The Android framework includes support for various cameras and camera features available on devices, allowing you to capture pictures and videos in your applications. This article discusses a quick, simple approach to image and video capture and outlines an advanced approach for creating custom camera experiences for your users.

The Camera class is used to set image capture settings, start/stop preview, snap pictures, and retrieve frames for encoding for video. This class is a client for the Camera service, which manages the actual camera hardware.

First of all you have need to permission for using camera in your application. Show you must be add permission in AndroidManifest.xml file

Here I am creating a sample for capturing image and capturing video via using

camera in your device.

1.      Create an Android project

2.      Add views in activity_main.xml file

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center"
        android:layout_weight=".40"
        android:orientation="vertical" >
 
        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnCapImage"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:text="Capture Image" />
 
        <Button
            android:id="@+id/btnCapVideo"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_marginTop="5sp"
            android:text="Capture Video" />
    </LinearLayout>
 
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0sp"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"
        android:layout_weight=".60"
        android:background="@drawable/customborder"
        android:orientation="vertical" >
 
        <TextView
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:gravity="center"
            android:text="preview" />
 
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/myImage"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="fill_parent"
            android:visibility="gone" />
 
        <VideoView
            android:id="@+id/myVideo"
            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
            android:layout_height="450dp"
            android:visibility="gone" />
    </LinearLayout>
 
</LinearLayout>
 

3.       My AndroidManifest.xml file

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.androidcamera"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >
 
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="8"
        android:targetSdkVersion="18" />
 
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
 
    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.androidcamera.MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name"
            android:screenOrientation="landscape" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
 
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
 
</manifest>

4.      Add following code in MainActivity.class

package com.example.androidcamera;
import java.io.File;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
                // Activity request codes
                private static final int CAMERA_CAPTURE_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE = 100;
                private static final int CAMERA_CAPTURE_VIDEO_REQUEST_CODE = 200;
                public static final int MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE = 1;
                public static final int MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO = 2;
                // directory name to store captured images and videos
                private static final String IMAGE_DIRECTORY_NAME = "Hello Camera";  
                private Uri fileUri; // file url to store image/video
                private ImageView imgPreview;
                private VideoView videoPreview;
                private Button btnCapturePicture, btnRecordVideo; 
                @Override
                protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                                super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
                                setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
                                imgPreview = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.myImage);
                                videoPreview = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.myVideo);
                                btnCapturePicture = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnCapImage);
                                btnRecordVideo = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnCapVideo);                    
                                 // Capture image button click event                       
                                btnCapturePicture.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { 
                                                @Override
                                                public void onClick(View v) {
                                                                // capture picture
                                                                captureImage();
                                                }
                                });           
                                 // Record video button click event                          
                                btnRecordVideo.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { 
                                                @Override
                                                public void onClick(View v) {
                                                                // record video
                                                                recordVideo();
                                                }
                                });
                                // checking camera availability
                                if (!isDeviceSupportCamera()) {
                                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                                                                "Sorry! Your device doesn't support camera",
                                                                                Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                                                // will close the app if the device does't have camera
                                                finish();
                                }
                }                
                 // Checking device has camera hardware or not               
                private boolean isDeviceSupportCamera() {
                                if (getApplicationContext().getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(
                                                                PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA)) {
                                                // this device has a camera
                                                return true;
                                } else {
                                                // no camera on this device
                                                return false;
                                }
                }              
                 //Capturing Camera Image will launch camera app requrest image capture          
                private void captureImage() {
                                Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); 
                                fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE);
                                intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri);
                                // start the image capture Intent
                                startActivityForResult(intent, CAMERA_CAPTURE_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE);
                }
                // Here we store the file url as it will be null after returning from camera app      
                @Override
                protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
                                super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
                                // save file url in bundle as it will be null on scren orientation changes
                                outState.putParcelable("file_uri", fileUri);
                } 
                @Override
                protected void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
                                super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState); 
                                // get the file url
                                fileUri = savedInstanceState.getParcelable("file_uri");
                }              
                // Recording video          
                private void recordVideo() {
                                Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE); 
                                fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO);
                                // set video quality
                                intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_VIDEO_QUALITY, 1);
                                intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); 
                           // set the image file name
                // start the video capture Intent
                                startActivityForResult(intent, CAMERA_CAPTURE_VIDEO_REQUEST_CODE);
                }               
                 // Receiving activity result method will be called after closing the camera                 
                @Override
                protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
                                // if the result is capturing Image
                                if (requestCode == CAMERA_CAPTURE_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE) {
                                                if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                                                                // successfully captured the image
                                                                // display it in image view
                                                                previewCapturedImage();
                                                } else if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
                                                                // user cancelled Image capture
                                                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                                                  "User cancelled image capture", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                                } else {
                                                                // failed to capture image
                                                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                            "Sorry! Failed to capture image", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                                }
                                } else if (requestCode == CAMERA_CAPTURE_VIDEO_REQUEST_CODE) {
                                                if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                                                                // video successfully recorded
                                                                // preview the recorded video
                                                                previewVideo();
                                                } else if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
                                                                // user cancelled recording
                                                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                  "User cancelled video recording", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                                } else {
                                                                // failed to record video
                                                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                              "Sorry! Failed to record video", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                                                }
                                }
                }              
                 //Display image from a path to ImageView         
                private void previewCapturedImage() {
                                try {
                                                // hide video preview
                                                videoPreview.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                                                imgPreview.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                                                // bimatp factory
                                                BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
                                                // downsizing image as it throws OutOfMemory Exception for larger
                                                // images
                                                options.inSampleSize = 8;
                                                final Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(fileUri.getPath(),
                                                                                options);
                                                imgPreview.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
                                } catch (NullPointerException e) {
                                                e.printStackTrace();
                                }
                }             
                 // Previewing recorded video                 
                private void previewVideo() {
                                try {
                                                // hide image preview
                                                imgPreview.setVisibility(View.GONE);
                                                videoPreview.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
                                                videoPreview.setVideoPath(fileUri.getPath());
                                                // start playing
                                                videoPreview.start();
                                } catch (Exception e) {
                                                e.printStackTrace();
                                }
                }                
                // creating file uri to store image/video                 
                public Uri getOutputMediaFileUri(int type) {
                                return Uri.fromFile(getOutputMediaFile(type));
                }              
                // returning image / video           
                private static File getOutputMediaFile(int type) { 
                                // External sdcard location
                                File mediaStorageDir = new File(
                                                             Environment  .getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment. DIRECTORY_PICTURES),IMAGE_DIRECTORY_NAME); 
                                // Create the storage directory if it does not exist
                                if (!mediaStorageDir.exists()) {
                                                if (!mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()) {
                                                                Log.d(IMAGE_DIRECTORY_NAME, "Oops! Failed create "
                                                                                                + IMAGE_DIRECTORY_NAME + " directory");
                                                                return null;
                                                }
                                } 
                                // create a media file name
                                String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss",
                                                                Locale.getDefault()).format(new Date());
                                File mediaFile;
                                if (type == MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE) {
                                                mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator
                                                                                + "IMG_" + timeStamp + ".jpg");
                                } else if (type == MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
                                                mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator
                                                                                + "VID_" + timeStamp + ".mp4");
                                } else {
                                                return null;
                                } 
                                return mediaFile;
                }
}

5.       Add shape for custom background as name customborder and paste following code. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
   <corners android:radius="20dp"/> 
   <padding android:left="10dp" android:right="10dp" android:top="10dp" android:bottom="10dp"/>
   <solid android:color="#CCCCCC"/>
 </shape>

Now run your application