Green screen when reading EAN code
NicolasFR-45 opened this issue · comments
We use the zxing-js library to read barcodes on our website. It's convenient because the user doesn't need to download any app :)
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We are using the latest version 0.20.0 of Zxing.
For about 2 months we have noticed a bug since reading EANs on Chrome for Android (v. 115.0.5790.138): A green square is displayed instead of seeing the camera video (yet we hear the sound of the smartphone lens activate)
Yet with the same smartphone - but another browser - Sansung's Internet application (v. 22.0.1.1): barcode reading still works very well!
Google Chrome still has permission to enable smartphone camera.
I noticed that the problem is the same on another site that uses the same library.
I haven't had the opportunity to test on an iPhone. On my windows PC, everything works fine.
What can cause this green screen? Thank you for your help :)
Desktop:
- OS: Windows
- Browser: Firefox
- Version: 116.0
Smartphone:
- Device: Samsung
- OS: Android
- Browser Chrome
- Version: 115.0.5790.138
Hello, I found the solution on bugs.chromium.org
It's a Chrome browser bug! To solve it, you have to go to the chrome://flags page and disable "Use passthrough command decoder".
For others having a problem with the screen being green when scanning, it's not a zxing bug, it's either permissions or Chrome setting. In addition to the above solution, here's two other solutions: