https://developer.android.com/agents/skills/camera/camera1-to-camerax/skill

What problem does it solve?

Camera1 implementations are complex, tied to manual lifecycle handling, and often require brittle orientation and focus logic. This migration guide helps you replace those legacy camera APIs with CameraX components that integrate cleanly with Android lifecycles.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Dependency setup for CameraX: Adds CameraX libraries using a Version Catalog or direct Gradle dependencies, with guidance to use minimum versions for interoperability and Compose extensions.
• Lifecycle-safe camera initialization: Uses ProcessCameraProvider to bind Preview and ImageCapture to a LifecycleOwner instead of manually opening/closing the camera in onResume/onPause.
• Preview and tap-to-focus: Supports both View-based (PreviewView + startFocusAndMetering) and Compose-based (CameraXViewfinder + metering via coordinate transforms) tap-to-focus patterns.
• Photo capture and rotation handling: Captures via ImageCapture.takePicture, processes ImageProxy rotation degrees, mirrors the front camera output, and ensures image.close() is called.
• Switching cameras: Reconfigures CameraSelector (front/back) and re-runs the binding flow.

Quick Start

Ask the AI to migrate my existing Android android.hardware.Camera + SurfaceView code to CameraX with ProcessCameraProvider, Preview, ImageCapture, and tap-to-focus for my UI toolkit (Views or Compose), then provide the exact Kotlin snippets and constraints to follow.