Hey I have some preliminary UI work done up on my Camera branch:
https://github.com/infil00p/callback-android/tree/camera There's quite a few issues with the Camera that I'm still trying to hammer down. I might start moving this into the JS, but I think that we might want to talk about the UI and how to improve it. Should the camera button be larger, and should it be a picture of a camera? Does this make sense? It'd be good to minimize the number of images used, since I would rather not have to distribute images. I'll finish up auto-focus, but it'd be good if it would consistently take a photo first. There seems to be an issue with the photo that's coming back which is the issue. Also, would it make sense to move the branch onto a branch on the Apache Cordova repo? Joe On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:24 AM, Simon MacDonald <simon.macdon...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cool Joe. Thanks for the heads up on the UI. I kinda think we will > need a preview as that is what folks expect. > > Simon Mac Donald > http://hi.im/simonmacdonald > > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hey >> >> I'm currently hacking on the UI. This really reminds me of why this >> project exists in the first place. I'm hoping to get a basic layout >> working by the end of the day for phones. >> >> We also need to implement the following: >> >> * AutoFocus >> * Zoom >> * Preview >> >> I'm willing to not have preview, since this could be implemented in >> HTML and Javascript by the developer, even though every camera app >> that I've seen did have preview built-in so far. >> >> Joe >> >> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 11:13 AM, Simon MacDonald >> <simon.macdon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Just an update as I continue to work on this. I have the >>> CameraActivity working with the following options: >>> >>> quality : any quality >>> destinationType : DATA_URL or FILE_URI, >>> sourceType : CAMERA or PHOTOALBUM >>> allowEdit : N/A on Android >>> encodingType: JPEG only >>> targetWidth: any width >>> targetHeight: any height >>> mediaType: any media type >>> popoverOptions: N/A on Android >>> saveToPhotoAlbum: true or false >>> correctOrientation: completely broken >>> >>> Things that need to be done include: >>> >>> 1) Figure out why the Camera class does not save any of the EXIF data >>> with orientation being the most important so we can do >>> correctOrientation properly. >>> 2) Move a lot of the code in CameraLauncher into CameraActivity. That >>> way we won't need to write a File in CameraActivity then read it in >>> CameraLauncher. By working with the raw bytes in CameraActivity to do >>> rotation/resizing/compression we should be able to save on memory. >>> 3) Make the Camera GUI look so much nicer than my current utilitarian mode. >>> 4) Move away from a camera layout file to putting the layout in code >>> so we don't have to make Cordova a library project. >>> >>> Simon Mac Donald >>> http://hi.im/simonmacdonald >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:50 PM, Simon MacDonald >>> <simon.macdon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> That should already be fixed by this commit: >>>> >>>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-cordova-android.git;a=commit;h=f78af9f27baa82a351fb4b8a317ad50d54d99e56 >>>> >>>> Simon Mac Donald >>>> http://hi.im/simonmacdonald >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Indeed. >>>>> >>>>> I got this with the latest target http://pastebin.com/wj11TGhh >>>>> >>>>> and the errors above with an old target and I then I recalled >>>>> that renderscript.opt.level thingy. Anyway we can fix this for good ? I >>>>> know it has nothing to do with the topic! :-) >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Simon MacDonald >>>>> <simon.macdon...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>> > Looks like you are using an older version of Android before those Exif >>>>> > properties existed. >>>>> > >>>>> > Simon Mac Donald >>>>> > http://hi.im/simonmacdonald >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Anis KADRI <anis.ka...@gmail.com> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > > Tried it out. Not compiling. http://pastebin.com/3KK96gCu >>>>> > > Didn't spend too much time on it. So solution can be trivial :) >>>>> > > >>>>> > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > > >>>>> > > > That sounds like a good idea. Do we want auto-focus on or off on >>>>> > > > the >>>>> > > > camera? >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > Joe >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Simon MacDonald >>>>> > > > <simon.macdon...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> > > > > Okay, >>>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > > So I've done a bit of work today on taking the camera code back in >>>>> > > house. >>>>> > > > > Right now I have the very basic take a picture and return a file >>>>> > > > > URI >>>>> > > > > working. It does not respect and options or do any image >>>>> > manipulation. >>>>> > > > I'm >>>>> > > > > going to take the time to add that back in slowly. >>>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>>> > https://github.com/macdonst/cordova-android/commit/ac5dbf3f54ac6e43f6c346130ac2ac86aed26eb5 >>>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > > Also, I'm using a layout file which means you have to import >>>>> > > > > Cordova >>>>> > > into >>>>> > > > > your test app as a library project. I'm just doing that for now as >>>>> > > > > eventually that layout will get converted to code so we can go >>>>> > > > > back >>>>> > to >>>>> > > > > making it a jar. I am not a UI designer so Joe volunteered Yohei >>>>> > > > > to >>>>> > > > design >>>>> > > > > the camera interface so it doesn't look like a deranged >>>>> > > > > coffee fuelled monster designed it. Thanks Yohei! >>>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > > Simon Mac Donald >>>>> > > > > http://hi.im/simonmacdonald >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>> >>>>
