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Android Meetup May 2013 – Android Camera Integration

on May 8, 2013

Thank you to everyone who attended the Central Florida Android Developers Group last night. Special thanks to Echo for hosting the event.

I had the opportunity to talk about how to easily integrate photo capture capability into one’s app by leveraging the built-in Android camera app and Intents.

Last night’s presentation was an excerpt from the first module of my Android Photo and Video Programming course.

You can download the code from last nights discussion. The download includes the Photo capabilities we discussed and also includes Video capability, which we didn’t have time to discuss. Please feel free to post any questions you might have.

For more information on this and other Android-related topics, checkout Jim’s Android courses at Pluralsight.

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Android Photo & Video Programming

on April 19, 2013

I am super-psyched about my latest Pluralsight course now being live and available: Android Photo and Video Programming

I’m so excited about this course going live and to make it even better, the Pluralsight blog even quotes me on my excitement about this course.

With Smartphones, access to the camera is so pervasive. Don’t miss out on providing the richest possible user experience by not including camera behavior in your apps.

More posts about Android camera behavior and this latest course to come

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Android Photo & Video Programming Course Almost Ready

on April 12, 2013

For the past month I’ve been working on my next Pluralsight course: Android Photo & Video Programming. … I just finished recording the video for the last module.

Still have some more work to do editing the videos, preparing the course assessments, etc. but the hard work is done.

I have to say, this has been one of the most fun courses to write I’ve done. There’s something cool about taking control of the camera, rendering the live preview directly within one’s app View hierarchy and snapping a picture or recording a video.

Something I had thought was going to be a minor point that I ultimately found really interesting was controlling zoom.

The basic zoom-in/zoom-out stuff was just the beginning. Controlling the out-of-band smooth zoom and managing the callbacks that occur during the zoom process were really fun.

The course also ended having much more information than I had originally expected. I had originally spec’d the course out for 5 modules but ended up with 7 jam-packed modules – here they are…

  • Getting Started
  • Directly Accessing the Camera
  • Viewing the Camera Preview Display
  • Taking a Picture
  • Camera Control
  • Recording Video
  • Media Store

If all goes as expected, I’ll have everything turned in to Pluralsight early next week and the course will be live a short time later. I’ll be sure to let everyone know when it goes live.

Here’s a list of Jim’s other Pluralsight Courses…

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