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# (Deprecated) Physical ID Card Capture

In the layout file associated with your `SIDIDCardCaptureActivity` class that will capture the id card, add a `SurfaceView`. The surface view is used to set up a `CaptureIDCard` View component, a Camera Preview specifically designed to detect an ID card.

```
mCameraPreview = findViewById(R.id.<SURFACE_VIEW_ID>);​mCaptureIDCard = new CaptureIDCard(this,        $UNIQUE_TAG,// <= This should match the tag used for selfie capture and should be unique per job        mCameraPreview);mCaptureIDCard.setOnCompleteListener(this);mCaptureIDCard.extractProminentFaceFromID(true);
```

The CaptureIdCard View is used by tapping the camera preview in order to capture the photo of the physical ID card. Once a the Camera has been tapped you hit the onCompleteListener. CaptureIdCard View is designed to detect a face on the ID card. The onCompleteListener will inform you whether a face was detected, you will have the option to continue if a face is not found or request the user to try capture the ID card again.

```
@Overridepublic void onComplete(Bitmap idCardBitmap, boolean faceFound)
```

The onCompleteListener also provides you with a `Bitmap` of the Physical ID card photo taken. Which can be used in an `ImageView` to show the user a preview of the image captured, or can be sent to your internal servers.

The SDK is aware of the image using the $UNIQUE\_TAG , this is used to find the image in the phone's storage in order to send to Smile ID.[See SDK Error Handing](https://docs.usesmileid.com/integration-options/mobile/android/sdk-error-handling)


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