diff --git a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/package.json b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/package.json
index 4d6c1eeb0..58b7981f8 100644
--- a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/package.json
+++ b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@mendix/piw-native-utils-internal": "*",
     "@mendix/piw-utils-internal": "*",
+    "@react-navigation/native": "^6.1.18",
+    "react-native-vector-icons": "10.2.0",
     "react-native-barcode-mask": "^1.2.4",
     "react-native-vision-camera": "4.7.3"
   },
diff --git a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/BarcodeScanner.tsx b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/BarcodeScanner.tsx
index 0a80a26b0..b54ff5bea 100644
--- a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/BarcodeScanner.tsx
+++ b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/BarcodeScanner.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { flattenStyles } from "@mendix/piw-native-utils-internal";
 import { ValueStatus } from "mendix";
-import { ReactElement, useCallback, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
-import { View } from "react-native";
-import { Camera, useCodeScanner, Code, useCameraDevice } from "react-native-vision-camera";
+import { useIsFocused } from "@react-navigation/native";
+import { ReactElement, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react";
+import { AppState, AppStateStatus, LayoutChangeEvent, StyleSheet, TouchableOpacity, View } from "react-native";
+import { Camera, useCodeScanner, Code, useCameraDevice, CodeScannerFrame } from "react-native-vision-camera";
 import BarcodeMask from "react-native-barcode-mask";
+import Icon from "react-native-vector-icons/MaterialIcons";
 
 import { BarcodeScannerProps } from "../typings/BarcodeScannerProps";
 import { BarcodeScannerStyle, defaultBarcodeScannerStyle } from "./ui/styles";
@@ -13,24 +15,66 @@ export type Props = BarcodeScannerProps<BarcodeScannerStyle>;
 
 export function BarcodeScanner(props: Props): ReactElement {
     const device = useCameraDevice("back");
+    const isFocused = useIsFocused();
+    const [appState, setAppState] = useState<AppStateStatus>(AppState.currentState);
+    const [viewSize, setViewSize] = useState<{ width: number; height: number } | null>(null);
+    const [torchEnabled, setTorchEnabled] = useState(false);
 
     const styles = useMemo(() => flattenStyles(defaultBarcodeScannerStyle, props.style), [props.style]);
 
     // Ref to track the lock state
     const isLockedRef = useRef(false);
 
+    const maskSize = useMemo(() => {
+        const fallback = styles.mask.width ?? styles.mask.height ?? 200;
+        if (!viewSize) {
+            return fallback;
+        }
+        return Math.min(fallback, viewSize.width, viewSize.height);
+    }, [styles.mask.width, styles.mask.height, viewSize]);
+
     const onCodeScanned = useCallback(
-        (codes: Code[]) => {
+        (codes: Code[], frame: CodeScannerFrame) => {
             // Block if still in cooldown
             if (isLockedRef.current) {
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (props.barcode.status !== ValueStatus.Available || codes.length === 0 || !codes[0].value) {
+            let visibleCodes = codes;
+            if (props.showMask && viewSize && frame?.width && frame?.height) {
+                const roiViewX = Math.max(0, (viewSize.width - maskSize) / 2);
+                const roiViewY = Math.max(0, (viewSize.height - maskSize) / 2);
+                const scale = Math.max(viewSize.width / frame.width, viewSize.height / frame.height);
+                const offsetX = (frame.width * scale - viewSize.width) / 2;
+                const offsetY = (frame.height * scale - viewSize.height) / 2;
+
+                visibleCodes = codes.filter(code => {
+                    if (!code.corners || code.corners.length === 0) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    return code.corners.every(corner => {
+                        const viewX = corner.x * scale - offsetX;
+                        const viewY = corner.y * scale - offsetY;
+                        return (
+                            viewX >= roiViewX &&
+                            viewX <= roiViewX + maskSize &&
+                            viewY >= roiViewY &&
+                            viewY <= roiViewY + maskSize
+                        );
+                    });
+                });
+            }
+
+            if (
+                props.barcode.status !== ValueStatus.Available ||
+                visibleCodes.length === 0 ||
+                visibleCodes.length > 1 ||
+                !visibleCodes[0].value
+            ) {
                 return;
             }
 
-            const { value } = codes[0];
+            const { value } = visibleCodes[0];
             if (value !== props.barcode.value) {
                 props.barcode.setValue(value);
             }
@@ -43,7 +87,7 @@ export function BarcodeScanner(props: Props): ReactElement {
                 isLockedRef.current = false;
             }, 2000);
         },
-        [props.barcode, props.onDetect]
+        [maskSize, props.barcode, props.onDetect, props.showMask, viewSize]
     );
 
     const codeScanner = useCodeScanner({
@@ -63,27 +107,62 @@ export function BarcodeScanner(props: Props): ReactElement {
         onCodeScanned
     });
 
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const subscription = AppState.addEventListener("change", nextState => setAppState(nextState));
+        return () => subscription.remove();
+    }, []);
+
+    const isActive = isFocused && appState === "active";
+    const flashTop = useMemo(() => {
+        if (!viewSize) {
+            return 16;
+        }
+        const centerY = viewSize.height / 2;
+        const preferred = centerY + maskSize / 2 + 16;
+        return Math.min(preferred, viewSize.height - 60);
+    }, [maskSize, viewSize]);
+
+    const onLayout = useCallback((event: LayoutChangeEvent) => {
+        const { width, height } = event.nativeEvent.layout;
+        setViewSize({ width, height });
+    }, []);
+
     return (
-        <View style={styles.container}>
+        <View style={styles.container} onLayout={onLayout}>
             {device && (
-                <Camera
-                    testID={props.name}
-                    style={{ flex: 1, justifyContent: "center", alignItems: "center" }}
-                    audio={false}
-                    isActive
-                    device={device}
-                    codeScanner={codeScanner}
-                >
+                <View style={defaultBarcodeScannerStyle.cameraWrapper}>
+                    <Camera
+                        testID={props.name}
+                        style={defaultBarcodeScannerStyle.camera}
+                        audio={false}
+                        isActive={isActive}
+                        resizeMode={"cover"}
+                        torch={torchEnabled ? "on" : "off"}
+                        device={device}
+                        codeScanner={codeScanner}
+                    />
+                    {props.showFlashToggle && (
+                        <TouchableOpacity
+                            style={[defaultBarcodeScannerStyle.flashToggle, { top: flashTop }]}
+                            onPress={() => setTorchEnabled(enabled => !enabled)}
+                            accessibilityLabel="Toggle flash"
+                            testID={`${props.name}-flash-toggle`}
+                        >
+                            <Icon name={torchEnabled ? "flash-on" : "flash-off"} color="#FFFFFF" size={22} />
+                        </TouchableOpacity>
+                    )}
                     {props.showMask && (
-                        <BarcodeMask
-                            edgeColor={styles.mask.color}
-                            width={styles.mask.width}
-                            height={styles.mask.height}
-                            backgroundColor={styles.mask.backgroundColor}
-                            showAnimatedLine={props.showAnimatedLine}
-                        />
+                        <View pointerEvents="none" style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill}>
+                            <BarcodeMask
+                                edgeColor={styles.mask.color}
+                                width={maskSize}
+                                height={maskSize}
+                                backgroundColor={styles.mask.backgroundColor}
+                                showAnimatedLine={props.showAnimatedLine}
+                            />
+                        </View>
                     )}
-                </Camera>
+                </View>
             )}
         </View>
     );
diff --git a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/BarcodeScanner.xml b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/BarcodeScanner.xml
index b8f87cf56..11cc159e6 100644
--- a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/BarcodeScanner.xml
+++ b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/BarcodeScanner.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <widget id="com.mendix.widget.native.barcodescanner.BarcodeScanner" supportedPlatform="Native" needsEntityContext="true" offlineCapable="true" pluginWidget="true" xmlns="http://www.mendix.com/widget/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mendix.com/widget/1.0/ ../../../node_modules/mendix/custom_widget.xsd">
     <name>Barcode scanner</name>
     <description>Scan barcode and QR code values.</description>
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
                     <caption>Barcode</caption>
                     <description>The attribute that will receive the scanned barcode value.</description>
                     <attributeTypes>
-                        <attributeType name="String"/>
+                        <attributeType name="String" />
                     </attributeTypes>
                 </property>
             </propertyGroup>
@@ -25,14 +25,20 @@
                     <description />
                 </property>
             </propertyGroup>
+            <propertyGroup caption="Flash">
+                <property key="showFlashToggle" type="boolean" required="true" defaultValue="false">
+                    <caption>Show flash toggle</caption>
+                    <description>Allow users to toggle the camera flash while scanning.</description>
+                </property>
+            </propertyGroup>
             <propertyGroup caption="Events">
                 <property key="onDetect" type="action" required="false">
                     <caption>On detect</caption>
-                    <description/>
+                    <description />
                 </property>
             </propertyGroup>
             <propertyGroup caption="Common">
-                <systemProperty key="Name"/>
+                <systemProperty key="Name" />
             </propertyGroup>
         </propertyGroup>
     </properties>
diff --git a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/ui/styles.tsx b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/ui/styles.tsx
index 6ad1c7b94..3f46a80f5 100644
--- a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/ui/styles.tsx
+++ b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/src/ui/styles.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,27 @@ export const defaultBarcodeScannerStyle: BarcodeScannerStyle = {
     },
     mask: {
         color: "#62B1F6",
+        width: 200,
+        height: 200,
         backgroundColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6)"
+    },
+    cameraWrapper: {
+        flex: 1,
+        position: "relative"
+    },
+    camera: {
+        flex: 1,
+        justifyContent: "center",
+        alignItems: "center"
+    },
+    flashToggle: {
+        position: "absolute",
+        alignSelf: "center",
+        width: 44,
+        height: 44,
+        borderRadius: 22,
+        backgroundColor: "rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.45)",
+        justifyContent: "center",
+        alignItems: "center"
     }
 };
diff --git a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/typings/BarcodeScannerProps.d.ts b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/typings/BarcodeScannerProps.d.ts
index b7bc06952..4644d1a67 100644
--- a/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/typings/BarcodeScannerProps.d.ts
+++ b/packages/pluggableWidgets/barcode-scanner-native/typings/BarcodeScannerProps.d.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export interface BarcodeScannerProps<Style> {
     barcode: EditableValue<string>;
     showMask: boolean;
     showAnimatedLine: boolean;
+    showFlashToggle: boolean;
     onDetect?: ActionValue;
 }
 
@@ -29,5 +30,6 @@ export interface BarcodeScannerPreviewProps {
     barcode: string;
     showMask: boolean;
     showAnimatedLine: boolean;
+    showFlashToggle: boolean;
     onDetect: {} | null;
 }