Episode 116: CameraX

Android Developers Backstage

Episode | Podcast

Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:12:59 +0000

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="text-align: right;"></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8z1j8Ich3Dc/XRTSLMLWwXI/AAAAAAAAJgU/a6tWTQLFeH8BoYtS1X9XXm92xaJeKhzLgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20190612_151412.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"> <img border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8z1j8Ich3Dc/XRTSLMLWwXI/AAAAAAAAJgU/a6tWTQLFeH8BoYtS1X9XXm92xaJeKhzLgCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20190612_151412.jpg" width="320" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chet, James, Vinit, and Tor, in reverse-polish notation.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> Tor and Chet talked with Vinit Modi and James Fung from the CameraX team. CameraX is a Jetpack support library that released in alpha form at Google I/O 2019. It offers developers an easier way to embed camera functionality while performing more consistently across Android versions (back to Lollipop) and across various devices.<br /> <br /> Subscribe to the <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/AndroidDevelopersBackstage" target="_blank">podcast feed</a> or download the <a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/androiddevelopers/android_developers_backstage/ADB%20116%20CameraX.mp3" target="_blank">audio file</a> directly.<br /> <br /> <b>Links</b>:<br /> <div> <ul style="text-align: left;"> <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/training/camerax">CameraX Overview</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuv8uK-5CLY">CameraX presentation at I/O 2019</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/training/camerax/architecture">CameraX Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/camerax-getting-started/#0"> Getting Started with CameraX code lab</a></li> <li><a href="http://g.co/camerax/developers">CameraX discussion group</a> (the team is encouraging developers to reach out to this group with questions for the team)</li> <li><a href="https://developer.android.com/jetpack">Jetpack</a></li> </ul> <b>Chet</b>: <a href="http://twitter.com/chethaase" target="_blank">@chethaase</a><br /> <b>Romain</b>: <a href="http://twitter.com/romainguy" target="_blank">@romainguy</a><br /> <b>Tor</b>: <a href="https://twitter.com/tornorbye" target="_blank">@tornorbye</a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i><i><br /></i><br /> <i>Thanks to continued tolerance and support by our audio engineer, Bryan Gordon.</i></div> </div> <img alt="" height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/AndroidDevelopersBackstage/~4/yg13hPuGRfo" width="1" />