The Pixel Visual Core Camera application was designed to provide Android developers with a simple example on how to enable Pixel Visual Core in their camera applications to accelerate HDR+ processing using Camera API 1 and 2.
Pixel Visual Core is available in Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 3 phones.
Applications should target API Level 26 (or greater) to get access to Pixel Visual Core functionality. Pixel Visual Core has been available to developers since Android Oreo build OPM1.171019.011, as a developer option. Pixel Visual Core is officially enabled by default starting from Android Oreo build OPM1.171019.019.
takePicture()
uses Pixel Visual Core when the following settings are applied:
EFFECT_NONE
.FLASH_MODE_OFF
.WHITE_BALANCE_AUTO
.TEMPLATE_STILL_CAPTURE
requests.CONTROL_ENABLE_ZSL
shall be set to true.This is not an officially supported Google product.