November 2014
Intermediate to advanced
624 pages
16h 56m
English
Multimedia—whether we’re talking about images, videos, or audio—has become a key driver of mobile device sales. Many modern “smart devices” have built-in cameras to capture and display still images, video, and sophisticated music playback abilities. Your basic smartphone has at least one camera, sometimes two if you count the front-facing cameras used for video chat and self-portraits (selfies). In this chapter, you will learn how to capture still images using the camera, and you will learn how to record and play back audio and video files.
The Android SDK provides a variety of methods for applications to incorporate audio and visual media, including support for many different media types ...