1page.title=Capturing Photos 2 3trainingnavtop=true 4startpage=true 5next.title=Taking Photos Simply 6next.link=photobasics.html 7 8@jd:body 9 10<div id="tb-wrapper"> 11<div id="tb"> 12 13 14<h2>Dependencies and prerequisites</h2> 15<ul> 16 <li>Android 1.5 (API level 3) or higher</li> 17 <li>A device with a camera</li> 18</ul> 19 20 21<h2>You should also read</h2> 22<ul> 23 <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/media/camera.html">Camera</a></li> 24 <li><a href="{@docRoot}guide/components/activities.html">Activities</a></li> 25</ul> 26 27 28<h2>Try it out</h2> 29 30<div class="download-box"> 31 <a href="http://developer.android.com/shareables/training/PhotoIntentActivity.zip" 32class="button">Download the sample</a> 33 <p class="filename">PhotoIntentActivity.zip</p> 34</div> 35 36</div> 37</div> 38 39<p>The world was a dismal and featureless place before rich media became 40prevalent. Remember Gopher? We don't, either. For your app to become 41part of your users' lives, give them a way to put their lives into it. 42Using the on-board cameras, your application can enable users to augment what 43they see around them, make unique avatars, look for zombies around the corner, 44or simply share their experiences.</p> 45 46<p>This class gets you clicking fast with some super-easy ways of 47leveraging existing camera applications. In later lessons, you dive deeper 48and learn how to control the camera hardware directly.</p> 49 50 51<h2>Lessons</h2> 52 53<dl> 54 <dt><b><a href="photobasics.html">Taking Photos Simply</a></b></dt> 55 <dd>Leverage other applications and capture photos with just a few lines of code.</dd> 56 <dt><b><a href="videobasics.html">Recording Videos Simply</a></b></dt> 57 <dd>Leverage other applications and record videos with just a few lines of code.</dd> 58 <dt><b><a href="cameradirect.html">Controlling the Camera</a></b></dt> 59 <dd>Control the camera hardware directly and implement your own camera application.</dd> 60</dl> 61 62