I'm new to ZXing and didn't find much information about the overlay. I'm curiously will the overlay layer affect the scanning area? Say, the target QR code located in the overlay area, will the zxing recognize it properly?
Overlay will not affect scanning area, I have similar UI and QR on an edge is recognized fine. However, camera has focus which is often set automatically (or programmatically) on the center. To be able to recognize QR code in your scenario, user will probably have to tap on that area to focus on the image.