Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.hardware.Camera; public class Main { public static int getFrontCameraId() { int cameraCount = 0; 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) { return camIdx; } } return -1; } }