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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxi...
But fallout from the bad app, or possibly deliberate actions by the malware maker have caused hundreds of bad reviews. It might be that removing the malware app from the store means people search for Barcode Scanner, find ZXing instead of the bad one, then post their bad review there. Or maybe the bad app is deliberately telling people "Click here to review the app", and pointing to the wrong app.
There's also reports of some sort of malware doing fishy things with intents to make it look like the ZXing software is bad https://github.com/zxing/zxing/issues/1345#issuecomment-7590....
I'd like to see a proper investigation by someone at Google Play. The original Barcode scanner is not needed for QR codes any more - almost any camera app will recognise those, as will Google's lens application, but it is still useful for scanning other barcode formats and for generating barcodes by sharing data with it from other apps, without needing to upload to a server or anything.
HEY THIS IS THE PERFECT MOMENT TO PLUG MY SUPER MINI PROJECT: https://scan.lol
Excuse my caps!
I noticed the package name com.qrcodescanner.barcodescanner. and went to https://qrcodescanner.com/ which advertises another very popular barcode scanner wescan.
they also offer an sdk of their own for including a barcode scanner into your app. https://github.com/WeTransfer/WeScan
I'm not really sure they are connected (package names don't verify domain names AFAIK). Just curious.
The op did (it's in the description on the app store, but was unfortunately (considering the context and audience) left out from they comment:
https://github.com/prof18/Secure-QR-Reader