Android Question CameraEx "Focus + TP" only saves pic with rear camera

[Startup]

CameraEx "Take Picture" button saves picture with both front and rear cameras. "Focus + TP" button only saves picture with rear camera. Why is that?

 

[Erel]

Check whether "auto" is supported with CamEx.GetSupportedFocusModes.

 

[Startup]

I assume it is as I get this in log [auto, infinity, macro, continuous-video, continuous-picture]

 

[Erel]

Are you sure that these are the supported modes of the front camera?

 

[Startup]

No the log message ([auto, infinity, macro, continuous-video, continuous-picture]) just shows for the rear camera.

 

[Erel]

Pass true to: camEx.Initialize(Panel1, true, Me, "Camera1")

In Camera1_Ready you can check the supported focus modes. For Nexus 5 it will print [fixed] which means that auto focus is not supported.

 

[Startup]

yes the log message for the front camera is [fixed]

 

[Erel]

This means that auto focus is not supported.

 

[Startup]

This means that auto focus is not supported.

OK. I want to have just one button which takes the picture whether autofocus is supported or not. So I changed the Sub btnTakePicture_Click call to camEx.GetSupportedFocusModes and added to the CamEx sub which now reads as follows:

Public Sub GetSupportedFocusModes As List
r.target = parameters
Dim fm As List
fm.initialize
fm=r.RunMethod("getSupportedFocusModes")
If fm.Get(0)="auto" Then
FocusAndTakePicture
Else
TakePicture
End If
Return r.RunMethod("getSupportedFocusModes")
End Sub

So now there is just one button "Take Picture" button which works for both cameras - rear with autofocus and front without autofocus.
Thanks!