corona sdk switch between front and back camera

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

so im thinking of making a camera app using corona, but i need to be able to switch between front and the back camera, I can access the back camera by using shape.fill = { type=“camera” }

now heres the thing i need to upgrade to Pro so i can use the app on my phone but for me to upgrading is pointless if i cant access front camera

so i just like to know if you can switch between the cameras or if this is a feature corona is working on (if so what is the timeline?)

regards kevin

#2

Have the same question - is front facing camera support coming soon? Feels pretty pointless to have all the power in the world with the back-facing camera but then not able to use the same technology for the front facing one.

#3

We have added front facing camera support in, please see the Camera Source section in the following documentation:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/display/setDefault.html

#4

Awesome! Thanks a lot!

#5

Wow. Thats frontpage-worthy news! Thanks for sharing. So the question now becomes “How about Android?” Any ETA on that front?

#6

Like Ksan, when can we expect to have support for Android ?

#7

We don’t have an ETA at this time…

Rob

#8

Have the same question - is front facing camera support coming soon? Feels pretty pointless to have all the power in the world with the back-facing camera but then not able to use the same technology for the front facing one.

#9

We have added front facing camera support in, please see the Camera Source section in the following documentation:

http://docs.coronalabs.com/daily/api/library/display/setDefault.html

#10

Awesome! Thanks a lot!

#11

Wow. Thats frontpage-worthy news! Thanks for sharing. So the question now becomes “How about Android?” Any ETA on that front?

#12

Like Ksan, when can we expect to have support for Android ?

#13

We don’t have an ETA at this time…

Rob