get Default Back Facing Camera Instance - Android Camera

Android examples for Camera:Back Camera

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Description

get Default Back Facing Camera Instance

Demo Code

/*//from w w  w . j  a  v a 2 s  . c  om
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//package com.java2s;
import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.hardware.Camera;
import android.os.Build;

public class Main {
    /**
     * @return the default rear/back facing camera on the device. Returns null if camera is not
     * available.
     */
    public static Camera getDefaultBackFacingCameraInstance() {
        return getDefaultCamera(Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK);
    }

    /**
     * @param position Physical position of the camera i.e Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT
     *                 or Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK.
     * @return the default camera on the device. Returns null if camera is not available.
     */
    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.GINGERBREAD)
    public static Camera getDefaultCamera(int position) {
        // Find the total number of cameras available
        int mNumberOfCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();

        // Find the ID of the back-facing ("default") camera
        Camera.CameraInfo cameraInfo = new Camera.CameraInfo();
        for (int i = 0; i < mNumberOfCameras; i++) {
            Camera.getCameraInfo(i, cameraInfo);
            if (cameraInfo.facing == position) {
                try {
                    return Camera.open(i);
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }

        return null;
    }
}

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