/react-native-document-scanner

Document scanner, features live border detection, perspective correction, image filters and more ! 📲📸

Primary LanguageJavaMIT LicenseMIT

React Native module to auto scan documents (iOS & Android)

Android features

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Live document detection library. Returns either a URI of the captured image, allowing you to easily store it or use it as you wish !

Features:

  • Live detection
  • Perspective correction and image crop
  • Flash
  • Easy to use base64 image

Get started

In MainApplication.java, add this Line import com.documentscanner.DocumentScannerPackage; at the top of file,

@Override
protected  List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
   new  MainReactPackage(),
   new  DocumentScannerPackage() <--- this  line,
   ...
   );
}

IMPORTANT - Go to folder app/settings.gradle and add

include ':react-native-document-scanner'
project(':react-native-document-scanner').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-document-scanner/android')

Add this (don't forget)

include ':openCVLibrary310'
project(':openCVLibrary310').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir,'../node_modules/react-native-document-scanner/android/openCVLibrary310')

In android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

Change manifest header to avoid "Manifest merger error". After you add xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" should look like this:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.<yourAppName>" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

Add tools:replace="android:allowBackup" in <application tag. It should look like this:

<application tools:replace="android:allowBackup" android:name=".MainApplication" android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" android:allowBackup="false" android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

Add Camera permissions request:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />

Manual capture

  • Get the component ref

<DocumentScanner ref={(ref) => this.scanner = ref} />

  • Then
this.scanner.capture();

Returned Image

Prop Params Type Description
onPictureTaken data object Returns an image in a object { path: ('imageUri')}
onProcessing data object Returns an object `{processing: (true

The images are saved in Documents folder.

Todo

  • Pass overlay color dynamically
  • Pass contrast and brightness to preview
  • Use front cam
  • Use base64

Contributors are welcome !!

Inspired in android project

iOS features

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Live document detection library. Returns either a URI or a base64 encoded string of the captured image, allowing you to easily store it or use it as you wish !

Features :

  • Live detection
  • Perspective correction and crop of the image
  • Live camera filters (brightness, saturation, contrast)
  • Flash
  • Easy to use base64 image

Can be easily plugged with react-native-perspective-image-cropper

Demo crop gif

Getting started

Use version >=1.4.1 if you are using react-native 0.48+

$ npm install react-native-document-scanner --save

$ react-native link react-native-document-scanner

Edit the info.plist file in XCode and add the following permission : NSCameraUsageDescription

Remember, this library uses your device camera, you can't run it on a simulator.

With Cocoapods

If you want to use Cocoapods insteads of react-native link, add the following to your Podfile

  pod 'RNPdfScanner', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-document-scanner/ios'

Usage

import React,{ Component } from 'react';
import { View, Image } from 'react-native';

import DocumentScanner from 'react-native-document-scanner';

class YourComponent extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <View>
        <DocumentScanner
          useBase64
          saveInAppDocument={false}
          onPictureTaken={data => this.setState({
            image: data.croppedImage,
            initialImage: data.initialImage,
            rectangleCoordinates: data.rectangleCoordinates,
          })}
          overlayColor="rgba(255,130,0, 0.7)"
          enableTorch={false}
          brightness={0.3}
          saturation={1}
          contrast={1.1}
          quality={0.5}
          onRectangleDetect={({ stableCounter, lastDetectionType }) => this.setState({ stableCounter, lastDetectionType })}
          detectionCountBeforeCapture={5}
          detectionRefreshRateInMS={50}
        />
        <Image source={{ uri: `data:image/jpeg;base64,${this.state.image}`}} resizeMode="contain" />
      </View>
    );
  }
}

Properties

Prop Default Type Description
overlayColor  none  string  Color of the detected rectangle : rgba recommended
detectionCountBeforeCapture  5  integer  Number of correct rectangle to detect before capture
detectionRefreshRateInMS  50  integer  Time between two rectangle detection attempt
enableTorch  false bool  Allows to active or deactivate flash during document detection
useFrontCam  false bool  Allows you to switch between front and back camera
brightness  0  float Increase or decrease camera brightness. Normal as default.
saturation  1  float  Increase or decrease camera saturation. Set 0 for black & white
contrast  1  float  Increase or decrease camera contrast. Normal as default
quality  0.8  float  Image compression. Reduces both image size and quality
useBase64  false  bool  If base64 representation should be passed instead of image uri's
saveInAppDocument  false  bool  If should save in app document in case of not using base 64
captureMultiple  false  bool  Keeps the scanner on after a successful capture
noGrayScale false bool Currently this module saves pictures only in gray scale, this property adds the option to disable gray scale (only android)
manualOnly false bool if true, auto-detect is disabled (only android)

Manual capture

  • First get component ref
<DocumentScanner ref={(ref) => this.scanner = ref} />
  • Then call :
this.scanner.capture();

Each rectangle detection

Props Params Type Description
onRectangleDetect { stableCounter, lastDetectionType } object See below

The returned object includes the following keys :

  • stableCounter

Number of correctly formated rectangle found (this number triggers capture once it goes above detectionCountBeforeCapture)

  • lastDetectionType

Enum (0, 1 or 2) corresponding to the type of rectangle found 0. Correctly formated rectangle

  1. Wrong perspective, bad angle
  2. Too far

Returned image

Prop Params  Type Description
onPictureTaken  data object  Returns the captured image in an object { croppedImage: ('URI or BASE64 string'), initialImage: 'URI or BASE64 string', rectangleCoordinates: 'object of coordinates' }

Save in app document

Demo save document

If you want to use saveInAppDocument options, then don't forget to add those raws in .plist :

<key>LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace</key>
<true/>

If you prefer manual installation

  1. In XCode, in the project navigator, right click Libraries ➜ Add Files to [your project's name]
  2. Go to node_modules ➜ react-native-pdf-scanner and add RNPdfScanner.xcodeproj
  3. In XCode, in the project navigator, select your project. Add libRNPdfScanner.a to your project's Build Phases ➜ Link Binary With Libraries
  4. Run your project (Cmd+R)<