ARCore SDK Preview 2

2018-01-30 EDIT: Added link to ARCore supported devices.

This is a developer preview SDK that enables prototyping AR experiences using ARCore on supported Android devices.

ARCore enables AR applications to track a phone’s motion in the real world, detect planes in the environment, and understand lighting in the camera scene.

This developer preview release is not intended for use in production apps that are shipped to customers. Future versions of ARCore might introduce breaking changes to the API.

Multiple Versions of ARCore

Apps built with the original ARCore SDK Developer Preview are only compatible with the original arcore-preview.apk. Apps built with ARCore SDK Developer Preview 2 are only compatible with arcore-preview2.apk.

A developer can install versions of ARCore provided in both the original ARCore SDK Developer Preview and ARCore SDK Developer Preview 2 at the same time to facilitate using apps built with either SDK. The original arcore-preview.apk will be visible as “Tango Core” in the Android Apps settings whereas arcore-preview2.apk will be visible as “ARCore” in the Android Apps settings.

API Changes

The API interfaces have undergone significant revision and changes. All key functionality from the original Developer Preview remains, but the methods and function calls have changed.

The API now natively supports attaching Anchors to Planes.

ARCore Developer Preview 2 includes Unity and Java samples for camera image data access on the CPU. The provided Computer Vision sample is useful for running custom computer vision algorithms or image analysis on the camera image data.

ARCore SDK for Android

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This SDK provides APIs for all of the essential AR features like motion tracking, environmental understanding, and light estimation. With these capabilities you can build entirely new AR experiences or enhance existing apps with AR features.

Breaking change affecting previously published 32-bit-only apps

Google Play Services for AR (ARCore) has removed support for 32-bit-only ARCore-enabled apps running on 64-bit devices. Support for 32-bit apps running on 32-bit devices is unaffected.

If you have published a 32-bit-only (armeabi-v7a) version of your ARCore-enabled app without publishing a corresponding 64-bit (arm64-v8a) version, you must update your app to include 64-bit native libraries. 32-bit-only ARCore-enabled apps that are not updated by this time may crash when attempting to start an augmented reality (AR) session.

To learn more about this breaking change, and for instructions on how to update your app, see https://developers.google.com/ar/64bit.

Quick Start

See the Quickstart for Android Java or Quickstart for Android NDK developer guide.

API Reference

See the ARCore SDK for Java API Reference or ARCore SDK for C API Reference.

Release Notes

The SDK release notes are available on the releases page.

Terms & Conditions

By downloading the ARCore SDK for Android, you agree that the ARCore Additional Terms of Service governs your use thereof.

User privacy requirements

You must disclose the use of Google Play Services for AR (ARCore) and how it collects and processes data, prominently in your application, easily accessible to users. You can do this by adding the following text on your main menu or notice screen: "This application runs on Google Play Services for AR (ARCore), which is provided by Google LLC and governed by the Google Privacy Policy".

See the User privacy requirements.

Deprecation policy

Apps built with ARCore SDK 1.12.0 or higher are covered by the Cloud Anchor API deprecation policy.

Apps built with ARCore SDK 1.11.0 or lower will be unable to host or resolve Cloud Anchors beginning December 2020 due to the SDK's use of an older, deprecated ARCore Cloud Anchor service.