natario1/CameraView
📸 A well documented, high-level Android interface that makes capturing pictures and videos easy, addressing all of the common issues and needs. Real-time filters, gestures, watermarks, frame processing, RAW, output of any size. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3333
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 729
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5125 stars · 982 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
CameraView is a well-documented, high-level Android library that simplifies capturing pictures and videos, wrapping Camera1 and Camera2 APIs behind a single easy interface. It offers real-time filters, gestures, watermarks, frame processing, RAW output, and flexible preview sizing, powered by an OpenGL preview pipeline.
Use cases
- capture photos and videos in an Android app without dealing with Camera2 complexity
- add real-time filters to a camera preview
- overlay watermarks or animated overlays on captured media
- process camera frames in real time for computer vision
- take RAW pictures on Android
- embed a camera preview of any size in a layout
- control flash, zoom, exposure, white balance, and HDR
When to choose
- you need camera capture on Android with minimal boilerplate and broad API-level support (down to API 15)
- you want built-in features like filters, gestures, watermarks, and frame processing
- you need both Camera1 and Camera2 engine support with a unified API
- you want a well-documented, well-tested camera library
When to avoid
- you are building for iOS, desktop, or web platforms
- you need advanced video transcoding or compression (use the companion Transcoder library instead)
- you need Jetpack Compose-first camera APIs (consider CameraX instead)
- you need active feature development, as the project appears to be in maintenance mode
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
image-processing video-processing computer-vision mobile-development android-tools media photography jvm camera camera2 camera-preview real-time-filters opengl watermarks frame-processing raw-image video-capture picture-capture gestures android mobile
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/natario1/CameraView · fetched 2026-08-28 · 0f3267b7bcc1
- homepage: https://natario1.github.io/CameraView · fetched 2026-08-29 · cb1444f2dcc6
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| natario1/CameraView | main | 23 |
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