# google/cameraview

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4,708 stars · 1,013 forks · Java · Apache-2.0 · archived

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/google/cameraview
- awesome-repositories: https://awesome-repositories.com/repository/google-cameraview.md

## Topics

`android` `camera`

## Description

Cameraview is an Android camera integration library used to embed live camera previews and capture photos or videos within applications. It provides a reusable UI component that manages camera hardware initialization and real-time stream rendering.

The library includes a media capture framework to control hardware settings such as focus, flash, and aspect ratios for recording images and video files.

The project covers functional domains including Android hardware configuration via layout attributes and the rendering of continuous camera streams for immediate visual feedback.

## Tags

### User Interface & Experience

- [Camera Preview Embeddings](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/programmatic-element-construction/android-view-lifecycle-tracking/custom-view-rendering/camera-preview-embeddings.md) — Provides a reusable UI component to embed real-time camera previews within Android application layouts. ([source](https://github.com/google/cameraview/blob/master/settings.gradle))
- [Capture Session Pipelines](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/session-state-restoration/capture-session-recoveries/capture-session-pipelines.md) — Manages camera stream lifecycles by initiating capture sessions that link hardware to the preview surface.
- [Hardware Aspect Ratio Configurations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/user-interface-experience/constraint-layout-engines/aspect-ratio-constraints/video-aspect-ratio-configurations/hardware-aspect-ratio-configurations.md) — Allows adjusting camera aspect ratios via layout attributes to meet specific application requirements.

### Graphics & Multimedia

- [Camera and Screen Captures](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/camera-and-screen-captures.md) — Provides hardware controls for focus and flash to record high-quality images and video files. ([source](https://github.com/google/cameraview#readme))
- [Camera Preview Renderers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/camera-preview-renderers.md) — Renders continuous camera streams by initializing views and starting hardware capture sessions. ([source](https://github.com/google/cameraview#readme))
- [Camera Surface Backends](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/graphics-multimedia/video-rendering-pipelines/terminal-video-renderers/camera-surface-backends.md) — Directs raw camera feeds into specific hardware surfaces to provide real-time visual previews.

### Mobile Development

- [Android Camera Integrations](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/android-camera-integrations.md) — Integrates live camera previews and photo capture capabilities directly into Android user interfaces.
- [Camera Libraries](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/camera-libraries.md) — Provides a library for embedding live camera previews and capturing media within Android applications.
- [Media Capture Frameworks](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/media-capture-frameworks.md) — Provides a framework for controlling camera focus, flash, and aspect ratios for high-quality media recording.
- [Mobile Media Capture](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/mobile-development/mobile-media-capture.md) — Controls hardware settings like focus and flash to record high-resolution photos and videos on Android.

### Software Engineering & Architecture

- [Hardware Abstraction Layers](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/hardware-abstraction-layers.md) — Implements a hardware abstraction layer that maps high-level API calls to Android Camera2 hardware controls.
- [Fragment Lifecycle Integration](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/memory-usage-analysis/memory-leak-prevention/android-lifecycle-management/fragment-lifecycle-coordination/fragment-lifecycle-integration.md) — Binds camera hardware states to Android activity and fragment lifecycles to ensure proper resource cleanup and prevent leaks.
- [View Inflation Attributes](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/software-engineering-architecture/attribute-driven-configurations/view-inflation-attributes.md) — Provides the ability to configure camera aspect ratios and focus settings directly via XML layout attributes.

### Web Development

- [Camera Preview Views](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/web-development/dynamic-view-rendering/reusable-view-components/camera-preview-views.md) — Ships a reusable UI element that handles camera hardware initialization and real-time stream rendering.

### Hardware & IoT

- [Camera Hardware Controls](https://awesome-repositories.com/f/hardware-iot/camera-hardware-controls.md) — Enables adjustment of physical camera hardware settings such as aspect ratios and focus. ([source](https://github.com/google/cameraview/blob/master/README.md))