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POhow can i detect the front camera and use to capture an image?
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    copied!<p>I have my codes here that captured an image automatically using back camera and saved it to the gallery, my problem is, I want the front camera to use to capture an image. How can i detect the front camera? I really need help for this.</p> <pre><code>/** Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.main); iv_image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView); sv = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.surfaceView); sHolder = sv.getHolder(); sHolder.addCallback(this); sHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS); } @Override public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int w, int h) { parameters = mCamera.getParameters(); mCamera.setParameters(parameters); //mCamera.startPreview(); Camera.PictureCallback mCall = new Camera.PictureCallback() { @Override public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) { Uri uriTarget = getContentResolver().insert (Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, new ContentValues()); OutputStream imageFileOS; try { imageFileOS = getContentResolver().openOutputStream(uriTarget); imageFileOS.write(data); imageFileOS.flush(); imageFileOS.close(); Toast.makeText(TakePictureActivity.this, "Image saved: " + uriTarget.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); }catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } mCamera.startPreview(); bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, data.length); iv_image.setImageBitmap(bmp); } }; mCamera.takePicture(null, null, mCall); } @Override public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) { mCamera = Camera.open(); try { mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder); } catch (IOException exception) { mCamera.release(); mCamera = null; } } @Override public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) { mCamera.stopPreview(); mCamera.release(); mCamera = null; } </code></pre> <p>}</p>
 

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