Thanks for the tip on Binary Eye. I've long used Barcode Scanner [0] from f-droid, which appears to be the origin of the "Zebra Crossing" scanner implementation

Thanks for the tip on Binary Eye. I've long used Barcode Scanner [0] from f-droid, which appears to be the origin of the "Zebra Crossing" scanner implementation Binary Eye uses. "Barcode Scanner" is now in maintenance mode, so it's good to have a migration path! Google really does its users a disservice by not simply providing a decent barcode scanner with AOSP. The lack of such a basic utility makes it so easy for users to install spyware in frustration just trying to accomplish the task (sort of like the early "flashlight apps"). I've long wondered why they decided to make this task so hard - it reminds me of their omission of video output on the Pixel phones, but in that case their motivations are clear (they want to force people to use Cast instead) - I seriously can't understand what their rationale is for making QR scanning difficult! [0] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.google.zxing.client.android/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.google.zxing.client.andr...