Android Question Open the default camera App

ElliotHC

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I want to open the default camera App (not the camera in my own app)

B4X:
#Region  Project Attributes
    #ApplicationLabel: B4A Example
    #VersionCode: 1
    #VersionName:
    'SupportedOrientations possible values: unspecified, landscape or portrait.
    #SupportedOrientations: unspecified
    #CanInstallToExternalStorage: False
#End Region
#Region  Activity Attributes
    #FullScreen: False
    #IncludeTitle: True
#End Region
Sub Process_Globals
    'These global variables will be declared once when the application starts.
    'These variables can be accessed from all modules.
    Dim Pm As PackageManager 'Phone library
    Dim Inte As Intent
End Sub
Sub Globals
    'These global variables will be redeclared each time the activity is created.
    'These variables can only be accessed from this module.
End Sub
Sub Activity_Create(FirstTime As Boolean)
    'Do not forget to load the layout file created with the visual designer. For example:
    'Activity.LoadLayout("Layout1")
    For Each st As String In Pm.GetInstalledPackages
        Log(st)
        If st.Contains("camera") =True Then
          
            Inte=Pm.GetApplicationIntent(st)
  
            If Inte.IsInitialized Then StartActivity(Inte)
            Exit
        End If
    Next
End Sub
Sub Activity_Resume
End Sub
Sub Activity_Pause (UserClosed As Boolean)
End Sub

For some reason it won't open, I suspect it's because it's not initialized.
 

ElliotHC

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The only thing that you can do is to send an intent to the system. It is possible that you will find a specific intent in a specific app that will only start the current activity without doing something else, however each camera app will behave differently and most camera apps will not allow it at all.

How do I list all the intent options for that App?
 
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