (#3976) (da5cc3b)
• Don't start zoom animation if we are already on that exact zoom value (#3988) (e226a61)
• Fix getDefaultCamera('external') not returning external Cameras (#4040) (98bcf42)
• Fix saveToFileAsync(...) accidentally applying orientation twice (#4043) (f6f21c5)
• Fix connections not being removed (#4065) (faefaa8)
• Fix react-native patch for IPv6 Harness that crashed since RN upgrade (#3970) (31e2927)
• Fix unknown Pixel Formats (specifically rgb) (#4064) (db81a6c)
• Improve hasPixelBuffer correctness (#3930) (cf1a2f5)
• Make continuity Camera Devices external too (#4039) (081aabc)
• Observe metering state before requesting changes (#3974) (a6b909c)
• Observe zoom ramp before starting animation (#3975) (5cd7a36)
• Serialize metering KVO updates on queue (#3977) (e8eda52)
• Treat ERROR_SOURCE_INACTIVE as a successful recording finish (don't discard a valid file) (#4042) (7870330)

📚 Documentation

• Add "Production Apps" section (#4004) (08954c2)
• Add 96x96 favicon (#4010) (95de720)
• Add comparison to react-native-data-scanner library (#4006) (63cc72c)
• Add GolfDaddy to showcase (4ccff4e)
• add Locket app (#4041) (7e369fb)
• Add Margelo icon link (#4024) (84f0f1c)
• Add missing og description (#4008) (e0edc0c)
• Add more apps to showcase (#4054) (0deb035)
• Add more apps to showcase (#4066) (f0b1098)
• Add ShadowLens (203042d)
• Add VisionCamera vs expo-camera section (#3994) (6adf47b)
• Adjust SEO desc (da584e9)
• Fix code ellipsis ligature (#3987) (48da41b)
• Fix edit app URL (511d99c)
• fix incorrect API examples and default in camera docs (#4030) (bd631bc)
• Fix SEO (#4007) (0ee4396)
• Frame Output is now Frame Processors (47c784d)
• In-memory Photo capture (5d1c947)
• No subtitle (4197e45)
• Simpler README (5e8f75b)
• Update reference to resolveConstraints method (9f862db)
• Update wording (b1abad9)
• Update wording about still images (62f70d3)
• Use Google forms link for submitting apps to showcase (2c9261d)

Release 5.0.11

5.0.11 (2026-05-27)

✨ Features

• Add Frame.hasPixelBuffer and Frame.hasNativeBuffer (#3928) (efdc142)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Allow single cameras in supportedMultiCamDeviceCombinations (#3927) (bacb7a1)
• Bump CI timeout (eb98a32)
• Close HardwareBuffer Java ref (#3904) (f658097)
• Fix ByteBuffer reading from stale offset by rewinding it before reading (#3921) (f160f0a)
• Fix start()/stop() not being awaitable on Android (#3901) (c4f9dba)
• Fix video not having .mp4 file extension (#3914) (f870e6f)
• Make Future.await() truly async via listeners instead of a blocked parked Dispatcher (#3911) (5a07d7a)

Release 5.0.10

5.0.10 (2026-05-19)

✨ Features

• Add CameraPhotoOutput.prepareSettings(...) (#3877) (26b15f7)
• Add currentResolution to CameraOutput (#3865) (400d714)
• Add supportsTorchStrength, minTorchStrength, maxTorchStrength and enableTorchWithStrength(...) (#3854) (5413634)
• Add support for specifying a custom video path (#3844) (f86399e)

💨 Performance Improvements

• Mark Swift implementation classes final (#3888) (4284a26)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Add missing super.dispose() call to dispose() implementations (#3884) (0361057)
• Allow memoized arrays at max length (#3889) (b391840)
• Dispose LocationManager (#3893) (6cbe3c7)
• Dispose Recorder (#3892) (9bb71e3)
• Fix ByteBuffer not being rewinded for ExifInterface save (#3846) (628f111)
• Fix InterfaceOrientationManager not properly unsubscribing on Android (#3882) (60544d1)
• Fix onDepthFrame callback not being registered on Android (#3883) (7b1c66d)
• Fix VideoOutput size selection being too strict about aspect ratio (#3873) (caa4b04)
• Fix coordinate system converters (convertCameraPointToViewPoint(...)) (#3874) (12bad17)
• import resolved Promise extension on Android (132b8c4)
• Make useCamera(...) reactive to device changes (#3890) (3980a0e)
• Report unsupported photo delegate callbacks instead of fatalError(...) (#3891) (cf2070f)
• Return file paths from recorders instead of URL (#3894) (46240f1)
• Safely quit threads and make nullable in PRIVATE + DEPTH ImageReaderProxy (a833a25)
• Torch strength does not return 0 (ed00b3d)
• Treat RECOVERABLE Errors as interruptions only (#3866) (78839e7)
• Use quality prioritization quality for max res test (1d23294)

📚 Documentation

• Add usage examples to outputs (#3852) (af5fa44)
• Make callable members with args reflect (...) (#3851) (4f95297)

Release 5.0.9

5.0.9 (2026-05-05)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix app crashing when proguard is enabled (#3835) (ef09ba9)
• Fix iOS <15 crash in photo capture (isHighResolutionPhotoEnabled) (#3836) (174d2ed)
• Fix Swift 6 compiler crash in HybridBarcodeScannerOutput.swift (#3832) (6f2374f)

📚 Documentation

• Refine docs for multi-cam a bit (25eb7cb)

Release 5.0.8

5.0.8 (2026-04-28)

✨ Features

• Add supportedMultiCamDeviceCombinations (#3817) (2179030)
• Add supportedMultiCamDeviceCombinations (with fixed nitrogen __element) (#3821) (8da5b00), closes #3820

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix NullPointerException in acquireLatestImage() for PRIVATE ImageReaderProxy (#3811) (2986ad2)
• Fix Barcode Formats being ignored by wrong union(..) Swift usage (#3808) (e68ad3a)

📚 Documentation

• Heading (6bb7af1)
• Separate headings for multi-cam docs (5d1259c)

Release 5.0.7

5.0.7 (2026-04-27)

✨ Features

• Add maxDuration and maxFileSize to Recorder (#3784) (ffc0770)
• Add RecordingFinishedReason (#3786) (16448a5)
• Proper Harness tests (#3793) (f77dcc4)

💨 Performance Improvements

• Cache GitHub workflows even more (#3791) (baaad17)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Better typed CommonResolutions + CommonDynamicRanges (#3792) (350cfb4)
• Fix invalidAVFileType error by not using MIME type (#3783) (4a203b9)
• Make BarcodeScannerOutput final & remove nested class (#3789) (12d77d1), closes #3785
• Run Android Harness tests on a physical AWS Device Farm Phone (#3790) (c2dde33)
• Set sessionPreset to .inputPriority as we always manage formats (#3798) (14e1874)

📚 Documentation

• Add backlinks for hasFlash and hasTorch (3d88366)
• Add more API documentation (#3780) (c5a7d54)
• Add note about persistent video outputs in recorder interruptions (cba8d5d)
• Add proper docs for recorder max file size / duration (#3788) (e9e6763)
• Codeblock for cancelRecording (6035046)

Release 5.0.6

5.0.6 (2026-04-23)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix ListenerSubscription import on Android (d60b2a6)

Release 5.0.5

5.0.5 (2026-04-23)

✨ Features

• Add onSubjectAreaChanged listener (#3778) (997c099)
• Allow configuring Video FileType (mp4 / mov) (#3774) (c68f111)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix Array.reduce not having an initial value and throwing (#3769) (d53a93a)
• Fix isActive not pausing after Host RESUME on Android (#3761) (3304687)
• Fix wrong name .quickTimeMovie (252cf6b)
• remove postinstall tsc hook (#3764) (677aaec), closes #3275
• Throw error if output/preview is connected to a different Camera Session (#3775) (3bfff14)

📚 Documentation

• Add JSON+LD data (#3763) (7e6b7a5)
• Add Margelo "Let's talk" widget (#3768) (35703bd)
• Add more docs for CameraProps (#3779) (8f8a8cf)
• Add note about getting current AE/AF/AWB values (a81ac15)
• Allow searching /api/ too (#3765) (a677e7e)
• Docs for useCamera (561745a)
• Fix missing language for code block (b342cb2)
• Make search more strict (#3766) (ac00232)
• Update "Reacting to subject area changes" in Locking AE/AF/AWB (0ca36f7)
• Update README (15212ae)

Release 5.0.4

5.0.4 (2026-04-21)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix iOS build by restoring UIImage.Orientation references after rename (#3757) (f24c79a), closes #3754