How can I use a CameraView with Jetpack Compose?

Question

Currently there's no equivalent to CameraView (and PreviewView) in Compose. Is it possible to wrap it and display it in a compose layout?

Answer 1

There is still no CameraX composable. You need to use AndroidView to create one.

Updated example for Compose 1.0.0-beta02:

@Composable
fun CameraPreview(
    modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
    cameraSelector: CameraSelector = CameraSelector.DEFAULT_BACK_CAMERA,
    scaleType: PreviewView.ScaleType = PreviewView.ScaleType.FILL_CENTER,
) {
    val lifecycleOwner = LocalLifecycleOwner.current
    AndroidView(
        modifier = modifier,
        factory = { context ->
            val previewView = PreviewView(context).apply {
                this.scaleType = scaleType
                layoutParams = ViewGroup.LayoutParams(
                    ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                    ViewGroup.LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT
                )
                // Preview is incorrectly scaled in Compose on some devices without this
                implementationMode = PreviewView.ImplementationMode.COMPATIBLE
            }

            val cameraProviderFuture = ProcessCameraProvider.getInstance(context)

            cameraProviderFuture.addListener({
                val cameraProvider = cameraProviderFuture.get()

                // Preview
                val preview = Preview.Builder()
                    .build()
                    .also {
                        it.setSurfaceProvider(previewView.surfaceProvider)
                    }

                try {
                    // Must unbind the use-cases before rebinding them.
                    cameraProvider.unbindAll()

                    cameraProvider.bindToLifecycle(
                        lifecycleOwner, cameraSelector, preview
                    )
                } catch (exc: Exception) {
                    Log.e(TAG, "Use case binding failed", exc)
                }
            }, ContextCompat.getMainExecutor(context))

            previewView
        })
}