glamdring / easycamera

Wrapper around the android Camera class that simplifies its usage

EasyCamera

Wrapper around the android Camera class that simplifies its usage (read more about the process)

Usage:

// the surface where the preview will be displayed
SurfaceView surfaceView = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.surfaceView);
EasyCamera camera = DefaultEasyCamera.open();
CameraActions actions = camera.startPreview(surfaceView.getHolder());
PictureCallback callback = new PictureCallback() {
    public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, CameraActions actions) {
        // store picture
    }
};
actions.takePicture(Callbacks.create().withJpegCallback(callback));

By default, preview stops when a picture is taken. If you want to restart preview, specify .withRestartPreviewAfterCallbacks(true) on the Callbacks object

If you need the android.hardware.Camera object, get it via camera.getRawCamera()

How to import in maven:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>net.bozho.easycamera</groupId>
        <artifactId>easycamera</artifactId>
        <version>0.0.1</version>
        <type>aar</type>
    </dependency>

How to import in gradle:

    compile 'net.bozho.easycamera:easycamera:0.0.1:aar@aar'

easycamera's Issues

Camera is Freezing

After i open easycamera class, i get preview of the camera but camera is freezing.

public class MakePhotoActivity extends Activity {

SurfaceHolder previewHolder;
SurfaceView mSurfaceView;
private boolean previewIsRunning;
private EasyCamera camera;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    mSurfaceView = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.surface);
    previewHolder = mSurfaceView.getHolder();
    previewHolder.addCallback(new SurfaceHolder.Callback() {

        public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format,
                int width, int height) {
             if (!previewIsRunning && (camera != null)) {
                 try {
                    camera.startPreview(holder);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                 previewIsRunning = true;
             }
        }

        public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {

            camera = DefaultEasyCamera.open(CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT);

        }

        public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) { 
            camera.close();
            camera = null;

        }

    });
}

}

Camera Example

hi there, can you please make an example for your looks like awesome api please.

sincerely,
A guy that can't get it to work.

please,add this to the jcenter

Thanks you

Release to maven central

A release of version 0.0.1 is to be made to Maven Central. Steps:

• register the project at Sonatype
• sign artifacts and stage release
• promote release

Black Screen

Hello! when I call startPreview on the onCreate method of an activity or a fragment, the surface becomes black (but my webcam turns on the led indicating it's on)
it only works when i call startPreview on a click of a button or something that will happen on a later time..
How can I fix that?

Gradle

Everything is in the title building this lib as a Gradle dependency could be a great fit to help everybody with android camera nightmare 👍