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1.16.42 - 2023/11/14

• Updated the Identity Configuration to clear cache before replacing the default environment key with a custom key.

1.16.41 - 2023/11/10

• Added Web OCR capabilities for the South African Greenbook, Passport and IDCard.

• Updated the default environment variable for Identity and renewed the default Orchestration key.

1.16.8 - 2023/05/30

• Fixed issue with parsing address for the Philippines Health Insurance Card

• Fixed date format and date parsing for the Philippines Driver's License and Seafarer Identification Record Book

• Added new cutout overlays for different document types. See [Setting a cutout for Generic Document].

1.16.7 - 2023/05/14

• Fixed parsing issue with Philippines Drivers License Dates.

• Increased the read and write timeout to 30 seconds.

1.16.6 - 2023/05/12

• Removed white screen when opening camera for quick startup.

1.16.5 - 2023/05/05

• Fixed the null return values scanning issue with the Philippines UMID Card

• Fixed scanning issues with the Philippines Posta ID Card

1.16.4 - 2023/04/26

• VERY IMPORTANT!!! If your app imports both Identity and Biometrics, if importing this version of Identity (1.16.4) also ensure that you update the Biometrics version or any its sub-modules to at least (1.3.4 or later)

• Added Word Confidence for all parsed fields of the following Philippines documents:

  • Philippines Drivers License

  • Philippines Health Insurance Card

  • Philippines ID Card

  • Philippines Postal ID Card

  • Philippines Professional Regulation Commission Card

  • Philippines Seafarer Identification Record Book

  • Philippines Social Security ID

  • Philippines UMID

  • Philippines QCID

• Fixed the 401: unauthorized error when importing the SDK into a calling app.

• Downgraded the Okhttp gradle dependency version to 3.14.9 (Subject to change in the near future as this is not the latest stable version).

• We have resolved issues related to the scanning flow and made changes to the camera settings for improved performance. With this update, the camera will default to manual capture mode, which means that documents will no longer be automatically captured. Instead, you will need to click the camera button to capture and parse a document. This change provides greater control and accuracy when scanning documents, ensuring that you can capture exactly what you need without any unwanted captures

1.16.3 - 2023/03/29

• Added loading screen to indicate when image is being uploaded to the OCR API.

1.16.2 - 2023/03/27

• Migrated from on-device OCR to web based OCR for Philippines documents.

• Switched to exclusively manual capture as the only method of obtaining images to OCR.

1.16.1 - 2022/11/23

• Added back scanning for Philippines Drivers License.

1.16.0 - 2022/11/11

• Added Manual Scanning for all documents.

• Added scanning for Philippines QC Identification card.

1.15.4 - 2022/09/22

• Fixed issue with motion detection on new samsung devices.

• Improved scanning for Philippines Identification card.

1.15.3 - 2022/09/20

• Fixed issue with Philippines Identification card throwing parser error when no text is in frame.

• Lowered sampling rate for motion sensor (This will remove the need for HIGH SAMPLING RATE sensor permissions)

1.15.2 - 2022/09/09

• Fixed issue with camera blur.

1.15.1 - 2022/08/16

• Fixed Philippines Identity card bug when scanning the backside of the card.

1.15.0 - 2022/07/26

• Added localization, supported languages can be found here.

• Added documentBackImagePath field to Philippines Identification card.

1.14.3 - 2022/07/18

• Added camera shutter sound after capturing each face of a document.

1.14.2 - 2022/06/23

• Fixed overlay bug when transitioning to a new scan phase.

1.14.1 - 2022/05/11

• Improved scanning speed for South Africa Driver's License.

• Add rotating UI cutout for South Africa Driver's License second phase.

1.14.0 - 2022/05/05

• Added support for the following documents:

  • Philippines Identification card

• Changes to Document enum:

  • Added PhilippinesIdentificationCard

1.13.2 - 2022/04/28

• Added support for the following documents:

  • South Africa Driver's License

• Changes to Document enum:

  • Added SouthAfricaDriversLicense

1.12.0 - 2022/03/30

• Build artifact moved to https://maven.pkg.github.com/sybrin-innovations/Sybrin-Android-SDK-Identity. Please refer to get started.

1.11.0 - 2022/01/14

• Added setCustomAuthorizationToken() to SybrinIdentityConfiguration.Builder.

1.10.1 - 2022/02/14

• Improved auditing and performance measuring.

1.10.0 - 2022/01/27

• Added enablePartialScanning for Philippines documents.

1.9.1 - 2022/01/17

• Updated dependencies.

1.9.0 - 2022/01/14

• Added getCaliber() to Philippines Firearms License Model.

• Added getGunMake() to Philippines Firearms License Model.

• Added getGunModel() to Philippines Firearms License Model.

• Added getSerialNumber() to Philippines Firearms License Model.

• Made qualification, date approved and other licenses in Philippines Firearms License Model optional.

• Updated dependencies.

1.8.3 - 2021/11/25

• Fixed bug where Philippines Unified Multipurpose ID was not scanning.

1.8.2 - 2021/11/11

• Improved cropping for South Africa ID

1.8.1 - 2021/11/09

• Fixed South Africa ID animation

• Allowed getPortraitBackImage() to return null

• Made setOverlayBrandingTitleText default value an empty string in SybrinIdentityConfiguration.Builder

• Made setOverlayBrandingSubtitleText default value an empty string in SybrinIdentityConfiguration.Builder

• Made enableMultiPhaseVerification() default value false

1.8.0 - 2021/10/21

• Added getCorrelationID to SybrinIdentityConfiguration

1.7.2 - 2021/10/18

• Added support for phones that do not have access to google services

• Improved South Africa visas performance

• Updated dependencies

1.7.1 - 2021/10/07

• Fixed issues with Philippine passport

1.7.0 - 2021/10/04

• Added support for the following documents:

  • South Africa Study Visa

  • South Africa Relatives Visa

• Changes to Document enum:

  • Added SouthAfricaStudyVisa

  • Added SouthAfricaRelativesVisa

• Changes to PhilippinesProfessionalRegulationCommissionCardModel:

  • Made date issued optional

  • Made date of birth optional

• Improved South Africa visas performance

• Updated dependencies

1.6.0 - 2021/09/14

• Added support for the following documents:

  • Generic Document

  • Generic ID card

• Changes to Document enum:

  • Added GenericDocument

  • Added GenericIDCard

• Added the following types to Document Types:

  • Document

1.5.0 - 2021/09/03

• Added getDocumentNumber() to PhilippinesSeafarerIdentificationRecordBookModel

• Renamed SouthAfricaRetirementVisaModel to SouthAfricaRetiredPersonVisaModel

• Changes to SouthAfricaGeneralWorkVisaModel:

  • Renamed the getter function getDateOfIssued() to getOn()

  • Renamed the getter function getPlaceOfIssued() to getIssuedAt()

• Changes to SouthAfricaRetiredPersonVisaModel:

  • Renamed the getter function getDateOfIssued() to getValidFrom()

  • Renamed the getter function getPlaceOfIssued() to getIssuedAt()

• Changes to SouthAfricaStudyPermitModel

  • Renamed the getter function getDateOfIssued() to getValidFrom()

  • Renamed the getter function getPlaceOfIssued() to getIssuedAt()

• Changes to SouthAfricaVisitorsVisaModel

  • Renamed the getter function getDateOfIssued() to getValidFrom()

  • Renamed the getter function getPlaceOfIssued() to getIssuedAt()

• Changes to Document enum:

  • Renamed SouthAfricaRetirementVisa to SouthAfricaRetiredPersonVisa

1.4.0 - 2021/09/01

• Added support for the following documents:

  • South Africa General Work Visa

  • South Africa Retirement Visa

  • South Africa Study Permit

  • South Africa Visitors Visa

• Changes to Document enum:

  • Added SouthAfricaGeneralWorkVisa

  • Added SouthAfricaRetirementVisa

  • Added SouthAfricaStudyPermit

  • Added SouthAfricaVisitorsVisa

• Added the following types to Document Types:

  • Visa

1.3.1 - 2021/08/24

• Made the sex parameter optional for the PhilippinesUnifedMultipurposeID document.

• Improved the scanning performance of the Philippines driver's license.

1.3.0 - 2021/08/20

• Added support for the following documents:

  • Angola Passport

  • Bangladesh Passport

  • Botswana Passport

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo Passport

  • Egypt Passport

  • Ethiopia Passport

  • Generic Passport

  • Lesotho Passport

  • Mauritius Passport

  • Namibia Passport

  • Nigeria Passport

  • Pakistan Passport

  • Somalia Passport

  • Tanzania Passport

  • Zambia Passport

• Changes to Document enum:

  • Added AngolaPassport

  • Added BangladeshPassport

  • Added BotswanaPassport

  • Added DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongoPassport

  • Added EgyptPassport

  • Added EthiopiaPassport

  • Added GenericPassport

  • Added LesothoPassport

  • Added MauritiusPassport

  • Added NamibiaPassport

  • Added NigeriaPassport

  • Added PakistanPassport

  • Added SomaliaPassport

  • Added TanzaniaPassport

  • Added ZambiaPassport

• Changes to Country enum:

  • Added Angola

  • Added Bangladesh

  • Added Botswana

  • Added DemocraticRepublicOfTheCongo

  • Added Egypt

  • Added Ethiopia

  • Added Generic

  • Added Lesotho

  • Added Mauritius

  • Added Namibia

  • Added Nigeria

  • Added Pakistan

  • Added Somalia

  • Added Tanzania

  • Added Zambia

• Added the following types to Document Types:

  • FirearmsLicense

  • IntegratedBarID

  • PhilHealthInsuranceCard

  • PostalID

  • ProfessionalRegulationCommissionCard

  • SeafarerIdentificationDocument

  • SeafarerIdentificationRecordBook

  • SocialSecurityID

  • UnifiedMultipurposeID

1.2.1 - 2021/08/18

• Renamed the getter function getLastname() to getLastName() in the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel

1.2.0 - 2021/08/17

• Improved the scanning performance of the Philippines driver's license.

• Removed the getBarcodeData() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getBarcodeImage() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getBarcodeImagePath() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getConditions() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getEyeColor() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getFullName() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getHeight() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getRestrictions() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getSerialNumber() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

• Removed the getWeight() getter from the PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.

1.1.5 - 2021/08/13

• Discontinued the use of custom snack bars to further support new Android OS Versions.

1.1.4 - 2021/08/12

• Fixed issue where displaying a snack bar would crash on devices running android 11 and up.

1.1.3 - 2021/08/09

• Optimized scanning of Philippines documents.

1.1.2 - 2021/07/28

• Fixed spelling mistakes

• Updated old dependencies

• Fixed compatibility issues with Biometrics SDK

• Change Philippines unified multipurpose ID sex parameter data type from String to Sex

• Change Philippines philhealth document sex parameter data type from String to Sex

• Change Philippines seafarer identification record book sex parameter data type from String to Sex

1.1.1 - 2021/07/28

• Improved Philippines Unified Multi-purpose ID Document Scanning performance

1.1.0 - 2021/07/27

• Added Philippines Firearms License Document

• Added Philippines Integrated Bar ID Document

• Added Philippines PhilHealth Insurance Card Document

• Added Philippines Postal ID Document

• Added Philippines Professional Regulation Commission Card Document

• Added Philippines Seafarer Identification Document

• Added Philippines Seafarer Identification Record Book Document

• Added Philippines Social Security ID Document

• Added Philippines Unified Multi-purpose ID Document

1.0.5 - 2021/05/24

• Increased minSdkVersion from 21 to 23

• Change SDK module name from "identitysdk" to "identity"

• Fixed bug where it was possible to scan a South African Passport in the first phase of the South African ID Card scanning process

1.0.4 - 2021/04/19

Initial release.