Android™ Application Development in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself, Third Edition

Hour 20. Say Cheese! Working with Cameras

What You’ll Learn in This Hour

Capturing media

Using intents to take photos and videos

Creating a custom camera app

As you have seen, Android devices come in different sizes and have different features. Most Android phones and many Android tablets include a camera. Some have two cameras. A front-facing camera faces the user and enables apps for video chatting as well as self-portraits. Cameras on Android ...