[android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread Jeffrey Peacock
I am involved in a project to use camera enabled Android devices to detect cosmic ray events ( http://www.distributedsensorweb.org/wiki/index.php/DECO). It is enjoying some modest funding from the American Physics Society and interest from Fermi Labs and Standford Univ. The intent of the

Re: [android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread Fred Niggle
IF all else fails : put a plug of blu-tack or similar firmly into the hole the sounds comes from... it solved the proplem for myself, and its easy to remove with a toothpick ! On 2 September 2012 22:02, Jeffrey Peacock jeffp.ea...@gmail.com wrote: I am involved in a project to use camera

Re: [android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread Kristopher Micinski
Jeff, In the worst case scenario, you could just disassemble the app and reverse engineer it... In the best case scenario you should email the developer and ask him how he's doing it, citing your research as why you need it (providing proof you won't rip off his app, presumably).. kris On Sun,

[android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread RichardC
Have you tried inserting a headphone lead? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

Re: [android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread Jeffrey Peacock
We've tried this. The sound is so percussive (I think) that we only get a little relief. Also, it won't work when we release the app to the wild as it is intended to be used by people all over the world to build a large scale observatory. Mucking/altering the speaker of the phone isn't

Re: [android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread Jeffrey Peacock
Each of those is possible. Going through the front door channel might invoke more resistance as it would then be a kind-of official reply. I was hoping s/he might be on this list. I'm also betting that someone here knows the answer. /J On 09/02/2012 02:49 PM, Kristopher Micinski wrote:

Re: [android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread Jeffrey Peacock
Yup. Sound plays through speaker anyway. But thanks. It shows people are listening (pun intended) and helpful. /J On 09/02/2012 02:50 PM, RichardC wrote: Have you tried inserting a headphone lead? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android

Re: [android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread Kristopher Micinski
For that specific device, I'm guessing not, this sounds fairly targeted and (knowing most of the API) nothing stands out to me as a red flag about how it's done, I'd mess aroudn with the app for a while and decompile it if I couldn't figure it out.. kris On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Jeffrey

Re: [android-developers] Annoying shutter click undermines scientific research.

2012-09-02 Thread Fred Niggle
After reading this : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10383083/how-to-mute-camera-shutter-sound-on-android-phone it seems you can best manage this by coding as best you can to disable the shutter click, and perhaps providing a help screen of tips that will tip the users on how to manage the