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)