camera

Camera

This module provides interaction with the device's camera.

Functions

These are the functions in this module:

• MobileUtils_Camera_Open

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MobileUtils_Camera_Open

This function brings up the camera to take a picture.

Note

On iOS devices, permissions will be requested automatically. Android developers already have the required permissions added to the manifest by the extension: android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, android.permission.CAMERA.

This function operates asynchronously, which means that it does not immediately return the requested result. Instead, upon completion of the task, it will trigger the Social Async Event.

Syntax:

MobileUtils_Camera_Open()

Returns:

N/A

Triggers:

Social Async Event

Key	Type	Description
type	String	The string "MobileUtils_Camera_Open"
path	String	The path to the photo
success	Boolean	Whether a picture was taken

Example:

var _read = "android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE";
var _write = "android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE";
var _camera = "android.permission.CAMERA";

if(os_type == os_ios or os_check_permission(_write) and os_check_permission(_read) and os_check_permission(_camera))
{
    MobileUtils_Camera_Open();
}
else
{
    if(!os_check_permission(_write) and !os_check_permission(_read))
        os_request_permission(_write, _read);

    if(!os_check_permission(_camera))
        os_request_permission(_camera);
}

The code sample above triggers the mobile device camera overlay that will allow users to take a photo. This photo path can be later caught inside a Social Async Event.

if(async_load[?"type"] == "MobileUtils_Camera_Open")
{
    var _path = async_load[?"path"];
    Obj_MobileUtils_Camera_Picture.sprite = sprite_add(_path, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
}

The code above matches the response against the correct event type and loads the newly taken photo.