GTIN-14 barcodes scan with AVFoundation framework in iOS - ios

I have to scan GTIN-14 barcodes, also named GS1-128 or ITF-14 (http://www.gtin.info/). I've tried with AVFoundation framework adding all available barcode types but it doesn't work.
- (void)startReading
{
NSArray *barCodeTypes = #[AVMetadataObjectTypeUPCECode, AVMetadataObjectTypeCode39Code, AVMetadataObjectTypeCode39Mod43Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypeEAN13Code, AVMetadataObjectTypeEAN8Code, AVMetadataObjectTypeCode93Code, AVMetadataObjectTypeCode128Code,
AVMetadataObjectTypePDF417Code, AVMetadataObjectTypeQRCode, AVMetadataObjectTypeAztecCode];
NSError *error;
AVCaptureDevice *captureDevice = [AVCaptureDevice defaultDeviceWithMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo];
AVCaptureDeviceInput *input = [AVCaptureDeviceInput deviceInputWithDevice:captureDevice error:&error];
if (!input) {
NSLog(#"%#", [error localizedDescription]);
}
self.captureSession = [[AVCaptureSession alloc] init];
[self.captureSession addInput:input];
AVCaptureMetadataOutput *captureMetadataOutput = [[AVCaptureMetadataOutput alloc] init];
[self.captureSession addOutput:captureMetadataOutput];
[captureMetadataOutput setMetadataObjectsDelegate:self queue:dispatch_get_main_queue()];
[captureMetadataOutput setMetadataObjectTypes:barCodeTypes];
//[captureMetadataOutput setMetadataObjectTypes:[captureMetadataOutput availableMetadataObjectTypes]];
self.videoPreviewLayer = [[AVCaptureVideoPreviewLayer alloc] initWithSession:self.captureSession];
[self.videoPreviewLayer setVideoGravity:AVLayerVideoGravityResizeAspectFill];
[self.videoPreviewLayer setFrame:self.cameraView.layer.bounds];
[self.cameraView.layer addSublayer:self.videoPreviewLayer];
[self.captureSession startRunning];
}
It's possible with AVFoundation framework? Is there another framework to scan GTIN-14 barcodes?

Another barcode reader lib for ios is http://zbar.sourceforge.net.

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