public final class Camera

Entry point for the low-level cross-platform camera API.

This API gives the application direct access to the device camera: live preview, frame streaming, still capture, video recording, flash and focus control. It is intended for use cases that the file-based com.codename1.capture.Capture API cannot serve - real-time barcode scanning, document boundary detection, custom in-app camera UIs.

Permissions: simply referencing classes in this package causes the build pipeline to inject NSCameraUsageDescription / NSMicrophoneUsageDescription (iOS) and android.permission.CAMERA / android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO plus the CameraX gradle dependencies (Android). Developers may override the plist strings via the ios.NSCameraUsageDescription build hint.

Coexistence with Capture: the old com.codename1.capture.Capture API continues to work unchanged. Both may be used in the same app, but only one camera consumer may hold the device at a time. Call CameraSession#pause() before invoking Capture.capturePhoto(...) and CameraSession#resume() afterwards.

if (Camera.isSupported()) {
    CameraSession s = Camera.open(Camera.getDefault(CameraFacing.BACK),
                                  new CameraSessionOptions());
    CameraView v = s.createView();
    // add v to a Form...
    s.setFrameListener(frame -> analyze(frame.getJpegBytes()));
}

For on-device analysis, do not write the frame listener yourself. com.codename1.ai.vision.VisionCameraView is a component that owns the session, streams frames into an analyzer with keep-only-the-newest backpressure, and delivers results on the EDT; and com.codename1.ai.vision.CodeScanner is an entire barcode scanner screen in one call. Use this class directly when the application drives the camera itself – a custom capture UI, video recording, or torch and zoom control.