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Turn ON / OFF Flashlight using SurfaceView

I am writing an Android Camera App and trying to implement Flash functionality, I am using SurfaceView, whenever i do tap on flash button toggle works but flash not coming... see my below code i have used to Turn ON/OFF Flashlights.
Complete code:--
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_camera);
preview=(SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.surface);
previewHolder=preview.getHolder();
previewHolder.addCallback(surfaceCallback);
previewHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
previewHolder.setFixedSize(getWindow().getWindowManager()
.getDefaultDisplay().getWidth(), getWindow().getWindowManager()
.getDefaultDisplay().getHeight());
btnFlash = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnFlash);
/*
* First check if device is supporting flashlight or not
*/
hasFlash = getApplicationContext().getPackageManager()
.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH);
if (!hasFlash) {
// device doesn't support flash
// Show alert message and close the application
AlertDialog alert = new AlertDialog.Builder(CameraLauncherActivity.this)
.create();
alert.setTitle("Error");
alert.setMessage("Sorry, your device doesn't support flash light!");
alert.setButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// closing the application
finish();
}
});
alert.show();
return;
}
// displaying button image
toggleButtonImage();
btnFlash.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
if (isFlashOn) {
// turn off flash
turnOffFlash();
} else {
// turn on flash
turnOnFlash();
}
}
});
}
/*
* Turning On flash
*/
private void turnOnFlash() {
if (!isFlashOn) {
if (camera == null || params == null) {
return;
}
params = camera.getParameters();
params.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_ON);
camera.setParameters(params);
isFlashOn = true;
// changing button/switch image
toggleButtonImage();
}
}
/*
* Turning Off flash
*/
private void turnOffFlash() {
if (isFlashOn) {
if (camera == null || params == null) {
return;
}
params = camera.getParameters();
params.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_OFF);
camera.setParameters(params);
isFlashOn = false;
// changing button/switch image
toggleButtonImage();
}
}
/*
* Toggle switch button images
* changing image states to on / off
* */
private void toggleButtonImage(){
if(isFlashOn){
btnFlash.setImageResource(R.drawable.green_button);
}else{
btnFlash.setImageResource(R.drawable.red_button);
}
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
camera=Camera.open();
}
#Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
if (inPreview) {
camera.stopPreview(); }
camera.release();
camera=null;
inPreview=false;
}
private Camera.Size getBestPreviewSize(int width, int height,Camera.Parameters parameters){
Camera.Size result=null;
for (Camera.Size size : parameters.getSupportedPreviewSizes())
{
if (size.width<=width && size.height<=height)
{
if (result==null) {
result=size;
} else {
int resultArea=result.width*result.height;
int newArea=size.width*size.height;
if (newArea>resultArea) {
result=size;
}
}
}
}
return(result);
}
SurfaceHolder.Callback surfaceCallback=new SurfaceHolder.Callback(){
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(previewHolder);
} catch (Throwable t) {
Log.e("PreviewDemo-surfaceCallback",
"Exception in setPreviewDisplay()", t);
Toast.makeText(CameraLauncherActivity.this, t.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder,int format, int width,int height) {
params = camera.getParameters();
params.setFlashMode(Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_ON);
Camera.Size size=getBestPreviewSize(width, height,
params);
if (size!=null) {
params.setPreviewSize(size.width, size.height);
camera.setParameters(params);
camera.startPreview();
inPreview=true;
ZoomControls zoomControls = (ZoomControls) findViewById(R.id.zoomControls);
if (params.isZoomSupported()) {
final int maxZoomLevel = params.getMaxZoom();
Log.i("max ZOOM ", "is " + maxZoomLevel);
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
if(currentZoomLevel < maxZoomLevel){
currentZoomLevel++;
//mCamera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
params.setZoom(currentZoomLevel);
camera.setParameters(params);
}
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
if(currentZoomLevel > 0){
currentZoomLevel--;
params.setZoom(currentZoomLevel);
camera.setParameters(params);
}
}
});
}
else
zoomControls.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
}
};
}

A few things I can think of:
Remember to add the features and requirements on the manifest for a camera app:
<!-- Camera Requirement -->
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<!-- Camera Permissions -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<!-- Features -->
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.flash" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
If you want to use it as flashlight you can do what #yoah said:
parameters.setFlashMode(Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH)
If not, to turn flash on which will come out when you take the picture, you use:
parameters.setFlashMode(Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_ON)
I wrote a custom camera app recently, but haven't uploaded it to Github yet, it has all the basic functions working.

Try to use
parameters.setFlashMode(Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH)
Setting FLASH_MODE_ON means that flash will show when taking a picture

SurfaceView Zoom IN and OUT functionality using Custom Camera

I have written code to work with Custom Camera and for this I am using SurfaceView, now i want to know what if i need to implement Zoom IN and OUT functionality, I never worked on this kind of app.
My code, which i used to create Custom Camera, see below:
MainActivity.java:-
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private SurfaceView preview=null;
private SurfaceHolder previewHolder=null;
public Camera camera ;
private boolean inPreview=false;
ImageButton btnCapture;
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
preview=(SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.surface);
previewHolder=preview.getHolder();
previewHolder.addCallback(surfaceCallback);
previewHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
previewHolder.setFixedSize(getWindow().getWindowManager()
.getDefaultDisplay().getWidth(), getWindow().getWindowManager()
.getDefaultDisplay().getHeight());
btnCapture = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btnCapture);
btnCapture.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Capture Image(s)", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
camera=Camera.open();
}
#Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
if (inPreview) {
camera.stopPreview(); }
camera.release();
camera=null;
inPreview=false;
}
private Camera.Size getBestPreviewSize(int width, int height,Camera.Parameters parameters){
Camera.Size result=null;
for (Camera.Size size : parameters.getSupportedPreviewSizes())
{
if (size.width<=width && size.height<=height)
{
if (result==null) {
result=size;
} else {
int resultArea=result.width*result.height;
int newArea=size.width*size.height;
if (newArea>resultArea) {
result=size;
}
}
}
}
return(result);
}
SurfaceHolder.Callback surfaceCallback=new SurfaceHolder.Callback(){
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(previewHolder);
} catch (Throwable t) {
Log.e("PreviewDemo-surfaceCallback",
"Exception in setPreviewDisplay()", t);
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, t.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder,int format, int width,int height) {
Camera.Parameters parameters=camera.getParameters();
Camera.Size size=getBestPreviewSize(width, height,
parameters);
if (size!=null) {
parameters.setPreviewSize(size.width, size.height);
camera.setParameters(parameters);
camera.startPreview();
inPreview=true;
}
}
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
}
};
}
activity_main.xml:-
<RelativeLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:background="#drawable/splash_background" >
<android.view.SurfaceView
android:id="#+id/surface"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />
<ImageButton
android:id="#+id/btnCapture"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:background="#drawable/capture"
android:contentDescription="#string/app_name" />
</RelativeLayout>

I found a way by using several links, it works for me, and finally i have added code into my surfaceChanged(...), my complete surfaceChanged(..) code looks like, below:
declare variable of int datatype named currentZoomLevel and assign 0 as initial value,
int currentZoomLevel = 0;
Code:-
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder,int format, int width,int height) {
params = camera.getParameters();
params.setFlashMode(Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_ON);
Camera.Size size=getBestPreviewSize(width, height,
params);
if (size!=null) {
params.setPreviewSize(size.width, size.height);
camera.setParameters(params);
camera.startPreview();
inPreview=true;
ZoomControls zoomControls = (ZoomControls) findViewById(R.id.zoomControls);
if (params.isZoomSupported()) {
final int maxZoomLevel = params.getMaxZoom();
Log.i("max ZOOM ", "is " + maxZoomLevel);
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
if(currentZoomLevel < maxZoomLevel){
currentZoomLevel++;
//mCamera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
params.setZoom(currentZoomLevel);
camera.setParameters(params);
}
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
if(currentZoomLevel > 0){
currentZoomLevel--;
params.setZoom(currentZoomLevel);
camera.setParameters(params);
}
}
});
}
else
zoomControls.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
}
Xml:-
<ZoomControls
android:id="#+id/zoomControls"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />
I am placing my answer, just for more clearity and for viewers future use..

Below is the sample code for zoom functionality .Please try if it can help you:
public class DemoActivity extends Activity {
private FrameLayout pCameraLayout = null; // this layout contains surfaceview
private ZoomControls zoomControls ;
Camera mCamera=null;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
enableZoom();
}
private void enableZoom() {
zoomControls = new ZoomControls(this);
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
zoomCamera(false);
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
zoomCamera(true);
}
});
pCameraLayout.addView(zoomControls);
}
/**
* Enables zoom feature in native camera . Called from listener of the view
* used for zoom in and zoom out.
*
*
* #param zoomInOrOut "false" for zoom in and "true" for zoom out
*/
public void zoomCamera(boolean zoomInOrOut) {
if(mCamera!=null) {
Parameters parameter = mCamera.getParameters();
if(parameter.isZoomSupported()) {
int MAX_ZOOM = parameter.getMaxZoom();
int currnetZoom = parameter.getZoom();
if(zoomInOrOut && (currnetZoom <MAX_ZOOM && currnetZoom >=0)) {
parameter.setZoom(++currnetZoom);
}
else if(!zoomInOrOut && (currnetZoom <=MAX_ZOOM && currnetZoom >0)) {
parameter.setZoom(--currnetZoom);
}
}
else
Toast.makeText(context, "Zoom Not Avaliable", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
mCamera.setParameters(parameter);
}
}

Android Custom Camera Zoom Not Working

I have seen several other questions on this subject but none seem to solve my problem. I have a custom camera app that is working fine, everything but the zoom buttons. this is my code using SDK min 8 target 14:
#Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,
int height) {
if (isPreviewing){
camera.stopPreview();
}
Camera.Parameters p = camera.getParameters();
p.setPreviewSize(sizes.get(0).width, sizes.get(0).height);
p.setColorEffect(effect);
zoomControls = (ZoomControls) findViewById(R.id.zoomControls);
if (p.isZoomSupported()) {
maxZoomLevel = p.getMaxZoom();
Toast.makeText(PictureTaker.this, String.valueOf(maxZoomLevel),Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
if (currentZoomLevel < maxZoomLevel) {
currentZoomLevel++;
camera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
//Toast.makeText(PictureTaker.this, String.valueOf(currentZoomLevel),Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
if (currentZoomLevel > 0) {
currentZoomLevel--;
camera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
}
}
});
} else {
zoomControls.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
camera.setParameters(p);
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
} // end try
catch (IOException e) {
Log.v(TAG, e.toString());
} // end catch
camera.startPreview(); // begin the preview
isPreviewing = true;
}
The setColorEffect is coming from the options menu and works perfectly. I know isZoomSupported and getMaxZoom are working because the Toast displays a "59" when the code runs, but the zoom buttons do nothing. This is the zoomControl from the XML
<ZoomControls
android:id="#+id/zoomControls"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
android:layout_marginBottom="17dp"
android:baselineAligned="false"
android:gravity="center_horizontal"
android:orientation="horizontal" />
I have all the necessary permissions in the Manifest and no errors are showing in LogCat. Not sure what I'm doing wrong. I added a second Toast to report if the currentZoomLevel is being changed when the button is pressed and it shows the value getting incremented by one each time. I also tried not using startSmoothZoom and just setting the zoom with
p.setZoom(currentZoomLevel); or p.setZoomLevel(15);
and neither one works either. My phone, HTC Incredible does have a perfectly working zoom on its native camera app. If I comment out the zoomControl parts of the code, everything works fine and all other features of the custom camera work fine even with the zoomControl code in there, it just doesn't zoom.

Figured it out and maybe this can help some of the other people who have been having similar problems. It was the smoothzoom. Guess my HTC doesn't support this.
#Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,
int height) {
if (isPreviewing){
camera.stopPreview();
}
p = camera.getParameters();
p.setPreviewSize(sizes.get(0).width, sizes.get(0).height);
p.setColorEffect(effect);
if (p.isZoomSupported() && p.isSmoothZoomSupported()) {
//most phones
maxZoomLevel = p.getMaxZoom();
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
if (currentZoomLevel < maxZoomLevel) {
currentZoomLevel++;
camera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
}
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
if (currentZoomLevel > 0) {
currentZoomLevel--;
camera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
}
}
});
} else if (p.isZoomSupported() && !p.isSmoothZoomSupported()){
//stupid HTC phones
maxZoomLevel = p.getMaxZoom();
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
if (currentZoomLevel < maxZoomLevel) {
currentZoomLevel++;
p.setZoom(currentZoomLevel);
camera.setParameters(p);
}
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
if (currentZoomLevel > 0) {
currentZoomLevel--;
p.setZoom(currentZoomLevel);
camera.setParameters(p);
}
}
});
}else{
//no zoom on phone
zoomControls.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
camera.setParameters(p);
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
} // end try
catch (IOException e) {
Log.v(TAG, e.toString());
} // end catch
camera.startPreview(); // begin the preview
isPreviewing = true;
} // end method surfaceChanged
This lets my HTC zoom in steps. The key was setting the camera's parameters after each button click. You could probably set the currentZoomLevel to any number you want, based on the maxZoomLevel, (my HTC is 59 but my Droid 4 is only 15), during the clicks of the ZoomControls to make the device zoom in and out faster. Might be a tidier way to code this, should probably put some checks in to make sure maxZoomSize doesn't return a NULL or something, but it's working on multiple devices.

Its simple forget about startSmoothZoom() method
follow this:
Camera.Parameters params = camera.getParameters();
params.setZoom(zoom_value);
camera.setParameters(params);

params.setZoom(currentZoomLevel); camera.setParameters(params); code also work at my Samsung G3 phone.

android zoom in / out not working in custom camera appa

I have this function to add zoom control to my camera app. This function is called from
surfaceChanged()
But on many of the devices pressing + / - for zoom out / in shows no effect. These devices support Zoom . Also the code is working on sony xperia , so the code must be correct.
Please help me to fix it. Is there anything more i need to do .
public void setZoomControl(Camera.Parameters params) {
ZoomControls zoomControls = (ZoomControls) findViewById(R.id.CAMERA_ZOOM_CONTROLS);
if (params.isZoomSupported()) {
maxZoomLevel = params.getMaxZoom();
Log.i("max ZOOM ", "is " + maxZoomLevel);
;
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
if (currentZoomLevel < maxZoomLevel) {
currentZoomLevel++;
camera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
}
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
if (currentZoomLevel > 0) {
currentZoomLevel--;
camera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
}
}
});
} else
zoomControls.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}

I solved this problem.
Don't used startSmoothZoom() method
Camera.Parameters params = camera.getParameters();
params.setZoom(zoom_value);
camera.setParameters(params);

add Zoom controls of Camera in Camera

I am making a Camera application in which i am using Surface View for camera and all other stuffs. I took the guidelines from the following link.
http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/google-android/articles/43414.aspx
Now everything works fine but the problem is that i cant see any Zoom Controls and Brightness Controls in the camera. How to set that please Guide me.
Thanks in advance

In your camera layout add ZoomControls.
<ZoomControls
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignBottom="#+id/surface_camera"
android:layout_centerInParent="true"
android:id="#+id/CAMERA_ZOOM_CONTROLS">
</ZoomControls>
add these variables to your cameraActivity
int currentZoomLevel = 0, maxZoomLevel = 0;
Then add following code to your surfaceChanged method.
ZoomControls zoomControls = (ZoomControls) findViewById(R.id.CAMERA_ZOOM_CONTROLS);
if(params.isZoomSupported()){
maxZoomLevel = params.getMaxZoom();
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
if(currentZoomLevel < MAX_ZOOM){
currentZoomLevel++;
camera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
}
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
if(currentZoomLevel > 0){
currentZoomLevel--;
camera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
}
}
});
}
else
zoomControls.setVisibility(View.GONE);

add these variables to your Activity Class
int currentZoomLevel = 0, maxZoomLevel = 0;
private Parameters params;
private Camera mCamera;
private LayoutInflater controlInflater = null;
add to your onCreate Method
controlInflater = LayoutInflater.from(getBaseContext());
View viewControl = controlInflater.inflate(R.layout.custom, null);
LayoutParams layoutParamsControl = new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
this.addContentView(viewControl, layoutParamsControl);
ZoomControls zoomControls = (ZoomControls) findViewById(R.id.zoomControls1);
if (params.isZoomSupported()) {
final int maxZoomLevel = params.getMaxZoom();
Log.i("max ZOOM ", "is " + maxZoomLevel);
zoomControls.setIsZoomInEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setIsZoomOutEnabled(true);
zoomControls.setOnZoomInClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
if(currentZoomLevel < maxZoomLevel){
currentZoomLevel++;
//mCamera.startSmoothZoom(currentZoomLevel);
params.setZoom(currentZoomLevel);
mCamera.setParameters(params);
}
}
});
zoomControls.setOnZoomOutClickListener(new OnClickListener(){
public void onClick(View v){
if(currentZoomLevel > 0){
currentZoomLevel--;
params.setZoom(currentZoomLevel);
mCamera.setParameters(params);
}
}
});
}
else
zoomControls.setVisibility(View.GONE);
add this in it's own layout called "custom.xml"
<ZoomControls
android:id="#+id/zoomControls1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginLeft="80dp"
android:layout_marginTop="200dp" />
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