You don't have to use a GLSurfaceView, you can use a SurfaceView instead. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Adam Ratana <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nick, I am in a similar situation, if you happen to get this > working please let me know if you don't mind. I've done an app which > uses the canvas API on top of the SurfaceView for this reason, but > that probably woudln't work or just take way too much time to > implement if you're dealing with opengl friendly data. > > As far as the camera list, what I'm finding is, the amount of phones > running 2.1 is decreasing, less than 6.5% of my paid users are on 2.1, > and 15% of free app users are on 2.1, the only reason the app I'm > doing is 2.1 compatible is because I still haven't updated my Galaxy S > to 2.2. A lot of apps which do camera related things just support > 2.2+, it may be something to consider if knowing FOV is super > important. I also looked for a list but didn't find anything. Right > now I'm considering letting people just zoom what I'm drawing. > > On Jun 20, 7:43 am, Nickw <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm developing an augmented-reality app in which I wish to overlay >> real-world data, specifically hiking trails from the OpenStreetMap >> project, on the phone's camera feed. >> >> I'm getting this kind-of working, using the camera's SurfaceView >> stacked on the GLSurfaceView (yes, that way round, as documented by >> several on the web). However you can't always see both layers and in >> any case I've seen posts on here suggesting you're not supposed to >> overlay two SurfaceViews on each other. >> >> However what I'm struggling to find is an alternative way of doing it. >> The method which springs to mind is to draw the OpenGL layer without >> using a GLSurfaceView (e.g. just a regular view) but can that be done? >> An alternative method is to send the feed to the GLSurfaceView as a >> texture but this seems a bit of a long winded way of doing it and if >> there are simpler alternatives, I'd prefer to go that route. >> >> On another issue related to the same app, on Android 2.1 (and below) >> there is no way to use the API to find any of the camera field of view >> parameters, focal length, and so on. The specification for the HTC >> Hero does not mention any of those parameters, though I've estimated >> in the field a horizontal field of view of just under 40 degrees. It >> seems that for 2.1 and below one would have to use some sort of table >> mapping phone models to parameters, but again googling is drawing >> blanks. Is anyone aware of a list of models and camera FOV parameters? >> >> Thanks, >> Nick > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >
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