It's not guaranteed to work and it doesn't work past 2.3. On Thu, Jul 30, 2015, 8:49 AM Anders Borg (Abiro) <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Android API does have support for forcing (or maybe gently suggest) > that > the front-facing camera should be used if available, supposedly since 2.3. > > The documentation for the plugin specifically says nothing will happen, and > I've checked that it's true, so ipso facto. > > Any hard reason this would not work, provided it was added? To support > lower > versions? > > I found this to be enlightening (note: 2.3): > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2779002/how-to-open-front-camera-on-andro > id-platform > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2779002/how-to-open-front-camera-on-android-platform> > > The plugin doesn't use Camera or CameraInfo at all. Rather it issues an > IMAGE_CAPTURE intent. > > IMAGE_CAPTURE doesn't officially support such selection according to this: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24413029/how-to-choose-front-camera-on-ne > w-intent > <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24413029/how-to-choose-front-camera-on-new-intent> > > Time to switch to direct API use? > > Cheers, > Anders > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
