Android: How to use webcam in emulator?

UPDATE

In Android Studio AVD:

  1. Open AVD Manager:

AVD menu

  1. Add/Edit AVD:

Specific AVD strip

  1. Click Advanced Settings in the bottom of the screen:

AVD Advanced Settings

  1. Set your camera of choice as the front/back cameras:

AVD Camera Settings


Follow the below steps in Eclipse.

  1. Goto -> AVD Manager
  2. Create/Edit the AVD.
  3. Hardware > New:
  4. Configures camera facing back
  5. Click on the property value and choose = "webcam0".
  6. Once done all the above the webcam should be connected. If it doesnt then you need to check your WebCam drivers.

Check here for more information : How to use web camera in android emulator to capture a live image?

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I suggest you to look at this highly rated blog post which manages to give a solution to the problem you're facing :

http://www.inter-fuser.com/2009/09/live-camera-preview-in-android-emulator.html

His code is based on the current Android APIs and should work in your case given that you are using a recent Android API.


I would suggest checking the drivers and updating them if required.