Machine learning model

ewpatton · March 9, 2020, 8:38pm

That's not possible at this time because the WebViewer doesn't ask for camera permissions. I've filed an issue to add this as a feature.

github.com/mit-cml/appinventor-sources

Add UsesCamera property to WebViewer

opened 08:37PM - 09 Mar 20 UTC

ewpatton

help wanted issue: noted for future Work status: forum feature request affects: ucr priority: medium

**Describe the desired feature** With more people building models with to…ols like Teachable Machine and wanting to embed them in a webviewer, they need the WebViewer to ask for camera permissions. In our extensions we do this implicitly, but it won't always be the case that people will run these models through an extension. We should add a property to the WebViewer called UsesCamera that works like the UsesLocation property and allows the WebViewer to ask for Camera permission and include the appropriate permission in the manifest. **Give an example of how this feature would be used** If someone wants to embed an example of teachable machine in an app (without using an extension). **Why doesn't the current App Inventor system address this use case?** The WebViewer does not ask for camera permissions so it is not possible at this time. **Why is this feature beneficial to App Inventor's educational mission?** Teachers and students interested in exploring teachable machine or other ML models cannot use them with the WebViewer as designed.