Camera on Android Eclipse emulator:

Question

I don\'t have an embedded camera in the lid of my notebook. I\'d be hooking up through an external USB camera.

The emulator runtime can pick this up right? I\'ll g

Answer 1

Time to upgrade your ADK!

As of Android SDK version 14, the emulator supports webcams to simulate a camera:

General notes - Added webcam support to Android 4.0 or later platforms to emulate rear-facing cameras when one webcam is present, and to emulate both rear-facing and front-facing cameras when two webcams are present. Webcam suport is for Windows and Linux only. Mac support will come in a later release.

from: Android SDK Tools, SDK Tools, Revision 14

It works! I've tried this myself.