[android-developers] Re: Can Android Framework API support multiple cameras?

Dianne,

But if we had to support, would say option#1 is preferable? Would you
recommend adding new methods to make it more cleaner ?

Thanks

On Oct 21, 4:55 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> Not currently supported, sorry.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 1:36 PM, clemsongrad <dpotl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If an android device wants to support multiple cameras, then how does
> > the API support this?  Right now the framework API is a simple static
> > method to create an instance of camera Camera.open().
>
> > I see couple of options:
>
> > 1. Using camera.setParameters() to set a name/value pair that
> > instructs which camera to choose?
>
> > 2. It would be nice and cleaner perhaps if this was done right on the
> > open() method perhaps with additional enum.
>
> > Obviously option#1 would not result in any addition to the API.  Does
> > this use sound right to you to support multiple cameras?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> --
> Dianne Hackborn
> Android framework engineer
> hack...@android.com
>
> Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to
> provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails.  All such
> questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and
> answer them.
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