Android Programming Tutorials

Photographic Memory

• The element, indicating that while the code should run
  on Android 1.5 and newer (android:minSdkVersion="3"), that we are

targeting Android 2.1 (android:targetSdkVersion="7").

• The element, indicating that our application

supports both large (4" or higher) and normal (3-4") screens, but

not small screens.

• The element, indicating that we are going to be

using the camera from this point forward. This will tell the system

to prevent installation of our application on devices that lack a

camera.

• Another element, this time to tell the user that

we want to use the camera.

• An element for a Photographer class, that we will be
  adding shortly. Note that we set Photographer to be always

landscape and use a theme that makes it full-screen, removing the

title bar and the status bar.

Step #3: Create the Photographer Class...........................................

We need a layout with a full-screen SurfaceView to use as the space to

display the "preview" – what the camera currently sees.

Create LunchList/res/layout/photographer.xml with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<android.view.SurfaceView

xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

android:id="@+id/preview"

android:layout_width="fill_parent"

android:layout_height="fill_parent"

/>

This is merely a full-screen SurfaceView, the space on which the camera will

draw its preview frames.

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