What's the correct way to implement Tap To Focus for camera?

Question

I\'m working on an app which has a custom camera screen, for which I\'m supposed to implement tap to focus, like in the Android(more specifically, the Galaxy S4) camera app.

Answer 1

this has the solution. I just added the implementation of some missing methods in his code.

private static  final int FOCUS_AREA_SIZE= 300;

//

mCameraPreview.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
        @Override
        public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
            if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) {
                focusOnTouch(event);
            }
            return true;
        }
    });

//

 private void focusOnTouch(MotionEvent event) {
    if (mCamera != null ) {

        Camera.Parameters parameters = mCamera.getParameters();
        if (parameters.getMaxNumMeteringAreas() > 0){
            Log.i(TAG,"fancy !");
            Rect rect = calculateFocusArea(event.getX(), event.getY());

            parameters.setFocusMode(Camera.Parameters.FOCUS_MODE_AUTO);
            List meteringAreas = new ArrayList();
            meteringAreas.add(new Camera.Area(rect, 800));
            parameters.setFocusAreas(meteringAreas);

            mCamera.setParameters(parameters);
            mCamera.autoFocus(mAutoFocusTakePictureCallback);
        }else {
            mCamera.autoFocus(mAutoFocusTakePictureCallback);
        }
    }
}

private Rect calculateFocusArea(float x, float y) {
    int left = clamp(Float.valueOf((x / mCameraPreview.getWidth()) * 2000 - 1000).intValue(), FOCUS_AREA_SIZE);
    int top = clamp(Float.valueOf((y / mCameraPreview.getHeight()) * 2000 - 1000).intValue(), FOCUS_AREA_SIZE);

    return new Rect(left, top, left + FOCUS_AREA_SIZE, top + FOCUS_AREA_SIZE);
}

private int clamp(int touchCoordinateInCameraReper, int focusAreaSize) {
    int result;
    if (Math.abs(touchCoordinateInCameraReper)+focusAreaSize/2>1000){
        if (touchCoordinateInCameraReper>0){
            result = 1000 - focusAreaSize/2;
        } else {
            result = -1000 + focusAreaSize/2;
        }
    } else{
         result = touchCoordinateInCameraReper - focusAreaSize/2;
    }
    return result;
}

// implement this callback to trigger the focus.

private Camera.AutoFocusCallback mAutoFocusTakePictureCallback = new Camera.AutoFocusCallback() {
        @Override
        public void onAutoFocus(boolean success, Camera camera) {
            if (success) {
                // do something...
                Log.i("tap_to_focus","success!");
            } else {
                // do something...
                Log.i("tap_to_focus","fail!");
            }
        }
    };