Camera - Displays the camera to take photos and record videos in an Arrangement

[TIMAI2]

Well done

Images from pictures taken now have the correct aspect ratio in relation to the VA containing the camera.

Unfortunately, and this is probably device specific, with nothing much that can be done, the images are displayed rotated 90 degrees anti clockwise.

I did offer up a workaround for this some time ago, where you use the activity starter to go out to the device camera component, instead of using the AI2 camera component.

Activity Starter Camera

You may want to have access to the full native camera app when you take a photo from within your app, this is how you do it. This is tested and demonstrated using the companion app on an Android 13 device. Why do this: Images taken when the phone is held in portrait position are returned in the correct orientation (unlike with the camera component) you may want the full features of your native camera app, which may not be available when using the camera component this works, whilst using the …

[Kent_Starup]

Is there a new .aix file? @Joejsanz

[Joejsanz]

v1.1 March 07, 2026.

@Kent_Starup

Is there a new .aix file?

@Joejsanz

HasCameraPermission

Checks if camera permission is granted.

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PictureTaken

It is triggered when a photo has been taken successfully. Returns both the file path and content URI.

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v1.1 March 07, 2026.

• A function was added to check if camera permission was granted.
• An additional parameter was added to the PictureTaken event to receive the content URI of the captured photo.
• Now you can also view the received image by placing it in the image component using imagePath when using Companion.

Camera.aia (83.9 KB)

joejsanz.joedevcamera.aix (33.7 KB)

[Anke]

@Kent_Starup

Yep thats turns the imgPreview, but the saved picture is still in landscape

[Anke]

@Anke

Set a watermark on an image, rotate, round corners and create a new image

Here's a simple extension that allows you to add a watermark to an image, rotate it, round corners, and create a new image in a subfolder of the ASD (.../Pictures/watermarked_image_1748174530410.jpg). Set the compression quality (1–100) in the Watermark and/or Rotate methods. The RoundCorner method requires the new image to be saved as a PNG due to transparency. A PNG file cannot be compressed using conventional methods.Therefore, there is no "compressionQuality" parameter for the RoundCorner m…

[TIMAI2]

Extension is not taking a picture of the "viewer".

[Anke]

@TIMAI2

Extension is not taking a picture of the "viewer"

Means?

[TIMAI2]

See how @Kumaraswamy does it with Pro Camera

pro-camera/com/kumaraswamy/camerax at main · XomaDev/pro-camera

(In camerax java: Simple Function -> TakePreviewPicture -> AutoFitTextureView.java)

[Anke]

I'd just like to know what you're trying to say with...

@TIMAI2

Extension is not taking a picture of the "viewer"

[TIMAI2]

If one sets the containing arrangement to say 300h x 200w (ones "viewer" when camera turned on), one might expect to get an image back with that aspect ratio.

[Anke]

Okay, but that wasn't the purpose of my blocks. I simply wanted to display and save the image in portrait mode, as requested by the user.

[TIMAI2]

Sorry, I meant the JoeDevCamera extension

[Kent_Starup]

@Joejsanz

Hi again, is there anyway to get the image from imagePath or imageUri to get in full size, when i use it in imgPreview.Picture. Its only the half size of screen. And the imgPreview is set to 100% both ways in size., And the same with the arrangement the pic is in.

[Joejsanz]

@Kent_Starup

get in full size

How are your blocks set up and what's your camera view?

• To get the image in full screen, you must set the camera view to full screen aspect ratio.

Try the aia file with that example:
CameraFullScreenPic.aia (36.6 KB)

[Kent_Starup]

Here is my blocks, and the .aia. Hope you can help me where i should put the new blocks.

Wedding(1).aia (71.4 KB)

[MChess]

Please guide us for landscape and potrait photo and video. an aia would be helpful

[Joejsanz]

Updatev1.2

@Joejsanz

GetOrientationMode

Gets the current physical orientation mode: Portrait or Landscape.

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GetDeviceOrientation

Gets the current physical device orientation angle (0, 90, 180, 270).

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GetActualPhotoResolution

Gets the actual photo resolution being used (e.g., 4000x3000).

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GetActualVideoResolution

Gets the actual video resolution being used (e.g., 1920x1080).

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GetActualPreviewResolution

Gets the actual preview resolution being used (e.g., 1280x720).

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GetActualPhotoWidth

Gets the actual photo width in pixels.

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GetActualPhotoHeight

Gets the actual photo height in pixels.

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GetActualVideoWidth

Gets the actual video width in pixels.

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GetActualVideoHeight

Gets the actual video height in pixels.

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GetActualPhotoMegapixels

Gets the actual photo resolution in megapixels.

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OrientationTolerance

Tolerance in degrees to consider an orientation change (Portrait/Landscape).

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PhotoResolution

Photo resolution: Max, 1080p, 720p, 480p.

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VideoResolution

Video resolution: Max, 1080p, 720p, 480p.

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PreviewResolution

Preview resolution: Max, 1080p, 720p, 480p.

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OrientationChanged

Fires when the physical device orientation changes between Portrait and Landscape. Returns mode (Portrait, Landscape) and angle (0, 90, 180, 270).

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CameraConfigured

Fires when the camera has finished configuring, providing the actual resolutions in use.

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v1.2 Oct 08, 2026.

• Added deviceOrientation (physical orientation) instead of screen rotation.
  • This ensures that:
    Photos are saved with the correct EXIF ​​orientation.
    • The orientation sensor must be set to Portrait so that the camera functions correctly in either of the two orientations when the device is rotated.
• Added properties to set and retrieve photo, video, and preview resolutions.

Camera.aia (111.2 KB)

joejsanz.joedevcamera.aix (40.6 KB)

[Unnecessary]

Wow…

[Unnecessary]

Can you pls add brightness of the photo while preview and when click the same brightness will be saved? And camera opening animation? And mirror effect enable or disabled for front camera?

[MChess]

nice