How can I open front camera using xamarin android

Question

I want to open the front camera of my device for face verification in my app with a title "Smile for the camera".How can I do this, currently I am getting the back camera default, how do I change to front camera and also hide the back camera option.

please help me

Here is my code to open camera

  Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ActionImageCapture);
  StartActivityForResult(intent, 0);

@Saadi I want to open the front camera – Swathy May 04 '18 at 10:25 — Swathy, May 04 '18 at 10:25

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '18 at 10:18

From what I understand you have to iterate through the available hardware devices that match the identifier of camera.

This SO answer suggests:

Camera.CameraInfo camInfo = new Camera.CameraInfo ();
for (int i = 0; i < Camera.NumberOfCameras; i++) {
    Camera.GetCameraInfo (i, camInfo);
    if (camInfo.Facing == CameraFacing.Front){
        try {
            return Camera.Open(i);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // log or something
        }
    }
}
return null;

There's also a question on the xamarin forums regarding this which appeared to give a similar approach, can be found here.

I got an exception in return Camera.Open(i); – Swathy May 05 '18 at 06:14 — Swathy, May 05 '18 at 06:14
@JoeLv-MSFT I am fix that exception – Swathy May 07 '18 at 11:29 — Swathy, May 07 '18 at 11:29

How can I open front camera using xamarin android

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