How to implement video calls in Android?

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I want to implement video call functionality in my application. I didn't found any resource on the internet like any SDK, API which I can use to make the video call.

What things can I start to research?

minimally you will have to have a central server to connect to so if one phone is on wifi an has a private NAT'd IP — Jim, Apr 07 '11 at 13:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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As eb4890 says in this answer, you can make a Video Call by using GTalk with this code:

Uri imUri = new Uri.Builder().scheme("xmpp").authority("gtalk").query("call;type=video").appendPath(email).build();
Intent IM = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
IM.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
IM.setData(imUri);
startActivity(IM);

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Oct 27 '12 at 16:32

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '11 at 17:10

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There is no support for "video call" in Android at this time, sorry.

answered Apr 07 '11 at 17:10

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How can you say this, skype is supporting video calling.How they are doing it? – Akanksha Rathore Dec 16 '13 at 11:13
@Akanksha: They wrote their own. – CommonsWare Dec 16 '13 at 12:07
Here is also sip API provided by Android for this.Any ways if you have any knowledge about how skype works, so please. Skype API is also available for this.but developers have problem in implementation.If we use skpye API so is it require skype install in mobile.any third part dependency ? – Akanksha Rathore Dec 16 '13 at 13:28

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 13 '12 at 10:23

Video calling is easily possible if both the users have a 3G connection. I did a sample code where on a button click the call is initiated to a number. I wrote the following code inside the onclick listener:

      Intent callIntent = new Intent("com.android.phone.videocall");
            callIntent.putExtra("videocall", true);
            callIntent.setData(Uri.parse("tel:" + phonenumber));
            startActivity(callIntent);

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 12 '15 at 21:59

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The open source SightCall solution offers a strong SDK for Android.

You can access their documentation at http://docs.sightcall.com

answered Mar 12 '15 at 21:59

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 27 '15 at 13:54

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There are many platforms available for video calling. You can try this. It's very easy to use and no charges.

answered Aug 27 '15 at 13:54

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