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Sonhja
Sonhja

Reputation: 8448

Open back camera on Android using Intents

Using this code, I start the Andorid camera:

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE); // create a file to save the image
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); // set the image file name

// start the image capture Intent
startActivityForResult(intent, CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE);

But this code opens back camera. Is it possible to launch the Intent in order to open the front camera?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2770

Answers (1)

Yash Sampat
Yash Sampat

Reputation: 30611

You could try using

intent.putExtra("android.intent.extras.CAMERA_FACING", 1);

The caveat with this answer is that the camera app is not the same on all devices, and in many devices the default camera app is developed by the OEM. So this is more of a workaround really. I believe the front camera does not have a concrete API because many apps could potentially abuse it for spying and other purposes.

Upvotes: 2

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