> Hi,
> I am trying to by-pass the default camera viewfinder and making an
> application which will give the Surfaceview some continuous jpeg frames
> (instead of getting it from Camera view finder)., but I have realized its
> quiet a gigantic task and I have to modify the files in the
> framework/core/jni(native calls), framework/core/java and services and
> client as well and even the CameraHardware.cpp for this
> as Surfaceview(Surfaceholder instance) connected with the mCamera
> instance (as  the fully initialized SurfaceHolder is to be passed to the
> setPreviewDisplay()(which is connectd with the Camera Hardware code).So i
> wanted to ask these questions:

> (1) Is it possible to bypass the default camera view finder at the
> application (android application code) level.
> (2) I am able to generate the video by passing the continuous jpeg frames to
> * image view*(running in a thread being spawned form the main thread until
> i press stop), can I also  in some way pass these frames to Surface
> holder(surface view so that I can see the video in the viewfinder- my
> understanding is that Surface holder is responsible for the viewfinder on
> the camera)
> (3) Any other way to implement this without delving deep into the Android
> framework.
> Plz suggest .
> Rgds and Thanks for your reply
> Saurabh