krk island - pinezici Cross-compiling OpenCV from sources and using it in my Android apps has long time been on my todo list.

I like to play with images and graphics stuff and OpenCV offers a lot of features related to image processing. Recently I found some free time and created my Pano Stitch & Crop app which uses...

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Android 7.0 Nougat (API level 24) introduced the native camera API, which finally allowed fine-grained control of camera directly from C++.

The new API allows you to access image data directly in C, without the need to pass them from Java. Therefore, there might be some (small) performance ga...

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Android offers multiple ways to transfer apps and data between phones. The usual way of transferring apps from your old device to a new one is by using the Tap & Go feature.

In addition to Tap & Go, Android also allows you to copy apps and data using ADB. If you just want to copy one specific AP...

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Making your app a device owner allows you to access some features that would normally require root. You can, for example, reboot the device, hide other installed apps, or restrict access to system settings. You can even perform silent app installs or grant dangerous permissions to apps.

What y...

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The usual way of installing Android apps is through an app store. On my regular phone I've only used the Google Play Store. The Play Store app has one interesting feature - it can update apps without requiring your confirmation.

If your device is only used for one specific purpose (e.g., as a kios...

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