How to capture continious image in Android

Question

I'm trying to develop an android application which should take continuous images just like native camera in continuous shooting mode for 10 to 20 seconds.

I followed the sample program from the site

http://marakana.com/forums/android/examples/39.html

Now , i want to enhance this code to take continuous images (for 10 to 20 seconds) , first i tried to take 10 pics by using a for loop , i just put the takePicture() function in the loop , but that'S not working .

do i need to use threadS . IF YES , THEN which part should i put in thread , the image capturing or image saving to sd card

If any body having some sample code for taking continuous images , pls share.

possible duplicate of [Capturing Multiple Photos](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5336890/capturing-multiple-photos) — Alex Cohn, Jun 14 '14 at 09:11

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '13 at 06:29

I know it is very late to reply, but I just came across this question and thought it would be helpful for future visitors.

PictureCallback jpegCallback = new PictureCallback() {
    public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
     //Save Picture here

       preview.camera.stopPreview();

       // if condition 
             preview.camera.startPreview();
       // end if condition
  }
};

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 27 '11 at 10:48

Just put a counter in the jpegCallBack function, that decrements and calls your takePicture() again until the wished number of pictures is reached.

int pictureCounter = 10;

PictureCallback jpegCallback = new PictureCallback() {

    @Override
    public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
            // save your picture
        if(--pictureCounter>=0) {
            takePicture();
        } else {
            pictureCounter = 10; // reset the counter
        }
    }

How to capture continious image in Android

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