Identity verification workflows — from airport check-in to hotel registration — still rely heavily on manual data entry from physical travel documents. Automating MRZ (Machine-Readable Zone) scanning eliminates typos, speeds up onboarding, and keeps sensitive data on-device. The Dynamsoft Capture Vision SDK bundles document detection, text recognition, code parsing, and identity processing into a single pipeline, making it practical to ship a production-grade scanner in an Android app.

What you'll build: A real-time Android MRZ scanner app that captures live camera frames, parses travel document fields, and validates portrait zones with the Dynamsoft Capture Vision SDK.

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Prerequisites

Android Studio Hedgehog (2023.1.1) or newer

A device or emulator running Android 5.0 (API 21) or later

The Dynamsoft MRZ Scanner Bundle ( com.dynamsoft:mrzscannerbundle:3.4.1200 )

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Step 1: Set Up the Android Project with the Dynamsoft SDK

Add the Dynamsoft Maven…