This is a companion article for our Camera Tutorial series. The technique described here will make sense even if you haven't done the tutorial, though I've kept the buffer names consistent with how they are set in the tutorial. Read More

At the end of this part you will have

An ANE that grabs frames from the native camera.

Time

15-20 minutes Read More

At the end of this part you will have

A confirmation of whether all of that code you piled up so far actually works. :) Seriously, though, here is where you put the plumbing of your ANE together and start the camera from your test app. Dive in.

Time

5-6 minutes Read More

At the end of this tutorial you will have

An iOS library which connects with the camera, sets it up and starts it.

Time

15-20 minutes Read More

At the end of this part you will have

An AIR library project with AIR interface and function placeholders for driving the camera which you'll fill in the next few parts of the tutorial.

Time

8-10 miutes Read More

At the end of this part you will have:

An Xcode project with AIR interface and function placeholders for driving the camera which you'll fill in the next few parts of the tutorial.

Time

8-10 miutes Read More

At the end of this part you will have

• A Flex mobile app with placeholder functionality for showing preview from the native camera. Check this out If you are asking "Why Flex and not pure ActionScript?"

• The means to run and test your ANE as soon as you write its first lines of code - a much better option than tapping away blind.

• Understanding of the 'grand plan' behind the ANE.

Time

15-20 minutes  Read More

At the end of this tutorial you will have

• A native extension for AIR that connects with the native camera and captures frames from it.
• A test app that uses the native extension and can help you test and debug its code.

Total time

I've broken down the tutorial into parts, each of which should take between 5 and 20 minutes to implement. I expect the full tutorial to take you between an hour and a half and two hours in total. You've got to love software project estimates. :) If you've completed the whole tutorial, leave a comment and let me know whether my estimate was way off base. Read More