Remove automatic barcode encoding type

Migrates all automatic cards to ISO-8859-1 and uses that as default
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Sylvia van Os
2026-01-11 14:20:55 +01:00
parent a883ce0f43
commit a5599dc673
27 changed files with 303 additions and 199 deletions

View File

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import com.google.zxing.EncodeHintType;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public class BarcodeImageWriterTask implements CompatCallable<Bitmap> {
BarcodeImageWriterTask(
Context context, ImageView imageView, String cardIdString,
CatimaBarcode barcodeFormat, @Nullable Charset barcodeEncoding, TextView textView,
CatimaBarcode barcodeFormat, @NonNull Charset barcodeEncoding, TextView textView,
boolean showFallback, BarcodeImageWriterResultCallback callback, boolean roundCornerPadding, boolean isFullscreen
) {
mContext = context;
@@ -185,26 +186,6 @@ public class BarcodeImageWriterTask implements CompatCallable<Bitmap> {
MultiFormatWriter writer = new MultiFormatWriter();
Map<EncodeHintType, Object> encodeHints = new ArrayMap<>();
Charset chosenEncoding = encoding;
// Use charset if defined or guess otherwise
if (chosenEncoding != null) {
Log.d(TAG, "Encoding explicitly set, " + chosenEncoding.name());
} else {
// FIXME: Guessing encoding using zxing causes too many false positives and breaks the Deutschlandticket, a common public transport ticket in Germany
// See https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android/issues/2932
//
// So, for now, we just force ISO in the "guessing" path until we figure out a better way to guess
// The previous code is commented before, DO NOT UNCOMMENT, IT IS BROKEN
//
// chosenEncoding = Charset.forName(StringUtils.guessEncoding(cardId.getBytes(), new ArrayMap<>()));
// Log.d(TAG, "Guessed encoding: " + chosenEncoding.name());
// FIXME: Figure out a good way to automatically determine the best format to use, to not break UTF-8 barcodes
// However, make sure to NOT break the Deutschlandticket!
chosenEncoding = StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1;
Log.w(TAG, "The encoding guessing code path is temporarily disabled due to it breaking Deutschlandticket. Forcing ISO-8859-1...");
}
// We don't want to pass the ISO-8859-1 as an encoding hint as zxing may add this as ECI
// inside the barcode.
//
@@ -218,9 +199,9 @@ public class BarcodeImageWriterTask implements CompatCallable<Bitmap> {
// cards without encode hints have never caused any issues (unless they were UTF-8), yet
// just days after passing ISO-8859-1 as CHARACTER_SET in the encode hints already 2
// scan failures were reported (one for QR, one for Aztec).
if (!Objects.equals(chosenEncoding.name(), StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1.name())) {
if (!Objects.equals(encoding.name(), StandardCharsets.ISO_8859_1.name())) {
Log.d(TAG, "Chosen encoding is not ISO_8859_1, so passing as encoding hint");
encodeHints.put(EncodeHintType.CHARACTER_SET, chosenEncoding);
encodeHints.put(EncodeHintType.CHARACTER_SET, encoding);
} else {
Log.d(TAG, "Not passing encoding as encoding hint");
}