Run The Camera In the background !

Question

Hello everyone ,
so i managed to open a strem live from camera . and getting images from it every 2 sec .
what i want to do is runing the camera in the background and get data from it . i dont want the camera to be displayed in my screen .
Any suggestion !

Answer 1

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On Android 9 (API level 28) and later, apps running in the background cannot access the camera. Therefore, you should use the camera either when your app is in the foreground or as part of a foreground service.

For foreground service please check here .

If your app targets Android 11 (API level 30) or higher and accesses the camera in a foreground service, declare the camera foreground service types, as attributes of your <service> component.

   <manifest>  
       ...  
       <service ... android:foregroundServiceType="camera" />  
   </manifest>  

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