1 page.title=Capturing Photos 2 page.tags=camera,video,picture 3 4 trainingnavtop=true 5 startpage=true 6 next.title=Taking Photos Simply 7 next.link=photobasics.html 8 9 @jd:body 10 11 <div id="tb-wrapper"> 12 <div id="tb"> 13 14 15 <h2>Dependencies and prerequisites</h2> 16 <ul> 17 <li>Android 2.2 (API level 8) or higher</li> 18 <li>A device with a camera</li> 19 </ul> 20 21 22 <h2>You should also read</h2> 23 <ul> 24 <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/media/camera.html">Camera</a></li> 25 <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/activities.html">Activities</a></li> 26 </ul> 27 28 29 <h2>Try it out</h2> 30 31 <div class="download-box"> 32 <a href="http://developer.android.com/shareables/training/PhotoIntentActivity.zip" 33 class="button">Download the sample</a> 34 <p class="filename">PhotoIntentActivity.zip</p> 35 </div> 36 37 </div> 38 </div> 39 40 <p>The world was a dismal and featureless place before rich media became 41 prevalent. Remember Gopher? We don't, either. For your app to become 42 part of your users' lives, give them a way to put their lives into it. 43 Using the on-board cameras, your application can enable users to augment what 44 they see around them, make unique avatars, look for zombies around the corner, 45 or simply share their experiences.</p> 46 47 <p>This class gets you clicking fast with some super-easy ways of 48 leveraging existing camera applications. In later lessons, you dive deeper 49 and learn how to control the camera hardware directly.</p> 50 51 52 <h2>Lessons</h2> 53 54 <dl> 55 <dt><b><a href="photobasics.html">Taking Photos Simply</a></b></dt> 56 <dd>Leverage other applications and capture photos with just a few lines of code.</dd> 57 <dt><b><a href="videobasics.html">Recording Videos Simply</a></b></dt> 58 <dd>Leverage other applications and record videos with just a few lines of code.</dd> 59 <dt><b><a href="cameradirect.html">Controlling the Camera</a></b></dt> 60 <dd>Control the camera hardware directly and implement your own camera application.</dd> 61 </dl> 62 63