The Android Things camera watchkeeper, when implemented it will take a picture upon receiving a push message.
- Android Things compatible board
- Android Things compatible camera (for example, the Raspberry Pi 3 camera module)
- Android Studio 2.2+
- "Google Repository" from the Android SDK Manager
- Google Cloud project with Cloud Vision API enabled
- Firebase database
- The following individual components:
- 1 push button
- 1 resistor
- jumper wires
- 1 breadboard
To setup, follow these steps below.
- Add a valid Google Cloud Vision API key in the constant
CloudVisionUtils.CLOUD_VISION_API_KEY
- Create a Google Cloud Platform (GCP) project on GCP Console
- Enable Cloud Vision API under Library
- Add an API key under Credentials
- Copy and paste the Cloud Vision API key to the constant in
CloudVisionUtils.java
- Add a valid
google-services.json
from Firebase toapp/
andcompanionApp/
- Create a Firebase project on Firebase Console
- Add an Android app with your specific package name in the project
- Download the auto-generated
google-services.json
and save toapp/
andcompanionApp/
folders
There are two modules: app
and companionApp
, the former is on device while the latter on
companion device e.g. Android phone.
To run the app
module on an Android Things board:
- Connect a push button to your device's GPIO pin according to the schematics below
- Deploy and run the
app
module - Take a picture by pushing the button
- Verify from Firebase Console that pictures are uploaded to a log in the Firebase database of your project
- Verify from Firebase Console that the uploaded pictures in the log get annotations after a small delay from the GCP Cloud Vision
To run the companionApp
module on your Android phone:
- Deploy and run the
companionApp
module - Verify that you see a new annotated picture everytime you push the button
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