Deprecated
CameraView is deprecated. No more development will be taking place.
Use Jetpack CameraX instead.
CameraView
This is not an official Google product.
CameraView aims to help Android developers easily integrate Camera features.
Requires API Level 9. The library uses Camera 1 API on API Level 9-20 and Camera2 on 21 and above.
API Level | Camera API | Preview View |
---|---|---|
9-13 | Camera1 | SurfaceView |
14-20 | Camera1 | TextureView |
21-23 | Camera2 | TextureView |
24 | Camera2 | SurfaceView |
Features
- Camera preview by placing it in a layout XML (and calling the start method)
- Configuration by attributes
- Aspect ratio (app:aspectRatio)
- Auto-focus (app:autoFocus)
- Flash (app:flash)
Usage
<com.google.android.cameraview.CameraView
android:id="@+id/camera"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:keepScreenOn="true"
android:adjustViewBounds="true"
app:autoFocus="true"
app:aspectRatio="4:3"
app:facing="back"
app:flash="auto"/>
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
mCameraView.start();
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
mCameraView.stop();
super.onPause();
}
You can see a complete usage in the demo app.
Contribution
See CONTRIBUTING.md.