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1.12.63 - 2023/11/10
Requires Xcode 15.0+
Updated the default environment key. The new environment key has updated endpoints for passive liveness and face compare that request to SOMA.
Significantly lowered size
Added authorization for the updated liveness and face compare endpoints.
Added support for South African ID, Passport and Greenbook
ML Kit version: 3.2.0
Changed pods source to source 'https://github.com/sybrin-innovations/Sybrin.iOS.Pods.git'
1.12.62 - 2023/07/31
Requires Xcode 14.1
Bitcode Support
Only supports PHL & Generic document
Changable Cut out Type​
Args for removing back side scan - HasBackSide​
Bug fixes
1.12.61 - 2023/06/28
Requires Xcode 14.1
Bitcode Support
Only supports PHL & Generic document
Changable Cut out Type​
Args for removing back side scan - HasBackSide​
Bug fixes
1.12.60 - 2023/06/15
Requires Xcode 14.1
Switched to exclusively manual capture as the only method of obtaining images to OCR.
Migrated from on-device OCR to web based OCR for Philippines documents.
Bitcode Support
Only supports PHL & Generic document
Changable Cut out Type​
Updated MLKit to 3.2.0
Bug fixes
1.12.59 - 2023/06/01
Requires Xcode 14.1
Switched to exclusively manual capture as the only method of obtaining images to OCR.
Migrated from on-device OCR to web based OCR for Philippines documents.
Bitcode Support
Only supports PHL  & Generic documents
Changable Cut out Type​
1.12.58 - 2023/05/23
Requires Xcode 14.1
Switched to exclusively manual capture as the only method of obtaining images to OCR.
Migrated from on-device OCR to web based OCR for Philippines documents.
Bitcode Support
Only supports PHL documents
1.12.57 - 2023/05/12
Requires Xcode 14.1
Requires MLKit 2.0.0
Manual + Auto capture - On Device OCR
Reduced capture speed
Bitcode Support
1.12.54 - 2023/05/02
Requires Xcode 14.1
Requires MLKit 2.0.0
Manual + Auto capture - On Device OCR
Bitcode Support
1.12.50.beta - 2023/03/29
Requires Xcode 14.1
Requires MLKit 2.0.0
Switched to exclusively manual capture as the only method of obtaining images to OCR.
Migrated from on-device OCR to web based OCR for Philippines documents.
1.12.49.beta - 2023/03/27
Requires Xcode 13.1
Requires MLKit 2.0.0
Switched to exclusively manual capture as the only method of obtaining images to OCR.
Migrated from on-device OCR to web based OCR for Philippines documents.
1.12.48 - 2023/02/20
Bug fixes
Requires Xcode 13.1
Lower MLKit support version
1.12.48.beta - 2023/02/13
Requires Xcode 13.1 
ML kit version: 2.0.0
1.12.47 - 2022/11/13
Swift version update
Requires Xcode 14.1 +
1.12.46 - 2022/11/23
Bug fixes
1.12.45 - 2022/11/16
manual capture
Document added: QC ID card
1.12.44 - 2022/10/20
Size reduction
1.12.42 - 2022/09/28
Minor bug fixes
1.12.37 - 2022/09/27
Minor bug fixes
1.12.25 - 2022/09/20
ID crash fix + Identity delay issue fix
1.12.22 - 2022/09/06
language fix
1.12.21 - 2022/09/06
language fix
1.12.19 - 2022/08/17
Fixed Phil identity card scanning
1.12.18 - 2022/07/29
Added localization
- phillipines
1.12.17 - 2022/07/18
Added camera shutter sound after capturing each face of a document.
1.12.16 - 2022/06/23
Fixed ID Card Scanning Bug
1.12.15 - 2022/06/2
Migrated pods to https://ghp_tgH5Uj2xtAXwvq8Lfov6PRvhgO9dAd3B[email protected]/sybrin-innovations/Sybrin.iOS.Pods.git please refer to get started.
Enabled bitcode. 
1.12.5 - 2022/05/5
Stable code without Bitcode enabled
Added support for the following documents:
Philippines Identification card​
Added PhilippinesIdentificationCard​
1.12.4 - 2022/03/16
SDK size decrease
1.12.0 - 2022/02/25
Added customAuthorizationToken to SybrinIdentityConfiguration.
1.11.11 - 2022/02/14
Improved auditing and performance measurement.
1.11.6 - 2022/02/07
Updated internal dependencies.
1.11.5 - 2022/01/27
Added enablePartialScanning for Philippines documents.
1.11.4 - 2021/11/26
Changes to PhilippinesUnifiedMultipurposeIDModel​
Improved scanning of CRN
Improved support for different CRN's
1.11.3 - 2021/11/09
Changes to SouthAfricaIDCard​
Face on back of card is no longer a required parameter for scanning.
Removed default branding title and subtitle values.
Default value of EnableMultiPhaseVerification is no set to false.
1.11.1 - 2021/10/28
Updated internal dependencies for improved performance.
Updated all Visa document overlays
Updated GenericDocument overlay.
Added support for the following documents:
​South Africa Study Visa​
Changes to Document enum:
Added SouthAfricaStudyVisa​
1.10.0 - 2021/10/20
Added correlationID to SybrinIdentityConfiguration.
1.9.2 - 2021/10/15
Fixed an issue where scanning an unselected passport was possible.
1.9.0 - 2021/09/20
Added support for the following documents:
​Generic Document​
​Generic ID Card​
Changes to Document enum:
Added GenericDocument​
Added GenericIDCard​
1.8.1 - 2021/09/03
Added support for the following documents:
​South Africa General Work Visa​
​South Africa Retired Person Visa​
​South Africa Student Permit​
​South Africa Visitor Visa​
Changes to Document enum:
Added SouthAfricaGeneralWorkVisa​
Added SouthAfricaRetiredPersonVisa​
Added SouthAfricaStudentPermit​
Added SouthAfricaVisitorVisa​
Changes to DocumentType enum:
Added Visa​
Added documentNumber to  PhilippinesSeafarerIdentificationRecordBookModel​
Updated names variable for Document enum to be more descriptive
1.7.3 - 2021/08/25
Updated internal dependencies.
Fixed issue where Biometrics SDK dependencies and Identity SDK dependencies clashed.
1.7.0 - 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​
​United Kingdom 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 UnitedKingdomPassport​
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 UnitedKingdom​
Added Zambia​
1.6.2 - 2021/08/19
Improved the scanning performance of the Philippines seafarer identification document​
Removed the barcodeData variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the barcodeImage variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the barcodeImagePath variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the conditions variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the croppedDocumentBackImage variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the croppedDocumentBackImagePath variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the eyeColor variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the fullName variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the height variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the restrictions variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the serialNumber variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
Removed the weight variable from the PhilippinesDriverLicenseModel​
1.5.3 - 2021/08/12
Improved document cropping for all Philippines documents
1.5.2 - 2021/07/28
Added portraitBackImage, documentBackImage, and croppedDocumentBackImage variables to PhilippinesSeafarerIdentificationDocumentModel​
Added saveImages() function to PhilippinesSeafarerIdentificationDocumentModel​
1.5.1 - 2021/07/27
Fixed an issue for the front side of the Philippines Seafarer Identification Document​
where the identityNumber was incorrectly parsed.
Fixed an issue where the SDK would sometimes cause the app to crash while scanning a document (Precondition failed: Negative count not allowed).
1.5.0 - 2021/07/27
Fixed an issue for UgandaIDCardModel where front and back validation would always fail.
Fixed an issue where the incorrect country would be returned for the GhanaPassport on the Document.country variable.
Added support for the following documents:
​Philippines Firearms License.
​Philippines Integrated Bar ID.
​Philippines Phil Health Insurance Card.
​Philippines Postal ID.
​Philippines Professional Regulation Commission Card.
​Philippines Seafarer Identification Document.
​Philippines Seafarer Identification and Record Book (Seamans Book).
​Philippines Social Security ID.
Improved the scanning for the following documents:
​PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.
​PhilippinesUnifiedMultipurposeIDModel (old PhilippinesIDCardModel, see below).
​SouthAfricaDriversLicenseModel.
​SouthAfricaGreenBookModel.
​UgandaIDCardModel.
Changes to the Document enum:
Added support for CaseIterable.
Added PhilippinesFirearmsLicense.
Added PhilippinesIntegratedBarID.
Added PhilippinesPhilHealthInsuranceCard.
Added PhilippinesPostalID.
Added PhilippinesProfessionalRegulationCommissionCard.
Added PhilippinesSeafarerIdentificationDocument.
Added PhilippinesSeafarerIdentificationRecordBook.
Added PhilippinesSocialSecurityID.
Added PhilippinesUnifiedMultipurposeID.
Removed PhilippinesIDCard.
Added .name.
Changes to the DocumentType enum:
Added support for CaseIterable.
Added FirearmsLicense.
Added IntegratedBarID.
Added PhilHealthInsuranceCard.
Added PostalID.
Added ProfessionalRegulationCommissionCard.
Added SeafarerIdentificationDocument.
Added SeafarerIdentificationRecordBook.
Added SocialSecurityID.
Added UnifiedMultipurposeID.
Changes to the Country enum for the Philippines country:
Added the following types to .supportedDocuments:
​FirearmsLicense​
​IntegratedBarID​
​PhilHealthInsuranceCard​
​PostalID​
​ProfessionalRegulationCommissionCard​
​SeafarerIdentificationDocument​
​SeafarerIdentificationRecordBook​
​SocialSecurityID​
​UnifiedMultipurposeID​
Removed IDCard from .supportedDocuments.
Renamed surname to lastName for PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel.
Multiple changes to the Philippines ID Card:
Renamed the model from PhilippinesIDCardModel to PhilippinesUnifiedMultipurposeIDModel.
Changed the document type from IDCard to UnifiedMultipurposeID type (This means when calling the .supportedDocuments variable on the Philippines country, it will no longer include the IDCard type but is replaced by the new UnifiedMultipurposeID type).
Removed scanning the back of the card, we now only need to scan the front of the card.
Removed barcodeData.
Updated dependencies (Minimum XCode version has changed from 12.1 to 12.4 !).
Improved the camera component.
We now filter out certain poor frames (out of focus, incorrect white balance, over exposure). Which improves the quality of images that we actually process.
Minor bug fixes.
1.4.0 - 2021/06/24
Added displayToastMessages to SybrinIdentityConfiguration.
1.3.0 - 2021/06/21
Added environmentKey to SybrinIdentityConfiguration.
Improved scanning the barcodes for the SouthAfricaDriversLicenseModel and SouthAfricaIDCardModel documents.
1.2.2 - 2021/06/04
Internal changes
1.2.1 - 2021/05/24
Internal improvements, optimizations and minor bug fixes
1.2.0 - 2021/05/11
Added support for the following documents:
Uganda ID Card
Uganda Passport
Multiple changes for PhilippinesDriversLicenseModel:
Removed a duplicated property barcodeBackImage
Changed data type for weight and height from Double to Float
Renamed barcode to barcodeData
Added croppedDocumentBackImage and croppedDocumentBackImagePath
Renamed barcode to barcodeData for PhilippinesIDCardModel​
Added croppedDocumentBackImage and croppedDocumentBackImagePath to SouthAfricaDriversLicenseModel​
Removed croppedDocumentBackImage and croppedDocumentBackImagePath from DriversLicenseModel​
Fixed multi phase verification for MozambiqueIDCardModel​
1.1.0 - 2021/05/04
Added more documents!
Added support for the following documents:
Ghana Passport
Kenya Passport
Malawi Passport
Mozambique ID Card
Mozambique Passport
Philippines Drivers License
Philippines ID Card
South Africa Drivers License
Crushed some bugs!
Fixed a bug where Philippines passport scanning would parse incorrect characters
More improvements!
Improved the way OCR parses document data
Improved document cropping algorithm
Significantly improved performance for scanning certain documents that were previously slow
Minor bug fixes
1.0.1 - 2021/04/19
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