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The document discusses requesting camera permission in an Android app manifest, limitations of using the camera in an Android Virtual Device, an example of taking a picture and displaying it, and using the Camera class for more control over the camera.

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The document discusses requesting camera permission in an Android app manifest, limitations of using the camera in an Android Virtual Device, an example of taking a picture and displaying it, and using the Camera class for more control over the camera.

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CS 193A

Using the camera

This document is copyright (C) Marty Stepp and Stanford Computer Science.
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. All rights reserved.
Requesting camera permission
● If your app uses the device camera,
you must explicitly state that it will use that
hardware in your app's AndroidManifest.xml file.

<manifest ...>
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.camera"
android:required="true" />
...
</manifest>
AVD and camera
● It is difficult to emulate a camera in the Android Virtual Device.
● In AVD Manager, you can try setting the device to use your
laptop's webcam as the virtual camera, but it may crash.
– AVD Manager  Edit  Advanced Settings  Camera
● Alternatively, just deploy
your app to a physical
device to test camera
functionality.
Camera code example
● Example that takes a picture and places it into an ImageView:
private static final int REQ_CODE_TAKE_PICTURE = 90210;
...
Intent picIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
startActivityForResult(picIntent, REQ_CODE_TAKE_PICTURE);
...

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
Intent intent) {
if (requestCode == REQ_CODE_TAKE_PICTURE
&& resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
Bitmap bmp = (Bitmap) intent.getExtras().get("data");
ImageView img = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.camera_image);
img.setImageBitmap(bmp);
}
}
The Camera class (link)
● In our previous example, we used the built-in
photo-taking activity using an Intent.
– This is simple but allows very little customization.

● For more precise camera control, look up the Camera class:

Camera cam = Camera.open();


Camera.Parameters params = cam.getParameters();
params.setPreviewSize(w, h);
cam.setParameters(params);
cam.setDisplayOrientation(degrees); // degrees
cam.startPreview();
cam.takePicture(...); // pass "callbacks" to run later
cam.stopPreview();
cam.release();

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