What you need for this book

This book provides setup instructions for OpenCV and an Android development environment, including Eclipse and Android SDK. The software is cross platform and the instructions cover Windows, Mac, and Linux. Other Unix-like environments may work, too, if you are willing to do your own tailoring of the setup steps.

You need a mobile device running Android 2.2 (Froyo) or greater and it must have a camera. Preferably, it should have two cameras, front and rear. Also, it should preferably come with the Google Play Store app because OpenCV uses Google Play Store to manage installation and upgrades of shared libraries.