[TIMOB-3364] How to open front camera first in iphone4 instead of backside camera?

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	Medium
Status	Closed
Resolution	Duplicate
Resolution Date	2011-11-03T15:19:03.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	iOS
Labels	n/a
Reporter	bhavyahmehta
Assignee	Reggie Seagraves
Created	2011-04-15T03:43:18.000+0000
Updated	2017-03-09T22:49:18.000+0000

Description

I use following code:

       Ti.Media.switchCamera(Ti.Media.CAMERA_REAR);

    if (Ti.Media.camera == Ti.Media.CAMERA_REAR)
    {
        Ti.Media.switchCamera(Ti.Media.CAMERA_FRONT);
    }

but it does not help me to open front camera first instead of back camera.

I get -- [ERROR] invalid state. in -[MediaModule switchCamera:] (MediaModule.m:644)

please help me to solve this issue.

Comments

Andrew Skinner 2011-04-15

I believe the "invalid state" error only happens in the simulator, since there is no camera to switch. However, I can confirm that switchCamera does nothing on the device either.
Andrew Skinner 2011-04-15
So, a couple of bugs lead to switchCamera not working quite right.

One, the constants for CAMERA_FRONT and CAMERA_REAR are flipped (so FRONT refers to Rear, and REAR refers to FRONT).

Lines 451-452 of MediaModule.m should be:
```
   MAKE_SYSTEM_PROP(CAMERA_FRONT,UIImagePickerControllerCameraDeviceFront);
   MAKE_SYSTEM_PROP(CAMERA_REAR,UIImagePickerControllerCameraDeviceRear);
   
```
Also, the code calls a setCameraDevice function, which does not exist. Instead I think you need to set the cameraDevice property of the picker.

So, line 669 of MediaModule.m should be:
```
   picker.cameraDevice = [TiUtils intValue:args];
   
```
Hopefully easy fixes! Hope to see them in soon.
Dawson Toth 2011-11-03

Duplicates. The root issue is front and back are switched in the module.
Lee Morris 2017-03-09

Closing ticket as duplicate.

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