Return the back facing camera id - Android Camera

Android examples for Camera:Back Camera

Description

Return the back facing camera id

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;

import android.hardware.Camera;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Return the back facing camera id
     * @return id of the camera
     */
    public static int getCameraInformationId() {
        int cameraId = -1;
        int numberOfCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfCameras; i++) {
            Camera.CameraInfo info = new Camera.CameraInfo();
            Camera.getCameraInfo(i, info);
            if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK) {
                cameraId = i;
                break;
            }
        }
        return cameraId;
    }
}

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