FaceRecognitionApp

Simple Android face recognition application using CameraKit API and IBM Watson Visual Recognition Service.

Dependencies

implementation 'com.wonderkiln:camerakit:0.13.1'
implementation 'com.ibm.watson.developer_cloud:java-sdk:6.0.0

Pre-requisites

• Android SDK 27
• Android Build Tools v27.0.3
• Access to IBM Cloud

Getting started

Create an instance of the Visual Recognition service

1. Log in to IBM Cloud at https://console.bluemix.net.
2. In the IBM Cloud Catalog, select the Visual Recognition service.
   1. Create and write a unique name for your service in the Service name field.
   2. Click Create.
3. Copy your credentials:
   1. Click Service Credentials to view your service credentials.
   2. Copy your apikey.

Setting up this project

1. Clone this repository. You can use git clone command:

   $ git clone https://github.com/adamzv/FaceRecognitionApp.git
   

   or you can Download ZIP.

2. Import this project in Android Studio.

3. Create credentials.xml resource file in app/res/values folder to store Visual Recognition apikey and API version. Latest API version is 2018-03-19.

   <resources>
       <string name="visual_recognition_apikey">{your_apikey}</string>
       <string name="visual_recognition_version">{vesion}</string>
   </resources>