Btw. testing on a Samsung Galaxy S. Also have a HTC Desire here but it
doesn't have front camera.
On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1:16:07 PM UTC+2, user123 wrote:
>
> Sorry, I had this problem mixed with a fix I was trying out for other
> camera issue, and the description is not quite correct. But still a problem.
>
> What happens is this:
>
> The pic is displayed mirrored, horizontally, on the camera preview. That's
> fine.
>
> But when I "pick up" the bytes the camera activity stored in the path I
> passed via:
>
> cameraIntent.putExtra(android.provider.MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,
> Uri.fromFile(new File("myimgpath.jng")));
>
> and build a bitmap again with them, the bitmap is rotated 90°.
>
> I don't see a way to hardcode a fix for this, since with the back camera
> it doesn't happen, and I don't know if the returned bitmap was taken using
> front or back camera... any idea?
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:23:36 AM UTC+2, Dusk Jockeys Android Apps
> wrote:
>>
>> When you are taking photos of yourself in the front camera, people
>> naturally expect to see the same as if they look in a mirror, so the
>> preview is flipped horizontally. Writing is reversed etc.
>>
>> When the photo is taken, it then takes the real image, without the
>> flipping, so you dont get reversed writing. So it is the preview that is
>> "wrong", not the final image.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, July 31, 2012 3:12:47 AM UTC+8, bob wrote:
>>
>>> I believe I have seen it flipped horizontally in the camera app on my
>>> Ice Cream Sandwich.
>>>
>>>
>>> If I was coding, I would just flip it again horizontally to get it back
>>> to normal.
>>>
>>>
>>> Or, I would just ignore it as most people are taking pictures of their
>>> faces, which are usually somewhat symmetric.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday, July 30, 2012 9:12:47 AM UTC-5, user123 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Uhm... don't remember. Is there a solution for any of the cases? I'll
>>>> check it again.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, July 30, 2012 3:50:52 PM UTC+2, bob wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Rotated 180 degrees or flipped horizontally? The latter seems more
>>>>> probable.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, July 30, 2012 7:59:02 AM UTC-5, user123 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have the same problem described here: Android Front Facing Camera
>>>>>> Taking Inverted
>>>>>> Photos<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10283467/android-front-facing-camera-taking-inverted-photos>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What's different in my case is that I'm starting the camera app via
>>>>>> intent, not implementing it myself. So probably no way to use CameraInfo
>>>>>> or
>>>>>> the like. How can I solve this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In order to summarize: When starting camera via intent and take the
>>>>>> picture using front camera, the returned bitmap is rotated by 180°.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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