How do I access the camera on Android phones?

Question

I\'ve written a program in Java that takes in an image file and manipulates the image. Now I\'m trying to access the camera so that I can take the photo and give it to the image

Answer 1

There are two methods to take photo for your android application

1)Using Intent

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE); // create a file to save the image
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); // set the image file name

// start the image capture Intent
startActivityForResult(intent, CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE);

2) Creating a customized camera activity. For that you need following steps

 * Detect and Access Camera
 * Create a Preview Class
 * Build a Preview Layout 
 * Capture and Save Files
 * Release the Camera

You may also refer the following links:

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/camera.html http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html