The android video app starting preview display tutorial describes the steps involved to get the preview screen running on the android camera2 video app. Get Code The code to start this tutorial is on github here https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git Tag camera2-video-preview-display or you can run this command git clone https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git –branch camera2-video-preview-display Steps Create the CameraRequest Builder member private CaptureRequest.Builder mCaptureRequestBuilder; […]

The android video app enabling record button tutorial describes the how to create an on click listener for the ImageButton view. And then how to change the image to a red icon for recording and then back to a green icon to indicate that recording is available. Get Code The code to start this tutorial is […]

The android video app creating file storage tutorial describes the how to create the video folder and it’s files. Support for android marshmallow write external storage runtime permissions is also added. Get Code The code to start this tutorial is on github here https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git Tag camera2-video-storage or you can run this command git clone https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git –branch camera2-video-storage Steps Add […]

The android video app setup media recorder tutorial describes how to create and configure a media recorder object that will be passed to the capture request for the recording session. Get Code The code to start this tutorial is on github here https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git Tag camera2-video-media-recorder or you can run this command git clone https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git –branch camera2-video-media-recorder Steps Create […]

The android video app adding icons tutorial is the first episode in an android tutorial series on how to create an android camera application that takes video as well as simultaneously capturing images when the camera button is pressed. The android video app adding icons tutorial comes recommended for android beginners and people new to […]

The android video app video capture request tutorial describes how to setup the video capture session request for recording & saving videos. Get Code The code to this android tutorial can be found on github https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git Tag camera2-video-capture or you can run this command git clone https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git –branch camera2-video-capture Steps Create a method to setup the capture request session for […]

The android video app setup background thread tutorial describes how to create an android handler and thread for that handler. It is important to setup a background handler to remove time consuming tasks from the main UI thread. Many of the api’s provided by android camera2 provide support for a background thread handler. So it’s […]

The android video app adding record timer tutorial describes how add a timer when recording. This android tutorial shows how to use the android Chronograph view. Which is a simple view to display the elapsed time. The timer will only be displayed when the android video app is recording. Get Code The code to start this […]

The android video app get camera device id tutorial describes how to select the camera on the device that you would want to use for your android video application. Normal in smartphone devices you would expect to see two camera’s one front facing normally used for selfie mode and a main rear facing camera. In this […]

The android video app still image setup tutorial describes the steps involved for setting up the still image part of android video app. Get Code The code to start this tutorial is on github here https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git Tag camera2-video-still-setup or you can run this command git clone https://github.com/mobapptuts/android_camera2_api_video_app.git –branch camera2-video-still-setup Steps Setup members for the image size and image reader […]