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Camera Kit Changelog

Long Term Support Versions​

Long Term Support (LTS) SDK versions are a commitment from Camera Kit to provide fixes for 1 year after initial release, including critical bug fixes and security patches. More information on LTS versions can be found here.

Changelogs​

Version 1.37.0​

December 18, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.4 support
  • Support for Lens HTTP requests

Version 1.36.1​

November 22, 2024:

  • iOS: Fix Lens Studio 5.3 support

Version 1.34.0​

September 18, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.1 support
  • iOS: Fix an issue with Custom Location Markers
  • iOS: Fix an issue caused by the NS_OPTIONS not being supported in Objc++

Version 1.30.1​

June 26, 2024:

  • Supported through: April 23, 2025
  • Max Compatible Lens Studio Version: Lens Studio 5.0.10
  • Release notes can be found here

All Versions​

Known Issues​

  • Custom Location does not work on iOS versions 1.37.0 and later. We are working on a fix.

Version 1.39.0​

March 6 2025:

  • Lens Studio 5.7 support
  • iOS: Ability to select an image or video from the device's gallery and use it as a source for Lens processing
  • iOS: Fix for UIImage and AVAsset orientation handling
  • iOS: Improvements for Lens assets caching logic
  • iOS: Performance and stability improvements

Version 1.38.0​

February 6, 2025:

  • Lens Studio 5.6 support
  • Android: Added Jetpack compose basic sample app

Version 1.37.0​

December 18, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.4 support
  • Support for Lens HTTP requests

Version 1.36.x (LTS Version)​

Version 1.36.1 (LTS Version)​

November 22, 2024:

  • iOS: Fix Lens Studio 5.3 support

Version 1.36.0 (LTS Version)​

November 14, 2024:

Lens Studio 5.3 support

Version 1.35.0​

October 16, 2024:

Lens Studio 5.2.0 support

Version 1.34.X (LTS Version)​

Version 1.34.0 (LTS Version)​

September 18, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.1 support
  • iOS: Fix an issue with Custom Location Markers
  • iOS: Fix an issue caused by the NS_OPTIONS not being supported in Objc++

Version 1.33.0​

August 21, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.0.19 support

Version 1.32.0​

July 24, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.0.17 support

Version 1.31.0​

June 13, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.0.14 support
  • Android: New camerakit-sample-basic app demonstrating a simple way of integrating Camera Kit into your own application.
  • iOS: Updated Privacy Manifest file describing data that the SDK collects and the reasons required APIs that it uses.

Version 1.30.X (LTS Version)​

Version 1.30.1 (LTS Version)​

June 26, 2024:

  • iOS: Update to Privacy manifest file describing data the SDK collects and reasons required APIs it uses.

Version 1.30.0 (LTS Version)​

April 24, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.0.10 support
  • iOS: Added Privacy manifest file describing data the SDK collects and reasons for required APIs it uses.
  • iOS: Added new SCCameraKitPushToDeviceProtocol#unpair method to unpair from Push-to-Device.
  • Android: Added new LensPushToDeviceService#initiatePairing and LensPushToDeviceService#unpair methods to pair and unpair Push-to-Device without using default UI.

Version 1.29.0​

March 22, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.0.8 support
  • Android: Fix for incorrect processing size that sometimes resulted in pixelated image on some of the Android devices
  • iOS: Fix for a blank preview on app launch when device is in a low bandwidth environment

Version 1.28.0​

February 9, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.0.4 support
  • Android: Fix an issue when LensesComponent.Processor#clear() doesn't remove a lens while using custom UI
  • Android: Fix a crash when using Push-To-Device

Version 1.27.0​

December 13, 2024:

  • Lens Studio 5.0.2 support
  • Android: Addressed behavior changes for apps targeting Android 14 or higher

Known Issue:

  • Push-to-Device on Android does not connect to Lens Studio

Version 1.26.2​

December 13, 2024:

  • iOS: Update CocoaPods's pod names to SCCameraKit, SCCameraKitReferenceUI, SCCameraKitReferenceSwiftUI, SCCameraKitLoginKitAuth, SCCameraKitBaseExtension, SCCameraKitConnectedLensesExtension, SCCameraKitPushToDeviceExtension from this release on. Framework names in code remain the same.

  • Bug fixes:

    • iOS: Fix face detection for 3+ faces on front camera.

Version 1.26.1​

Oct 16, 2023

  • Bug fixes:
    • Lens elements that use overlay render target may be get incorrectly positioned when camera input does not match preview output aspect ratio
    • Lens audio playback is not muted when app is paused (Android only)
    • HIGH_SAMPLING_RATE_SENSORS permission declaration is missing in the core SDK manifest (Android only)
    • Early display rotation notification causing incorrect input processing size calculation on Android 14 (Android only)

Version 1.26.0​

Sep 13, 2023

  • Lens Studio 4.55 support

  • Improved experience for accepting Terms of Service for app users under the age of 13 in the US.

  • See Terms of Service documentation for more details.

  • Android: Please check the Changelog on GitHub for full details. Summary of changes:

    • connectOutput method moved into support-media-recording and mediaStoreSourceFor method moved into a separate Maven artifact support-media-picker-source
    • Default Lenses carousel UI moved into support-lenses-carousel and default media picker UI moved into support-media-picker-ui. These components are removed from core camerakit artifacts.

  • Fix a bug where wrong camera orientation was used after device rotation on iOS 16 and later (iOS only)

Version 1.25.0​

Aug 16, 2023

  • Lens Studio 4.53 support
  • Fix a bug in the ARCore field of view, which was causing poor performance and incorrect object positioning for world tracking lenses (Android only)
  • Fix a bug when the first lens in the carousel has not been applied if LensesComponent.Carousel.Configuration#disableIdle set to true (Android only)

Version 1.24.0​

June 28, 2023

  • Lens Studio 4.49 support

  • Android: Add a Profiling Extension to monitor the Camera Kit performance. See Profiling.

  • Android: Add a new API to get lens snapcode image and deep link URIs, usage example:

    session.lenses.repository.get(LensesComponent.Repository.QueryCriteria.Available("lens-group-id")) { result ->
        result.whenHasFirst { lens ->
            val snapcodePngUri = lens.snapcodes.find { it is LensesComponent.Lens.Media.Image.Png }?.uri
            val snapcodeDeepLinkUri = lens.snapcodes.any { it is LensesComponent.Lens.Media.DeepLink }?.uri
        }
    }

  • Android: Add READ_MEDIA_VIDEO and READ_MEDIA_IMAGES permissions to the sample apps which are required to access media files on devices when using the Media Picker lenses feature.

  • iOS: Add a debug dialog to swap API token for testing.

  • iOS: Add support for configuring debug dialogs via deep links/qr codes.

  • iOS: Fix a bug where certain assets could be loaded later than expected, potentially causing the lens to fail to load entirely if device was offline.

Version 1.23.0​

May 17, 2023

  • Lens Studio 4.47 support

  • Android: Add a new API to get lens preview sequences - LensesComponent.Lens.Media.Sequence. usage example:

    session.lenses.repository.get(LensesComponent.Repository.QueryCriteria.Available("lens-group-id")) { result ->
        result.whenHasFirst { lens ->
            (lens.previews.find { preview ->
                    preview is LensesComponent.Lens.Media.Sequence.Webp
                } as? LensesComponent.Lens.Media.Sequence.Webp)?.let { webpSequence ->
                        webpSequence.values.forEach { imageUri ->
                        // do something with each image
                        }
                }
        }
    }

  • Android: Prompt users to install a new ArCore version when available when using lenses that require it

  • iOS: Fix share button working as save button in the reference UI

Version 1.22.0​

May 8, 2023

  • Lens Studio 4.46 support
  • Deprecate application ID, remove its use across sample apps
  • Android: Add a debug dialog to swap API token for testing
  • Android: Fix a bug introduced in SDK version 1.18.0 where lenses exported from Lens Studio version 4.31 and prior could lead to a crash on Adreno GPU based devices
  • iOS: Fix a bug in the reference UI where tapping the share button could lead to a crash on iPad

Version 1.21.1​

Mar 29, 2023

  • Fix bug from 1.21.0 where tap targets on edges are not working (iOS only)
  • Fixed issue where photos of certain lenses could output a blank image (iOS only)

Version 1.21.0​

Mar 24, 2023

  • Lens Studio 4.43 support

Version 1.20.0​

Feb 22, 2023

  • Android: Add a way to collect Camera Kit diagnostics information on-demand. This feature can be enabled when an issue in Camera Kit is encountered, please reach out to the Camera Kit support for further instructions.
  • Sample app changes: Add examples on how to remove the control strip from the CameraActivity and remove "Share with Snapchat" placeholder button
  • Fix Snap attribution view is not shown outside of US
  • Fix bug where login flow could fail during Push to Device configuration (iOS only)

Version 1.19.2​

Jan 13, 2023

  • iOS: Fix the issue of staging watermark showing with production API token

Version 1.19.1​

Jan 11, 2023

  • Android: Fix a crash caused by RejectedExecutionException after Session is closed

Version 1.19.0​

Dec 28, 2022

  • New Sample App Add a new sample app that demonstrates a custom implementation of lenses carousel and camera preview layout. Sample app source can be downloaded from Camera Kit GitHub repo.
  • Change Groups option Add a debug menu to the sample app to customize lens groups at runtime (iOS only).
  • API Updates Remove deprecated lens icon/preview accessors (Android only):
    • LensesComponent.Lens.iconUri replaced by icons.find { it is LensesComponent.Lens.Media.Image.Png }?.uri
    • LensesComponent.Lens.preview replaced by previews.find { it is LensesComponent.Lens.Media.Image.Webp }?.uri

Version 1.18.1​

Dec 2, 2022

  • Android: Fix an issue where touch gestures are not be processed by lenses if no View is provided to LensesComponent.Builder#dispatchTouchEventsTo

Version 1.18.0​

Nov 21, 2022

  • Custom Location AR support (Beta feature), which allows developers to map and author AR content at a location of their choosing.
  • Staging Watermark applies on staging builds of Camera Kit integrations
  • Design Guidelines example added to Sample Apps.
  • iOS: Xcode 14 or above required, discontinued support for iOS 11 and lower
  • Android: Upgrade CameraX dependency to 1.1.0

Version 1.17.1​

Dec 2, 2022

  • Android: Fix an issue where touch gestures are not be processed by lenses if no View is provided to LensesComponent.Builder#dispatchTouchEventsTo

Version 1.17.0​

Oct 18, 2022

  • Remote API support (Beta feature), which allows developers to pass local or remote data through to a Lens.
  • City-Scale AR Lens support (Beta feature), which allows developers to create unique Lens experiences in select regions of certain cities around the world.
  • Lens Push-to-Device (P2D) from Lens Studio, which allows developers to send Lenses from Lens Studio to their Camera Kit application for testing.
  • Android: Expose new API to obtain WebP lens icon resources. Note that PNG Lens icon resources are deprecated, to be removed in 1.19.

Version 1.16.0​

Sept 9, 2022

  • Multi-User Service Beta access to Multi-User Services. Get in touch with your Camera Kit contact to gain access.
  • arm64 simulator support Added support for arm64 simulators (iOS only).

Version 1.15.1​

July 21, 2022

  • Lens apply reset New API to apply a Lens while resetting its state if the Lens was applied already (Android only)
  • ARCore performance Improved ARCore performance and crash fixes.

Version 1.14.1​

July 5, 2022

  • SDK version New API to obtain the current version of the Camera Kit SDK (Android only)
  • Flash and ring light Add standard flash along with ring light for front-facing flash to sample (iOS only; Android already available in 1.13.0)
  • Static assets Add support for lenses with static assets

Version 1.13.0​

May 31, 2022

  • Tone mapping and Portrait mode New APIs and sample app changes to demonstrate Tone mapping and Portrait mode adjustments.
  • Ring flash mode Support for ring flash mode for front-facing camera flash (Android only)
  • Viewport configuration — Add explicit viewport configuration to SCCameraKitPreviewView (iOS only)

Version 1.12.0​

April 22, 2022

  • API token is mandatory Apps must add API token to use Camera Kit. See Android and iOS documentation for examples on how to obtain and provide an API token.
  • Legal prompt update The legal agreement prompt has been updated to use a more user friendly text copy. Updating to this release will result in users needing to accept the updated prompt which includes a new link to the Camera Kit's "learn more" page.
  • Dynamic Feature sample app — Added sample apps to demonstrate dynamic feature loading (DFM) (Android only)
  • New Crop and Aspect ratio option CameraXImageProcessorSource#startPreview takes aspect ratio and crop option (applied to each frame before processing) parameters (Android only)
  • SDK size improvements About 500KB binary size reduction (Android only)

Version 1.11.0​

Mar 14, 2022

  • Text Input — Users will now be able to input text in Lenses
  • Lens Studio support — Lenses built with Lens Studio version 4.16 are now supported
  • Video recording timer Fix a bug to allow recording videos up to 60 seconds by default (iOS only)

Version 1.10.0​

Mar 1, 2022

  • Privacy key — Added missing "Privacy - Location When In Use Usage Description" entry in the Sample App (iOS only)
  • Lens camera preference — Support programmatic switching of camera based on lens facing (front or rear) preference (Android only, iOS upcoming)
  • Binary size optimizations — 1.3MB uncompressed savings (iOS only)
  • Cache size — Removed limit on cache size to allow for larger media picker images (iOS only)
  • Directory structure — Use consistent directory names for files related to CameraKit (Android only)
  • Emulator support — Fix a bug where emulator images failed to render lenses (Android only)

Version 1.9.0​

Jan 21, 2022

  • Lens Studio 4.13 support — Lenses uploaded with Lens Studio 4.13 will now be available for use with Camera Kit
  • M1/arm64 simulator support — now you can use M1 macs to build Camera Kit and try with arm64 simulator (iOS only)
  • Tap-To-Focus — users can now tap on screen to focus in live view (iOS only, Android support was added in 1.8.1)

Version 1.8.1​

Dec 13, 2021

  • Legal agreement prompt — SDK will now show Terms of Service prompt when lens is applied first time.
  • API token authorization — apps should now use API token based authorization for Camera Kit access instead of APP ID based authorization.
  • Lenses audio mute/unmute support — apps can now mute\unmute audio from lenses without affecting device volume settings (Android only). We also added sample app for custom implementation of audio and video recording for Android.
  • Tap-To-Focus — users can now tap on screen to focus in live view (Android only)
  • Rotation detection — added support to maintain continuous focus even if device is rotated (Android only)

Version 1.7.0​

Sept 29, 2021

  • SwiftUI Support (Beta) — apps can now use SwiftUI with Camera Kit (iOS only). This is an early preview, please let us know your feedback.
  • Added SRE metrics — added SRE metrics to increase observability of the quality for the backend service
  • Simplified integration — new layouts and screens for simple use cases and quicker integration (Android only).
  • Gallery media source support — media can now be picked from the gallery for media processor (Android only)
  • Carousel reference UI — added reference UI for Lens Carousel (Android only)
  • Toggle capture button control — apps can now enable or disable Snap button based on download status of the lens (Android only)

Version 1.6.0​

April 30, 2021

  • Image Picker — provides the ability to apply photos as textures within a Lens from the user’s personal photo collection. Note: iOS requires an entry for this in your app plist for “Privacy - Photo Library Usage Description”
  • Landmarker Lenses — full support for large-scale Lens experiences on some of the world’s most recognizable landmarks. Note: iOS requires an entry for this in your app plist for “Privacy - Location When In Use Usage Description”
  • ARCore — bringing native tracking to Android (iOS SDK supports ARKit). For certain Lenses, this will provide additional depth and tracking capabilities.
  • Render Zones — safe rendering areas for UI placement
  • Accessibility Improvements — customize Lens content descriptions in the carousel UI (Android only)
  • Volume Capture Event — Camera Kit can respond to volume up events to start capture (Android only)
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