diff --git a/ZXing.Net.Mobile/Android/CameraAccess/CameraAnalyzer.android.cs b/ZXing.Net.Mobile/Android/CameraAccess/CameraAnalyzer.android.cs
index d01c170f..25e27672 100644
--- a/ZXing.Net.Mobile/Android/CameraAccess/CameraAnalyzer.android.cs
+++ b/ZXing.Net.Mobile/Android/CameraAccess/CameraAnalyzer.android.cs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class CameraAnalyzer
         bool wasScanned;
         IScannerSessionHost scannerHost;
         CameraManager cameraManager;
+        BarcodeReader barcodeReader;
 
         public CameraAnalyzer(SurfaceView surfaceView, IScannerSessionHost scannerHost)
         {
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ public void AutoFocus(int x, int y)
 
         public void RefreshCamera()
         {
+            barcodeReader = null;
             cameraController.RefreshCamera();
         }
 
@@ -120,8 +122,14 @@ void DecodeFrame(byte[] data)
             var previewSize = cameraController.IdealPhotoSize;
             var width = previewSize.Width;
             var height = previewSize.Height;
-            var barcodeReader = scannerHost.ScanningOptions.BuildBarcodeReader();
 
+            if (barcodeReader == null)
+            {
+                barcodeReader = scannerHost.ScanningOptions.BuildBarcodeReader();
+
+                Android.Util.Log.Debug(MobileBarcodeScanner.TAG, "Created Barcode Reader");
+            }
+            
             ZXing.Result result = null;
             var start = PerformanceCounter.Start();
 
diff --git a/ZXing.Net.Mobile/Android/CameraAccess/CameraEventsListener.android.cs b/ZXing.Net.Mobile/Android/CameraAccess/CameraEventsListener.android.cs
index 0f89c0e6..8c739a05 100644
--- a/ZXing.Net.Mobile/Android/CameraAccess/CameraEventsListener.android.cs
+++ b/ZXing.Net.Mobile/Android/CameraAccess/CameraEventsListener.android.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using System;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Android.Content;
 using Android.Graphics;
 using Android.Media;
 using Android.Renderscripts;
 using ApxLabs.FastAndroidCamera;
+
 using Java.IO;
 using Java.Nio;
 using static Android.Media.ImageReader;
@@ -20,10 +22,19 @@ public void OnImageAvailable(ImageReader reader)
             Image image = null;
             try
             {
+                //Returns a yuv420888 image
                 image = reader.AcquireLatestImage();
+
                 if (image is null) return;
-                var yuvBytes = ImageToByteArray(image);
+
+                //On Pixel5, the original Yuv42088 to nv21 conversion fails
+                //var yuvBytes = ImageToByteArray(image);
+                var yuvBytes = Yuv420888toNv21(image);
+
                 OnPreviewFrameReady?.Invoke(this, yuvBytes);
+
+                //To check that the yuv conversion is correct, you can save a jpg version
+                //SaveJpegBytes(yuvBytes, image.Width, image.Height);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -31,6 +42,102 @@ public void OnImageAvailable(ImageReader reader)
             }
         }
 
+        //Use this to save the converted yuv image to external storage
+        //You may need to include Permissions.StorageWrite in PermissionsHandler.android.cs and in the manifest
+        //void SaveJpegBytes(byte[] yuvBytes, int width, int height)
+        //{
+        //    var dcimDir = Android.OS.Environment.GetExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Android.OS.Environment.DirectoryDcim).AbsolutePath;
+        //    var filename = System.IO.Path.Combine(dcimDir, $"nv21-output.jpg");
+
+        //    //Convert the nv21 bytes to a jpeg
+        //    var stream = new MemoryStream();
+        //    var yuvImage = new YuvImage(yuvBytes, ImageFormatType.Nv21, width, height, null);
+        //    yuvImage.CompressToJpeg(new Rect(0, 0, width, height), 50, stream);
+
+        //    System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(filename, stream.ToArray());
+        //}
+
+        //https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52726002/camera2-captured-picture-conversion-from-yuv-420-888-to-nv21
+        byte[] Yuv420888toNv21(Image image)
+        {
+            var width = image.Width;
+            var height = image.Height;
+            var ySize = width * height;
+            var uvSize = width * height / 4;
+
+            var nv21 = new byte[ySize + uvSize * 2];
+
+            var yBuffer = image.GetPlanes()[0].Buffer; // Y
+            var uBuffer = image.GetPlanes()[1].Buffer; // U
+            var vBuffer = image.GetPlanes()[2].Buffer; // V
+
+            var rowStride = image.GetPlanes()[0].RowStride;
+            var pos = 0;
+
+            if (rowStride == width)
+            {
+                // likely
+                yBuffer.Get(nv21, 0, ySize);
+                pos += ySize;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var yBufferPos = -rowStride; // not an actual position
+                for (; pos < ySize; pos += width)
+                {
+                    yBufferPos += rowStride;
+                    yBuffer.Position(yBufferPos);
+                    yBuffer.Get(nv21, pos, width);
+                }
+            }
+
+            rowStride = image.GetPlanes()[2].RowStride;
+            var pixelStride = image.GetPlanes()[2].PixelStride;
+
+            if (pixelStride == 2 && rowStride == width && uBuffer.Get(0) == vBuffer.Get(1))
+            {
+                // maybe V and U planes overlap as per NV21, which means vBuffer[1] is alias of uBuffer[0]
+                var savePixel = vBuffer.Get(1);
+                try
+                {
+                    vBuffer.Put(1, (sbyte)~savePixel);
+                    if (uBuffer.Get(0) == (sbyte)~savePixel)
+                    {
+                        vBuffer.Put(1, savePixel);
+                        vBuffer.Position(0);
+                        uBuffer.Position(0);
+                        vBuffer.Get(nv21, ySize, 1);
+                        uBuffer.Get(nv21, ySize + 1, uBuffer.Remaining());
+
+                        return nv21; // shortcut
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (ReadOnlyBufferException)
+                {
+                    // unfortunately, we cannot check if vBuffer and uBuffer overlap
+                }
+
+                // unfortunately, the check failed. We must save U and V pixel by pixel
+                vBuffer.Put(1, savePixel);
+            }
+
+            // other optimizations could check if (pixelStride == 1) or (pixelStride == 2), 
+            // but performance gain would be less significant
+
+            for (var row = 0; row < height / 2; row++)
+            {
+                for (var col = 0; col < width / 2; col++)
+                {
+                    var vuPos = col * pixelStride + row * rowStride;
+                    nv21[pos++] = (byte)vBuffer.Get(vuPos);
+                    nv21[pos++] = (byte)uBuffer.Get(vuPos);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return nv21;
+        }
+
+        //Convert to NV21
         byte[] ImageToByteArray(Image image)
         {
             byte[] result;