SOLVED: cameraControlDo doesn't work on Android

[simon.schvartzman]

Hi, the code below (attached) works fine on iPhone but it doesn't on Android

I've tried with a device running Android 5.1.1 and another with Android 4.4.2 none of them load the picture.

What could be wrong?

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on mouseUp
         -- set the virtual camera
      cameraControlCreate"myFirstCamera"
      cameraControlSet "myFirstCamera", "device", "front"
      -- give time for the camera to settle
      wait for 3 seconds
      -- take the picture 
      cameraControlDo "myFirstCamera", "takePicture" 
      --answer the result
      put the result into img "Img1" 
      set the visible of img "Img1" to true
end mouseUp

Thanks

[LiveCode_Panos]

Hi Simon,

Have you checked the "Camera" permission is the Android Standalone Settings for the stack?

Best,
Panos
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[simon.schvartzman]

Hi Panos, yes I had but it makes no difference:

Any other suggestion?

[jacque]

Camera is selected in the requirements for the device but it also needs to be selected in the permissions section at the bottom.

[simon.schvartzman]

Bingo! Many thanks Jacque you made my Sunday!

[simon.schvartzman]

For the sake of future users interested in the subject, besides Jacque's hint there is another trick needed to make the code above work on Android.

The "rect" settings of the camera have to be defined before taking the picture (on iPhone there is no such need according to my tests).

The final code will be:

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on mouseUp
   -- set the virtual camera
   cameraControlCreate"myFirstCamera"
   cameraControlSet "MyFirstCamera", "rect", "0,0,0,0"   -- it seems necessary on Android, on iPhone doesn't
   cameraControlSet "myFirstCamera", "device", "front"
   -- give time for the camera to settle
   wait for 3 seconds
   -- take the picture 
   cameraControlDo "myFirstCamera", "takePicture" 
   --answer the result
   put the result into img "Img1" 
   set the visible of img "Img1" to true
end mouseUp