Two ways to access camera using opencv library

After doing some research through Internet and running several demos, I've found there are two ways to access camera using OpenCV library.

1. [ xml form ]  adding org.opencv.android.NativeCameraView tag or org.opencv.android.JavaCameraView tag in the activity_main.xml layout 
2. [ Java form ] manually create an object of NativeCameraView class or JavaCameraView class using the keyword -- new.

1 xml form

1.1 activity_main.xml file:

 <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    xmlns:opencv="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    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="com.example.o_cam3.MainActivity$PlaceholderFragment" >

	<org.opencv.android.NativeCameraView 
	    android:id="@+id/native_camera_view"
	    android:layout_width="match_parent"
	    android:layout_height="match_parent"
	    android:visibility="gone"
	    opencv:show_fps="true"
	    opencv:camera_id="any" />
     

</RelativeLayout>
 

1.2 MainActivity.java file:

package com.example.o_cam3;

import org.opencv.android.BaseLoaderCallback;
import org.opencv.android.CameraBridgeViewBase;
import org.opencv.android.CameraBridgeViewBase.CvCameraViewFrame;
import org.opencv.android.CameraBridgeViewBase.CvCameraViewListener2;
import org.opencv.android.LoaderCallbackInterface;
import org.opencv.android.OpenCVLoader;
import org.opencv.core.Mat;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.SurfaceView;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements CvCameraViewListener2 {
	
	private CameraBridgeViewBase mOpenCvCameraView;
	private BaseLoaderCallback mLoaderCallback = new BaseLoaderCallback(this) {

		@Override
		public void onManagerConnected(int status) {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			switch (status){
				case LoaderCallbackInterface.SUCCESS:
				{
					mOpenCvCameraView.enableView();
					break;
				}
				default:
				{
					super.onManagerConnected(status);				
				}
			}
		}
		
	};

	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

		mOpenCvCameraView = (CameraBridgeViewBase) findViewById(R.id.native_camera_view);
		mOpenCvCameraView.setVisibility(SurfaceView.VISIBLE);
		mOpenCvCameraView.setCvCameraViewListener(this);
		
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
		// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
		getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
		return true;
	}
	
	@Override
	protected void onResume() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		super.onResume();
		OpenCVLoader.initAsync(OpenCVLoader.OPENCV_VERSION_2_4_8, this, mLoaderCallback);
	}
	
	@Override
	protected void onDestroy() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		super.onDestroy();
		if(mOpenCvCameraView != null)
			mOpenCvCameraView.disableView();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
		// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
		// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
		// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
		int id = item.getItemId();
		if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
			return true;
		}
		return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
	}


	@Override
	public void onCameraViewStarted(int width, int height) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
	}

	@Override
	public void onCameraViewStopped() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
	}

	@Override
	public Mat onCameraFrame(CvCameraViewFrame inputFrame) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return inputFrame.rgba();
	}

}

1.3 AndroidManifest.xml file

add uses-permission and uses-feature under manifest but before the application tag

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.o_cam3"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0" >

    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="14"
        android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
    
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false"/>
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.front" android:required="false"/>
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false"/>
    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.front.autofocus" android:required="false"/>

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name="com.example.o_cam3.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>

2 Java form

2.1 MainActivity.java file

package com.example.o_cam4;

import org.opencv.android.BaseLoaderCallback;
import org.opencv.android.CameraBridgeViewBase;
import org.opencv.android.CameraBridgeViewBase.CvCameraViewFrame;
import org.opencv.android.CameraBridgeViewBase.CvCameraViewListener2;
import org.opencv.android.LoaderCallbackInterface;
import org.opencv.android.NativeCameraView;
import org.opencv.android.OpenCVLoader;
import org.opencv.core.Mat;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.Fragment;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;

public class MainActivity extends Activity implements CvCameraViewListener2 {

	private CameraBridgeViewBase mOpenCvCameraView;
	private BaseLoaderCallback mLoaderCallback = new BaseLoaderCallback(this) {

		@Override
		public void onManagerConnected(int status) {
			// TODO Auto-generated method stub
			switch (status){
				case LoaderCallbackInterface.SUCCESS:{
					mOpenCvCameraView.enableView();
					break;
				}
				default:{
					super.onManagerConnected(status);				
				}
			}
		}		
	};
	
	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		
		final Window window = getWindow();
		window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);
		
		mOpenCvCameraView = new NativeCameraView(this, 0);
		mOpenCvCameraView.setCvCameraViewListener(this);
		
		setContentView(mOpenCvCameraView);
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {

		// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
		getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
		return true;
	}
	
	@Override
	protected void onResume() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		super.onResume();
		OpenCVLoader.initAsync(OpenCVLoader.OPENCV_VERSION_2_4_8, this, mLoaderCallback);
	}
	
	@Override
	protected void onPause() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		if(mOpenCvCameraView != null)
			mOpenCvCameraView.disableView();
		super.onPause();
	}
	
	@Override
	protected void onDestroy() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		super.onDestroy();
		if(mOpenCvCameraView != null)
			mOpenCvCameraView.disableView();
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
		// Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
		// automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
		// as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
		int id = item.getItemId();
		if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
			return true;
		}
		return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
	}

	/**
	 * A placeholder fragment containing a simple view.
	 */
	public static class PlaceholderFragment extends Fragment {

		public PlaceholderFragment() {
		}

		@Override
		public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
				Bundle savedInstanceState) {
			View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_main, container,
					false);
			return rootView;
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void onCameraViewStarted(int width, int height) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
	}

	@Override
	public void onCameraViewStopped() {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		
	}

	@Override
	public Mat onCameraFrame(CvCameraViewFrame inputFrame) {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		return inputFrame.rgba();
	}

}

2.2 layout files. Keep activity_main.xml as its original appearance but comment out TextView tag and its contents in fragment_main.xml file

2.3 AndroidManifest.xml

 Changes regarding to this file is the same contents as stated in 1.3.