Scanning bus stop codes with ML Kit and Vision in the GalwayBus Compose Multiplatform app

Every bus stop in Galway has a plate with a 6-digit stop code printed on it. We recently added a “Scan” tab to the GalwayBus app that lets you point the camera at that plate and jump straight to the stop’s departures. The text recognition runs entirely on device (ML Kit on Android, Apple’s Vision framework on iOS), with the camera preview, matching logic and UI all living in the shared Compose…