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grube
grube

Reputation: 48

How to invoke system camera from custom Windows phone 8.1.app

Is there a way to use default camera app(Nokia/Microsoft camera) in my app? I would like to, on btn click to call system camera. Take a picture with it, and then upload that picture to the server from my app.

If there is no way to do that, what is the best way to create camera app so user can use zoom, flashlight, etc.

EDIT: This was available in older versions of Windows phone, and it was simple to use like this:

 CameraCaptureTask camera = new CameraCaptureTask();
        camera.Show();
        camera.Completed += new EventHandler<PhotoResult>(camera_Completed);

I don't understand why would MS remove this ability from Windows phone 8.1

Thank you, regards

Upvotes: 2

Views: 403

Answers (2)

KiShOrE
KiShOrE

Reputation: 925

You can do by this link, capturing an image in windows store 8.1

Upvotes: 0

Apoorv
Apoorv

Reputation: 2043

The camera capture task was based on Silverlight APIs and was valid for Windows phone 7 and 8 that used silverlight Pages . The camera APIs are now based on WinRT Universal APIs . Have a look at this

https://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Building-Apps-for-Windows-Phone-8-1/17

Upvotes: 1

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