Article ID: 000037833 Content Type: Install & Setup Last Reviewed: 07/12/2021

How can I connect my Intel® RealSense™ camera with an Android* device?

Environment

Intel ® RealSense™ SDK (software developer's kit) 2.0

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Summary

How to use Intel® RealSense™ D400 cameras with rooted and non-rooted Android* devices.

Description

When connecting an Intel® RealSense™ D435 depth camera to an Android* device, the Android application waits for the frames from the camera and do some calculations like distance and objects detection.

Can Intel support the development of applications running in Android devices?

Resolution

Begin by checking this page from Intel® RealSense™ SDK - Android where it is described how to build an Android application for RealSense SDK for rooted Android* devices.

 

For non-rooted Android device, the RealSense Team informed here that they will include this feature on a future release.

  • No ETA (estimate time of arrival) has been determined yet
  • Meanwhile, check this pull request from Librealsense for non-rooted Android phone that have been confirmed to work. 
Additional information

For this moment, Android support is not available for Intel® RealSense™ T265 and Intel® RealSense™ D435i cameras. There is no ETA (estimate time of arrival) available.

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