CameraX: Make photography easier on Android!

In this talk, I spoke about CameraX, a new Jetpack library that makes camera development in Android easier.
I delivered this talk in droidcon India 2019 and BlrDroid's 113th Meetup.
Find my website: https://bapspatil.com

Transcript

1. CameraX Make photography easier on Android! Bapusaheb Patil Mobile Engineer & Meme Historian at Softway www.bapspatil.com
2. Where I work...
3. Why CameraX?
4. val cameraIntent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)
5. val cameraIntent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE) Not for camera-based apps.
8. • Camera API • Camera2 API
9. Camera API
10. The first-ever API for camera on Android! ✨
11. Simpler to setup than Camera2…
12. Simpler to setup than Camera2... ...but no advanced camera features.
14. Cons...
18. Deprecated since...
19. Camera2 API
20. A lot more complex to setup than Camera API…
21. A lot more complex to setup than Camera API… ...but comes with advanced features!
25. “Bapu, you told me this was the coolest, latest Android API for camera on the block. Turns out it requires lot of code! ”
26. Way too many callbacks.
27. Source: https://proandroiddev.com/understanding-camera2-api-from-callbacks-part-1-5d348de65950
29. Developers have to test a lot. On a lot of devices.
31. CameraX!
32. CameraX, uses Camera2! (under-the-hood)
35. API 21+
37. Camera2: Too much control. CameraX: Use case based.
38. 3 use cases
39. 3 use cases 1. Preview 2. Analysis 3. Capture
40. 1. Preview Displaying the image.
41. 2. Analysis Analyze the buffer for, maybe, ML Kit?
42. 3. Capture Save your images.
43. Building a CameraX app...
44. Sample app: bit.ly/camerax-git
46. Don’t forget permissions!
48. Setup your (basic) UI.
50. Do NOT forget permissions!
52. Setup TextureView for rotations.
54. Setup CameraX!
57. Setup the Preview.
60. Setup the Analysis.
64. Setup the Capture.
68. Bind CameraX to the lifecycle.
70. Let’s talk use cases.
71. Source: Android Developers
72. Camera360 Detect faces & add filters.
73. CameraX fixes a lot of issues. ‍⚕
78. CameraX simplifies Camera2.
79. “Okay, Bapu, you’ve impressed me with CameraX. Where do I go from here? ”
80. For more:
81. For more:
82. For more:
86. Now, go out there & build your first CameraX app!
87. Bapusaheb Patil Mobile Engineer & Meme Historian at Softway Say hi to me! bapspatil bapspatil.com baps_patil ‍♂ Find these slides at: bit.ly/camerax-ppt