Android front camera

For APIs >=9, you can use the Camera class: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html to see if it has more than one camera, and query the CameraInfo

  • getNumberOfCameras

  • getCameraInfo:

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.CameraInfo.html

Constants

int CAMERA_FACING_BACK The facing of the camera is opposite to that of the screen.

int CAMERA_FACING_FRONT The facing of the camera is the same as that of the screen.


For APIs >=5, an option is to read public List<Camera.Size> getSupportedPictureSizes (). Front facing cameras will usually have much lower max resolution than back cameras.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.Parameters.html

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