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ZaphodBeeb
Participant
May 10, 2011
Question

Android front Camera

Hi

I have just started a Flex 4.5 project (video and text chat) utilizing FMS.

All works fine appart from I dont seem to be able to use / access the Front camera on my Android device.

Anyone got any clues why not?

I did read somwhere that air 2.6 has a bug regarding this, but I lost the link.

Apologies if this is listed elsewhere.

Regards

Paul

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Anonymous
August 21, 2011

Hi,

Android Front facing camera support has been added in AIR 3 beta build available here.

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplatformruntimes/air3/

Also,  property to detect camera position is also added in beta actionscript reference:- (position)

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/beta/reference/actionscript/3/flash/media/Camera.html

Regards,

Sameer Khavanekar

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Fabio Nani - Mediateam
Fabio Nani - Mediateam
Participating Frequently
August 23, 2011

You refer to the AIR for android? where?

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Anonymous
August 23, 2011

Hi,

I didn't get your question properly but I think you are asking about "AIR for Android" download link.

When you use AIR 3 beta SDK to publish/debug to android device, Flash builder will install AIR runtime on the device and you can start testing.

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Sameer_Khavanekar
Participant
August 4, 2011

Please look into this feature.
Thank you 

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chris.campbell
chris.campbell
Legend
August 4, 2011

Front facing camera support is a new feature for the upcoming AIR 3.0 release.  If you're interested in joining the prerelease program, you can apply for admission here:

Flash Runtime Testing Opportunity

Adobe AIR 3 Runtime Beta for Desktops

Thanks,

Chris

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Sameer_Khavanekar
Participant
August 6, 2011

Thank you for the quick reponse and great products.

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chris.campbell
chris.campbell
Legend
May 10, 2011

Currently, AIR only supports access to the primary camera on an Android device, but stay tuned for additional functionality in a future release.  However, you might be able to get away with using the native camera UI to allow the user to choose which camera is used.  Check out the following blog post:

AIR for Android: Camera and Camera Roll

Hope this helps,

Chris

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ZaphodBeebAuthor
Participant
May 14, 2011

Thanks for the respose, the UI, may work but would be cumberson for the user.  Any idea when the next release of air for Android is due?

Thanks

Paul

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Anonymous
May 17, 2011

Has this issue been overcome in the latest AIR release?

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