Hi,
I am working with OpenCV python. I wish to launch my application in a mobile device i.e. android device. But OpenCV android seems to support only Java. Is there a way where I can use my Python script for OpenCV4Android. Or does anyone know if a future version compatible with python is being released?
Thanks in advance,
You can try to build Python support for Android yourself :D It's not difficult. OpenCV invokes Python to automatically wrap its features for Python during build time. However, its cmake script prohibits building Python support against Android.
To short-circuit this mechanism, simply grab the auto-generated header files when you normally build OpenCV with Python support on desktop platform (I used Ubuntu), e.g. pyopencv_generated_types.h, generated0.i, put them together with /src2/cv2.cpp and cv2.cv.hpp, write a simple Android.mk (Application.mk is also used to add C++ support), and invoke ndk-build to build a dynamic library. Then you can use Python to do "import cv2"
Asked: 2013-11-20 06:51:02 -0600
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Last updated: Mar 01 '14
there is sl4a / PythonForAndroid, unfortunately, it uses hardcoded java rmi invocations for anything os related. so - no opencv bindings there ;(
i guess, you'll have to learn java
thanks berak, Guess I do have to learn Java. Do you think we can extend the code from python to java and then use it? btw do you have any idea id OpenCV plans to launch this with python?
thanx berak. i guess i will go with java. seems like an easier and better option