Kevin, You are spot on and I'm yet to find the right/most efficient solution. I really don't want to have to do some silly hack as I would think there's a way (maybe with threads?) that is the most efficient approach.
joe On Feb 10, 2:15 pm, Kevin Duffey <andjar...@gmail.com> wrote: > He's saying that calling that after the preview has been set up.. doesn't > seem to immediately take affect. You either have to recreate the surface to > change camera parameters, or use a separate activity to "pause" the current > camera preview activity, then when that activity closes, it causes a > onSurfaceChanged() call which then picks up the change. I am guessing the OP > wants to do something like the camera app does (at least on my original > droid) where you can flip some switches/buttons while the preview is running > and they affect how the camera works without having to recreate the preview > surfaceview each time a change occurs. If you can turn flash on/off, zoom, > auto focus on/off, etc with immediate changes that when the picture is > taken, are applied. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Stephen Lebed <srle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Unless I dont understand the question correctly, > > Camera.setParameters() should do what you need. > > > Hope this helps. > > > Stephen Lebed > > Developer > >http://apps.mechnology.com > > > On Feb 10, 9:28 am, Joe McCann <joseph.is...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm trying to avoid having to rewrite the Android source for the > > > native camera app (as it is a cluster***k of code), but am curious as > > > to the proper, most efficient away of being able to update the Camera > > > Parameters AFTER the SurfaceView of the Camera has been created and > > > "opened". > > > > For example, if you have a button that toggles the setting of On, Off, > > > or Auto for the Flash, this initial parameter value is set when the > > > Camera is initialized (let's say Auto by default, if, of course, the > > > device supports it). If you want to switch it to Off, WHILE the > > > current view is the instance of the Camera/SurfaceView, you press the > > > button and it "sets" the new parameter to the camera to "OFF"; > > > however, the CURRENT instance of the camera does not update it's > > > camera settings, meaning if you take the picture the Auto flash > > > setting is still enabled. > > > > Now, if you say launch a new Activity, like a Preferences screen, and > > > then go back to the Camera view, the camera now has the "OFF" > > > setting. This clearly has to do with the surfaceChanged() method as > > > it is grabbing the NEW camera parameters and updating the camera > > > settings to reflect that. > > > > In a nutshell, I'm wondering if there is a way inside to update the > > > CURRENT instance of the Camera and what a preferred approach would be. > > > > Thanks! > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
