NativeScript · cjohn001 · Jul 21, 2025 · Jul 21, 2025 · Sep 17, 2025 · Sep 17, 2025
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 - [@nativescript/mlkit-selfie-segmentation](packages/mlkit-selfie-segmentation/README.md)
 - [@nativescript/mlkit-text-recognition](packages/mlkit-text-recognition/README.md)
 
+# How to run it with IOS simulator?
+
+Since Xcode 26 also older IOS emulators (till 17.5) crash when MLKit libs are included in the binary. You can now 
+therefore control inclusion of the libs via a command line switch.
+
+NSSkipMLKitFromIOSSimulator=1 ns prepare ios
+
 # How to use?
 
 This workspace manages the suite of plugins listed above. 

diff --git a/migrations.json b/migrations.json
diff --git a/packages/mlkit-barcode-scanning/package.json b/packages/mlkit-barcode-scanning/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nativescript/mlkit-barcode-scanning",
-  "version": "3.0.1",
+  "version": "3.0.2",
   "description": "NativeScript MLKit Barcode Scanner module",
   "main": "index",
   "typings": "index.d.ts",

diff --git a/packages/mlkit-barcode-scanning/platforms/ios/Podfile b/packages/mlkit-barcode-scanning/platforms/ios/Podfile
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 platform :ios, '15.5.0'
-pod 'GoogleMLKit/BarcodeScanning', '8.0.0'
+
+if ENV.key?('NSSkipMLKitFromIOSSimulator')
+  puts '⏭️  Skipping GoogleMLKit/BarcodeScanning (simulator build)'
+else
+  pod 'GoogleMLKit/BarcodeScanning'
+end
diff --git a/packages/mlkit-core/index.ios.ts b/packages/mlkit-core/index.ios.ts
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ export function detectWithStillImage(image: any, options?: StillImageDetectionOp
           } catch (e) {}
         }
         resolve(result);
-      }
+      },
     );
   });
 }
diff --git a/packages/mlkit-core/package.json b/packages/mlkit-core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nativescript/mlkit-core",
-  "version": "3.0.2",
+  "version": "3.0.3",
   "description": "NativeScript MLKit Core",
   "main": "index",
   "typings": "index.d.ts",
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up @@
               } catch (e) {}
             }
             resolve(result);
-          }
+          },
         );
       });
     }