I am trying to get camera version for my usb hardware camera using Camera2 api.I used characteristics.get(CameraCharacteristics.INFO_VERSION) i am getting null value. Is there any method to get the camera version or any other api so that i can get the version of my camera??.
private String getCameraVersion(Context context) {
String cameraVersion = "";
CameraManager manager = (CameraManager) context.getSystemService(Context.CAMERA_SERVICE);
try {
cameraId = manager.getCameraIdList()[0];
CameraCharacteristics characteristics = manager.getCameraCharacteristics(cameraId);
cameraVersion = characteristics.get(CameraCharacteristics.INFO_VERSION);
} catch (CameraAccessException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
//Camera.getCameraInfo();
Log.i(TAG, "Camera version " + cameraVersion);
return cameraVersion;
}
INFO_VERSION is an optional string that some manufacturers might set, primarily to include within the EXIF TAG_SOFTWARE field of any JPEG images an app might produce. It's there just to help with debugging, and the manufacturers that include it often include some kind of information about hardware revisions or firmware versions. But it's not standardized in any way.
The default USB camera HAL for Android doesn't set that field to anything, so it's not surprising it's null.
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Problem happening on a Nokia 6 with Android 7.1.1
Permission granted
AppOpsManager#checkOp(AppOpsManager.OPSTR_CAMERA, Process.myUid(), getPackageName()) returns AppOpsManager#MODE_ALLOWED
Yet when trying Camera.open(i) for checking camera properties I get
I/CameraService: Camera 0: Access for "package" has been restricted
Apparently this could only happen [1] if application's package or uId has been explicitly restricted from starting AppOpsManager#OP_CAMERA.
But why would this happen? After AppOpsManager#checkOp says AppOpsManager#MODE_ALLOWED
Sample code
for (int i = 0; i < numCameras; ++i) {
List<Size> supportedSizes = null;
List<int[]> supportedFpsRanges = null;
Camera camera = null;
try {
camera = Camera.open(i);
Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
supportedSizes = parameters.getSupportedPreviewSizes();
supportedFpsRanges = getFpsRangesRobust(parameters);
} catch (Exception e) {
...
} finally {
if (camera != null) {
camera.release();
}
}
[1] https://github.com/aosp-mirror/platform_frameworks_base/blob/oreo-mr1-release/services/core/java/com/android/server/AppOpsService.java#L2588
Aparently it's a device issue.
Nokia 6 / TA-1000, Android 7.1.1
The scenario
try to use camera
app asks for permission, tap Deny
try to use camera
app asks for permission, tap Allow
Error posted in logcat, camera doesn't work
Is reproducible with any other application, including the default camera app.
Check you have added this line to your app manifest.
android:foregroundServiceType="camera"
I am creating a camera in android using android.hardware.camera2...
I referred to this link
But, I do not know how to switch front camera and back camera.
Please give a advice!
First of all get the list of camera Ids from device
We can use CameraManager to iterate all the cameras that are available in the system, each with a designated cameraId. Using the cameraId, we can get the properties of the specified camera device. Those properties are represented by class CameraCharacteristics. Things like "is it front or back camera", "output resolutions supported" can be queried there.
CameraManager manager = (CameraManager) activity.getSystemService(Context.CAMERA_SERVICE);
try {
return manager.getCameraIdList();
} catch (CameraAccessException e) {
return null;
}
Now if you want to open Front camera
CameraCharacteristics characteristics
= manager.getCameraCharacteristics(cameraId);
Integer facing = characteristics.get(CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING);
if (facing != null && facing == CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING_FRONT) {
//Do your code here (open Camera with Camera ID)
}
This is another method directly which return directly CameraId .
String getFrontFacingCameraId(CameraManager cManager){
for(final String cameraId : cManager.getCameraIdList()){
CameraCharacteristics characteristics = cManager.getCameraCharacteristics(cameraId);
int cOrientation = characteristics.get(CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING);
if(cOrientation == CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING_FRONT) return cameraId;
}
return null;
}
For More Information about Camera2 Api you can see Here
May I know how can I test for existence of camera in an android device? I want to make this option optional, so if camera is there certain functionality should work, else they should display camera is not present, so this feature is not available. or at-least hide the option if camera is not available.
I don't want to do any Java Coding as Apache Cordova is purely javascript based. I want to check in javascript.
Try these, use the one that best suits your need and the platform you are targetting
1) This is not so good approach as it has to open camera. But it should work,
private android.hardware.Camera mCameraDevice;
try {
mCameraDevice = android.hardware.Camera.open();
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "fail to connect Camera", e);
// Throw exception
}
or this is the BEST approach
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
if (pm.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA)) {
}
or getNumberOfCameras
import android.hardware.Camera;
int numCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
if (numCameras > 0) {
hasCamera = true;
}
More generally, if a device has more than one embedded camera,
is there a way to initialize one of them in particular?
I didn't find it in Android reference documentation:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/package-summary.html
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraManager.html
Samsung SHW-M100S has two cameras. If there is no reference to use two cameras, any idea how Samsung did...?
private Camera openFrontFacingCameraGingerbread() {
int cameraCount = 0;
Camera cam = null;
Camera.CameraInfo cameraInfo = new Camera.CameraInfo();
cameraCount = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
for (int camIdx = 0; camIdx < cameraCount; camIdx++) {
Camera.getCameraInfo(camIdx, cameraInfo);
if (cameraInfo.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
try {
cam = Camera.open(camIdx);
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Camera failed to open: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
}
}
}
return cam;
}
Add the following permissions in the AndroidManifest.xml file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.front" android:required="false" />
Note: This feature is available in Gingerbread(2.3) and Up Android Version.
All older answers' methods are deprecated by Google (supposedly because of troubles like this), since API 21 you need to use the Camera 2 API:
This class was deprecated in API level 21. We recommend using the new
android.hardware.camera2 API for new applications.
In the newer API you have almost complete power over the Android device camera and documentation explicitly advice to
String[] getCameraIdList()
and then use obtained CameraId to open the camera:
void openCamera(String cameraId, CameraDevice.StateCallback callback, Handler handler)
99% of the frontal cameras have id = "1", and the back camera id = "0"
according to this:
Non-removable cameras use integers starting at 0 for their
identifiers, while removable cameras have a unique identifier for each
individual device, even if they are the same model.
However, this means if device situation is rare like just 1-frontal -camera tablet you need to count how many embedded cameras you have, and place the order of the camera by its importance ("0"). So CAMERA_FACING_FRONT == 1 CAMERA_FACING_BACK == 0, which implies that the back camera is more important than frontal.
I don't know about a uniform method to identify the frontal camera on all Android devices. Simply said, the Android OS inside the device can't really find out which camera is exactly where for some reasons: maybe the only camera hardcoded id is an integer representing its importance or maybe on some devices whichever side you turn will be .. "back".
Documentation: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/package-summary.html
Explicit Examples: https://github.com/googlesamples/android-Camera2Basic
For the older API (it is not recommended, because it will not work on modern phones newer Android version and transfer is a pain-in-the-arse). Just use the same Integer CameraID (1) to open frontal camera like in this answer:
cam = Camera.open(1);
If you trust OpenCV to do the camera part:
Inside
<org.opencv.android.JavaCameraView
../>
use the following for the frontal camera:
opencv:camera_id="1"
As of Android 2.1, Android only supports a single camera in its SDK. It is likely that this will be added in a future Android release.
To open the back camera:-
val cameraIntent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)
startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, REQUEST_CODE_CAMERA)
To open the front camera:-
val cameraIntent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)
when {
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP_MR1 && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O -> {
cameraIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extras.CAMERA_FACING", CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING_FRONT) // Tested on API 24 Android version 7.0(Samsung S6)
}
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O -> {
cameraIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extras.CAMERA_FACING", CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING_FRONT) // Tested on API 27 Android version 8.0(Nexus 6P)
cameraIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.USE_FRONT_CAMERA", true)
}
else -> cameraIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extras.CAMERA_FACING", 1) // Tested API 21 Android version 5.0.1(Samsung S4)
}
startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, REQUEST_CODE_CAMERA)
I could not make it work for API 28 and above. Also, opening the front camera directly is not possible in some devices(depends on the manufacturer).
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
try {
mCamera = Camera.open();
mCamera.setDisplayOrientation(90);
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
Camera.Parameters p = mCamera.getParameters();
p.set("camera-id",2);
mCamera.setParameters(p);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
For API 21 (5.0) and later you can use the CameraManager API's
try {
String desiredCameraId = null;
for(String cameraId : mCameraIDsList) {
CameraCharacteristics chars = mCameraManager.getCameraCharacteristics(cameraId);
List<CameraCharacteristics.Key<?>> keys = chars.getKeys();
try {
if(CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING_FRONT == chars.get(CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING)) {
// This is the one we want.
desiredCameraId = cameraId;
break;
}
} catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
// This key not implemented, which is a bit of a pain. Either guess - assume the first one
// is rear, second one is front, or give up.
}
}
}
With the release of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), you can now use the android.hardware.Camera class to get the number of cameras, information about a specific camera, and get a reference to a specific Camera. Check out the new Camera APIs here.
build.gradle
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:9.4.0+'
}
Set View
CameraSourcePreview mPreview = (CameraSourcePreview) findViewById(R.id.preview);
GraphicOverlay mGraphicOverlay = (GraphicOverlay) findViewById(R.id.faceOverlay);
CameraSource mCameraSource = new CameraSource.Builder(context, detector)
.setRequestedPreviewSize(640, 480)
.setFacing(CameraSource.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT)
.setRequestedFps(30.0f)
.build();
mPreview.start(mCameraSource, mGraphicOverlay);
Camera camera;
if (Camera.getNumberOfCameras() >= 2) {
//if you want to open front facing camera use this line
camera = Camera.open(CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT);
//if you want to use the back facing camera
camera = Camera.open(CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK);
}
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay("your surface holder here");
camera.startPreview();
} catch (Exception e) {
camera.release();
}
/* This is not the proper way, this is a solution for older devices that run Android 4.0 or older. This can be used for testing purposes, but not recommended for main development. This solution can be considered as a temporary solution only. But this solution has helped many so I don't intend to delete this answer*/
I found this works nicely.
fun frontCamera(context: Context): Int {
val cameraManager = context.getSystemService(Context.CAMERA_SERVICE) as CameraManager
return cameraManager.cameraIdList
.find { id ->
cameraManager.getCameraCharacteristics(id)[LENS_FACING] == LENS_FACING_FRONT
}?.toInt() ?: 0
}
More generally, if a device has more than one embedded camera,
is there a way to initialize one of them in particular?
I didn't find it in Android reference documentation:
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/package-summary.html
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/CameraManager.html
Samsung SHW-M100S has two cameras. If there is no reference to use two cameras, any idea how Samsung did...?
private Camera openFrontFacingCameraGingerbread() {
int cameraCount = 0;
Camera cam = null;
Camera.CameraInfo cameraInfo = new Camera.CameraInfo();
cameraCount = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
for (int camIdx = 0; camIdx < cameraCount; camIdx++) {
Camera.getCameraInfo(camIdx, cameraInfo);
if (cameraInfo.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
try {
cam = Camera.open(camIdx);
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
Log.e(TAG, "Camera failed to open: " + e.getLocalizedMessage());
}
}
}
return cam;
}
Add the following permissions in the AndroidManifest.xml file:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.front" android:required="false" />
Note: This feature is available in Gingerbread(2.3) and Up Android Version.
All older answers' methods are deprecated by Google (supposedly because of troubles like this), since API 21 you need to use the Camera 2 API:
This class was deprecated in API level 21. We recommend using the new
android.hardware.camera2 API for new applications.
In the newer API you have almost complete power over the Android device camera and documentation explicitly advice to
String[] getCameraIdList()
and then use obtained CameraId to open the camera:
void openCamera(String cameraId, CameraDevice.StateCallback callback, Handler handler)
99% of the frontal cameras have id = "1", and the back camera id = "0"
according to this:
Non-removable cameras use integers starting at 0 for their
identifiers, while removable cameras have a unique identifier for each
individual device, even if they are the same model.
However, this means if device situation is rare like just 1-frontal -camera tablet you need to count how many embedded cameras you have, and place the order of the camera by its importance ("0"). So CAMERA_FACING_FRONT == 1 CAMERA_FACING_BACK == 0, which implies that the back camera is more important than frontal.
I don't know about a uniform method to identify the frontal camera on all Android devices. Simply said, the Android OS inside the device can't really find out which camera is exactly where for some reasons: maybe the only camera hardcoded id is an integer representing its importance or maybe on some devices whichever side you turn will be .. "back".
Documentation: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/camera2/package-summary.html
Explicit Examples: https://github.com/googlesamples/android-Camera2Basic
For the older API (it is not recommended, because it will not work on modern phones newer Android version and transfer is a pain-in-the-arse). Just use the same Integer CameraID (1) to open frontal camera like in this answer:
cam = Camera.open(1);
If you trust OpenCV to do the camera part:
Inside
<org.opencv.android.JavaCameraView
../>
use the following for the frontal camera:
opencv:camera_id="1"
As of Android 2.1, Android only supports a single camera in its SDK. It is likely that this will be added in a future Android release.
To open the back camera:-
val cameraIntent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)
startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, REQUEST_CODE_CAMERA)
To open the front camera:-
val cameraIntent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)
when {
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP_MR1 && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O -> {
cameraIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extras.CAMERA_FACING", CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING_FRONT) // Tested on API 24 Android version 7.0(Samsung S6)
}
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O -> {
cameraIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extras.CAMERA_FACING", CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING_FRONT) // Tested on API 27 Android version 8.0(Nexus 6P)
cameraIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.USE_FRONT_CAMERA", true)
}
else -> cameraIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extras.CAMERA_FACING", 1) // Tested API 21 Android version 5.0.1(Samsung S4)
}
startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, REQUEST_CODE_CAMERA)
I could not make it work for API 28 and above. Also, opening the front camera directly is not possible in some devices(depends on the manufacturer).
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
try {
mCamera = Camera.open();
mCamera.setDisplayOrientation(90);
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
Camera.Parameters p = mCamera.getParameters();
p.set("camera-id",2);
mCamera.setParameters(p);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
For API 21 (5.0) and later you can use the CameraManager API's
try {
String desiredCameraId = null;
for(String cameraId : mCameraIDsList) {
CameraCharacteristics chars = mCameraManager.getCameraCharacteristics(cameraId);
List<CameraCharacteristics.Key<?>> keys = chars.getKeys();
try {
if(CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING_FRONT == chars.get(CameraCharacteristics.LENS_FACING)) {
// This is the one we want.
desiredCameraId = cameraId;
break;
}
} catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
// This key not implemented, which is a bit of a pain. Either guess - assume the first one
// is rear, second one is front, or give up.
}
}
}
With the release of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), you can now use the android.hardware.Camera class to get the number of cameras, information about a specific camera, and get a reference to a specific Camera. Check out the new Camera APIs here.
build.gradle
dependencies {
compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-vision:9.4.0+'
}
Set View
CameraSourcePreview mPreview = (CameraSourcePreview) findViewById(R.id.preview);
GraphicOverlay mGraphicOverlay = (GraphicOverlay) findViewById(R.id.faceOverlay);
CameraSource mCameraSource = new CameraSource.Builder(context, detector)
.setRequestedPreviewSize(640, 480)
.setFacing(CameraSource.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT)
.setRequestedFps(30.0f)
.build();
mPreview.start(mCameraSource, mGraphicOverlay);
Camera camera;
if (Camera.getNumberOfCameras() >= 2) {
//if you want to open front facing camera use this line
camera = Camera.open(CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT);
//if you want to use the back facing camera
camera = Camera.open(CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK);
}
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay("your surface holder here");
camera.startPreview();
} catch (Exception e) {
camera.release();
}
/* This is not the proper way, this is a solution for older devices that run Android 4.0 or older. This can be used for testing purposes, but not recommended for main development. This solution can be considered as a temporary solution only. But this solution has helped many so I don't intend to delete this answer*/
I found this works nicely.
fun frontCamera(context: Context): Int {
val cameraManager = context.getSystemService(Context.CAMERA_SERVICE) as CameraManager
return cameraManager.cameraIdList
.find { id ->
cameraManager.getCameraCharacteristics(id)[LENS_FACING] == LENS_FACING_FRONT
}?.toInt() ?: 0
}