Experiences Developing a Computer Vision SDK for Mobile Apps

We developed a mobile SDK that ran several ML models on device that was used by app developers who integrated the SDK into their app to provide real-time guidance and decisions based on what the on-device camera and other inputs provided. The SDK was instrumented with mobile analytics. We encountered various challenges on the journey and at least some of these might be of research interest. CCS CONCEPTS • Computing methodologies → Neural networks; Supervised learning; • Software and its engineering → Software design trade-offs; • Applied computing → E-commerce infrastructure • Computer systems organization → Real-time system architecture.