Android Photo and Video Programming
Pluralsight
Course Summary
In this course we discuss how to capitalize on the Android camera within your apps to capture still photos and video. We look at both the simple case of leveraging the built-in camera app and the more detailed scenario of direct camera control.
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Course Description
Android devices allow people to have access to a high-quality photo and video camera at all times. This course teaches you how to capitalize on the Android device’s camera capabilities and incorporate them into your app. Topics covered include leveraging the built-in camera app, embedding a camera preview window in your app’s UI, capturing still photos, capturing video, attaching GPS location data to your photos, determining camera capabilities, configuring the camera, camera zoom, Android Gallery integration, accessing the Media Store, showing thumbnails, and much more.
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Course Syllabus
Android Photo and Video Porgramming - Getting Started- 50m 32s
—Introduction 1m 18s
—Control or ease 1m 53s
—Capture photos with ease 4m 45s
—Demo: Capture photos with ease 7m 23s
—Specifying photo location 5m 49s
—Demo: Specifying photo location part 1 12m 34s
—Demo: Forcing gallery to show the photo 2m 54s
—Demo: Specifying photo location part 2 3m 18s
—Capture videos with ease 3m 40s
—Demo: Capture videos with ease 4m 22s
—Summary 2m 36sDirectly Accessing the Camera- 42m 23s
—Introduction 1m 11s
—Pros and cons of direct camera access 1m 6s
—Determining camera support 5m 7s
—Demo: Determining camera support 3m 19s
—Accessing a camera 4m 52s
—Demo: Accessing a camera 15m 30s
—Managing a camera as a shared resource 2m 3s
—Demo: Managing a camera as a shared resource 6m 20s
—Summary 2m 55sViewing Camera Display- 36m 8sTaking a Picture- 19m 56sCamera Control- 49m 59sRecording Video- 37m 10sMedia Store- 32m 16s
