How to use Camera Burst Mode programmatically ?

[george_profenza]

I'm using an Xperia Z phone and played with the Camera application's Burst Mode and

I'd also do roll a very basic app of my own using that functionality.

I've downloaded the Android SDK and the Sony Add-On SDK but only saw the default android.hardware.Camera class

which doesn't seem to expose the burst mode functionality (correct me if I'm wrong).

I've also downloaded and built AOSP. I've noticed that libcameraservice has a BurstCapture class which I'm assumung means

the burst functionality would be exposed by the service through an API, but I haven't worked how.

Also, I had a look at the Camera application source code but it looks like a generic Android Camera application,

not the Xperia Z shipped one with the Burst Mode option available.

How can I take photos in Burst Mode from code ?

Is this feature available through an API, if so, where can I find the documentation ?

Thanks,

George

[Samuel1]

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[george_profenza]

Samuel,

Thank you for your reply, but I have been going through the site for the past 4 days.

I've read all relevant tutorials, downloaded the Xperia Z addon and built the AOSP operating system

from the github source and still have found no documentation on how to use the burst feature from code (as the android.hardware.Camera class doesn't expose the functionality)

If you could point to the correct documentation page/article that would be extremely helpful.

Thanks,

George

[Samuel1]

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any article or page that covers this precise "issue", but here's something that might help you out:

http://developer.sonymobile.com/about/how-do-i-get-in-contact/

For developers working with any of our phones, tablets, tools and SDKs, we recommend you to post any questions on Stack Overflow. We have a team of developers that constantly monitor, contribute and reply to questions regarding our products and tools at Stack Overflow.  So if you have a question, just make sure to add a proper product name or the term “Xperia” to the question. Then it will be easier for us to catch your question, and provide you with guidance. You are of course also welcome to post a comment on a post related to the tool you are working on.

Here at the support forum we mainly cover after market support questions, and we (Sony support team) don't have any development experience :smileyhappy:.

[george_profenza]

Hello Samuel,

Reading the "how do I get in contact ?" page is how I reached this forum. Sony Mobile does not seem related to programming.

I have posted my question on StackOverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16542590/how-to-use-xperia-z-camera-in-burst-mode

I've used the term "Xperia" as advised and also the "sony" and "xperia" tags.

I now understand development isn't what you deal with on this forum,

but I would extremely helpful if you could contact your colleagues in development and pass the stackoverflow quetion.

Thanks again for your help,

George

[Samuel1 · Accepted solution]

Ah, I see. You've done everything correctly :smileyhappy:. I'll forward this case internally and hopefully you can get an answer soon!

[george_profenza]

I appreciate it, thank you!