15. Using Android Multimedia APIs
Multimedia—whether it’s images, videos, or audio—has become a key driver of mobile device sales. The modern “smart” mobile handset has a camera to capture and display still images and video as well as sophisticated music playback abilities.
In this chapter, you learn how to capture still images using the camera, as well as record and play back audio and video files.
Working with Multimedia
The Android SDK provides a variety of methods for applications to incorporate audio and visual media, including support for many different media types and formats. Individual Android devices and developers can extend the list of supported media to other formats. Not every Android handset has the same multimedia capabilities. ...
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