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What i was thinking if we could remove the camera app and replace it with Snapphoto to make it the default camera?
Please tell me if this is possible and if the button for the camera on the side of the phone if we can make it be used to activate the SnapPhoto App?
Thanks
-David
davidhooper4 said:
What i was thinking if we could remove the camera app and replace it with Snapphoto to make it the default camera?
Please tell me if this is possible and if the button for the camera on the side of the phone if we can make it be used to activate the SnapPhoto App?
Thanks
-David
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If i had to guess yes you can.
Since Snap gives you the option to be set as default.
MOD EDIT: removed instructions
Might wanna wait till someone with more expertise confirms or directs you to correction.
Would you still be able to update SnapPhoto from the Market if you did this?
thanx for the adb code
im going to try it out right now
ok it works find i just made a mistake.
Thanks mikey1022!!
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Would you still be able to update SnapPhoto from the Market if you did this?
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Yeah just like normal
Found a problem.
i made SnapPhoto to the default camera, but when im going to attach to a message and i choose camera and i get unexpected error
any solution?
I remember reading somewhere on the forum if you delete the camera.apk, you wouldn't be able to change your wallpaper & you might lose your pictures app. Are you still able to change the wallpaper & browse your pics?
Sounds like you need to place Camera.apk back in
the Camera app is built in and can not be removed without consequence.
It controls more than just the camera
is there a reason you want to replace it? you can have both at the same time.
I would have to guess....space
Ill go back so dum of me but i didnt back up the apk. so should I just reflash my current blue star 5 theme?
ALWAYS BACKUP EVERYTHING...fyi
If you need I will upload both the apk and odex
why delete the original camera software? just set SnapPhoto as the default camera and it will open when you press the shutter button.
Menu > Settings > Set as default camera
works fine
neoobs, hey my pictures app went away so if you could upload that for me would that include the pictures app with the camera app or could you upload those both please!!!!!
We know that.....why? unless he tells use, we can guess.
It happend, its over, hopefully he learned something out of this
BACKUP.
Plus that/this is also how he/myself learn also.
Taking the easy road at times isn't always fun. Take what this forum is all about. Taking things to their limits one way or another.
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neoobs, hey my pictures app went away so if you could upload that for me would that include the pictures app with the camera app or could you upload those both please!!!!!
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What is your version? RC30?
yes sirr neoobs
here you go
http://rapidshare.com/files/185706261/camera.rar
and at that I close this thread.
FINAL CONCLUSION: DO NOT DELETE CAMERA.APK
First things first: Im not a code guru - I just have some expirience on other android devices and can't promise that my attempts will work succesfully.
So I'm trying to port the camera app from the Arc to our Play.
Looks like we will need to modify the libs, as the camera installs flawless but gives errors on start "No camera found".
Only tried the Arc app, as I didnt get my hands on the Neo dump yet.
Here the zip with (i hope) all libs and the apk itself.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/kti4anb9lx7qyv8/cam__anzu.zip
Attempt #1
Copy & Paste all camara related libs from the arc to the play
FAILED - if you overwrite the play-own cameralib.so the phone hungs up in a bootloop.
That sounds cool. I'll take that the arc camera interface is custom made and not as ours the native android?
Regards Dousan...
Thats the reason behind this whole story
Their custom app for the cam looks more cool and sofar i know has more options (or atleast they are better sorted)
Great Looking forward to your updates/progress
Regards Dousan...
Does this mean we will have HD recording?
emann56 said:
Does this mean we will have HD recording?
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If some of the real devs can make the libarys accept 720p recording, probably yes. as the camera seems to be capable to record in that high res. (eg. the htc desire has also a 5mp cam and record 720p flawlessly)
Can you make R the shutter button and maybe L just focussing?
ill help, ive coded a few apps for iphone 4 (cydia)
can you upload anything camera related from the arc, and include directories? thank you!
if anyone used the iFlat series themes, i was behind all the coding for the weather, time etc, im known as xX-SicKsKiLZz-Xx over at iFans
im also working on remapping the buttons, im seeing how the market camera apps remap buttons and working from there.
uploaded the apk and the libs, see 1st post
hold on, did you fix permissions after copying/pasting? thats the only reason i can see why you ended up in a boot loop.
i did. 10 signs.
just checking
ok, i spent all day on this, i managed to remap the camera button and its fully working in the native camera app, theres still a bug i need to figure out, the bug is that if you keep hold of the R button, it focuses but doesnt take a picture.
also, i managed to get the arc camera app working, you have to remove ALL old camera related stuff and replace it with the arcs stuff, then double check permissions.
theres still bugs, none of the features in the arcs camera app work, it FC's if you even try to take a picture.
im rewriting the all of the libs, ill post with updates & uploads tommorow
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Can you make R the shutter button and maybe L just focussing?
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I second that ! great idea
I spent a few days on this when the arc and play were rooted.. think we will be able to get this working but need to wait until we can get some custom kernel action as there seems to be a link to the arc in the app... or possibly someone smarter then me can break the .apk apart (easy) and find the expression etc that limits its use to neo/arc (the hard part)
anyways thats my 0.02c
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just read
blickmanic said:
also, i managed to get the arc camera app working
theres still bugs, none of the features in the arcs camera app work, it FC's if you even try to take a picture.
im rewriting the all of the libs, ill post with updates & uploads tommorow
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Cheers mate
Any update guys?
Nothing new from my side. The app still doesnt recognize the camera.
Would be cool if we can get it working...
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ammarcool12 said:
Would be cool if we can get it working...
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Yeah as the camera app on the Play is terrible to be honest, shame as the images are really good!
FK1983 said:
Yeah as the camera app on the Play is terrible to be honest, shame as the images are really good!
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Its the stock android camera app, still they removed the the zooming slider for the sake of the front-face camera changer icon thingy stuff...whatever ^^;
After reading a thread on here before about this is (which i cannot find again) I decided to get to work to make this work, and after a little bit of poking about i managed to get it to work!
The app is now on the market! either search for "xperia play camera" or you use this link https://market.android.com/details?id=seb.camera.mod&feature=search_result.
The instructions are now obsolete but im keeping them there for completeness.
Installation Insturctions
1. Backup the original camera application with a root application manager e.g. titanium backup
2. Then delete the original camera app
3. Reboot your phone
4. Install the .apk from below
If you have a previous version installed you do not need to delete the old one or reboot just install as you would any other app
Version history
v5 - fixed remaining issues this is the final version as of time of writing please report any issues.
v4 - fixed video mode and added non root version
v3 - pictures now taken on release of R1 and menu position fixed
v2 - Decreased menu size by about 40% and fixed minor graphical glitches with menus
v1 - Original release, has VERY large menus
Hope you guys like it!
Removed my old camera app with titanium backup, tried to install this one, got a message saying 'application not installed'.
Clyzm said:
Removed my old camera app with titanium backup, tried to install this one, got a message saying 'application not installed'.
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That's odd that's the issue i was getting before i removed the camera app fully, make sure you have unknown sources enabled and i used antek app manager to remove it so manbe give that a go. Ill look into it.
I will defo be trying this!!
Clyzm said:
Removed my old camera app with titanium backup, tried to install this one, got a message saying 'application not installed'.
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Same thing happened to me. Just reboot your phone after you remove the app and the install should work, worked for me
Zoop57 said:
After reading a thread on here before about this is (which i cannot find again) I decided to get to work to make this work, and after a little bit of poking about i managed to get it to work!
Currently the shutter button on the screen remains highlighted until you tap the screen, not a big issue but its one I didn't have time to resolve, maybe later.
To install the app (.apk attached) you need to remove the one that came with the phone and then install this one, I would recommend backing up the original first too.
Hope you guys like it!
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Did you update app without telling us? I dont get the highlighted shutter button after I take a pic. Also the menu options are huge! Anyway to fix that?
emann56 said:
Did you update app without telling us? I dont get the highlighted shutter button after I take a pic. Also the menu options are huge! Anyway to fix that?
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Oh god yeah I didnt notice that I basicly downloaded the latest source code for the camera app from the android git and edited the code involving shutter buttons, when I get a chance ill have a look why the fonts so big. Xxx
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Same thing happened to me. Just reboot your phone after you remove the app and the install should work, worked for me
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Yep, this worked perfectly. Thanks!
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Thanks! Good job!!!
Cheers mate working fine. Backed up org. camera apk, then deleted it with titanium, rebooted and installed modded version without any issues
Regards Dousan...
Works like a charm ! thanks
Now going to update the original post with v2 that fixes the graphical glitches with the on screen hud. The pop-up menus have been decreased in size but still remain larger than the insanely small ones the original menu had. This version can be installed over the top of v1 like a normal app with no fuss.
good job !!
but how can i move libs to system files?
Great app! Works like a charm. Thanks for the great work.
My suggestion: I don't know what everyone thinks about this, but would it be possible to make it so that the app only focuses pressing down but doesn't take the actual photo until you release your finger (it would kind of mirror the shutter button on the screen).
Some advantages that would come from this would be being able to focus and then reframe, as well as timing shots better.
Thx bud works so much better now...I really disliked touching the screen to take pic.
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Would it be possible to make it so that the app only focuses pressing down but doesn't take the actual photo.
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Agree with this.
Also, r trigger doesn't seem to work in video mode.
Excellent mod though, thumbs up.
I guess its time for v3 that shouldnt be hard to do and I shall try fix the video mode too.
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Sounds good to me with R button pushed=focus and R button released=snap picture
Good work on the app mate, looking forward to a v3
Regards Dousan...
Good job but a few issues...
1. Is it me or so images taken this way seem to be blurrier than when taken with the stock camera app?
2. Why is there a gap between the menu bar, and the portion with the shutter button and the camera mode selector?
3. It seems to me that the menu, when clicked on it, seems as if the options are very blurry?
Nhialor
Also, remove the on screen shutter button.
You see, you help people, do a good job & they expect you to perform miracles!
well i upgraded today to the L version but i noticed one big thing that made me come back to the 4.4.4
why the hell i dont have a gallery ? i mean the gallery now is the "photos" of the google cloud.
this is not comfortable at all , i love my gallery and the way its organized.
well what do u think ? google will release the final version like that ? with no gallery ? and we'll have to get use to the "photos" gallery ?
if that will happen i'll stay with my 4.4.4 i really can stand it .. thats very annoying.
what do u think guys ?
In that long assed thread on L it's mentioned multiple times. Folks are saying that you can use quick pic for your gallery. I believe it's been the group opinion that the photo app took the place of gallery and nobody is sure if gallery may be in the final consumer release of L in the fall
ohad123454 said:
well i upgraded today to the L version but i noticed one big thing that made me come back to the 4.4.4
why the hell i dont have a gallery ? i mean the gallery now is the "photos" of the google cloud.
this is not comfortable at all , i love my gallery and the way its organized.
well what do u think ? google will release the final version like that ? with no gallery ? and we'll have to get use to the "photos" gallery ?
if that will happen i'll stay with my 4.4.4 i really can stand it .. thats very annoying.
what do u think guys ?
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just install the Gallery2.apk like everyone else http://goo.gl/QD4szE
photos links you to g+ which links you to google. its googles app, not gallery. gallery is part of aosp. anyways, its easy to find. if you cant find it, you can exract it from many places(roms/gapps).
Ken C said:
In that long assed thread on L it's mentioned multiple times. Folks are saying that you can use quick pic for your gallery. I believe it's been the group opinion that the photo app took the place of gallery and nobody is sure if gallery may be in the final consumer release of L in the fall
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i have not seen anyone about that but i hope that the gallery will be on the final version
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just install the Gallery2.apk like everyone else http://goo.gl/QD4szE
photos links you to g+ which links you to google. its googles app, not gallery. gallery is part of aosp. anyways, its easy to find. if you cant find it, you can exract it from many places(roms/gapps).
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well i like the google+ backup but i like my gallery either , i mean i like to take a photo and then its on my gallery app + on my google backup account , i want the gallery bro , you think that the gallery will be an indeppended app aventually like in the 4.4.4 ? i hope so , i dont want to use the app u gave me you know , i want my gallery. why did they do this anyway ?
ohad123454 said:
i have not seen anyone about that but i hope that the gallery will be on the final version
well i like the google+ backup but i like my gallery either , i mean i like to take a photo and then its on my gallery app + on my google backup account , i want the gallery bro , you think that the gallery will be an indeppended app aventually like in the 4.4.4 ? i hope so , i dont want to use the app u gave me you know , i want my gallery. why did they do this anyway ?
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i think its not on the nexus 7 anymore(could be wrong). but i do think they are planning on getting rid if it. i only use the gallery app as well, and i take a LARGE number of photos(lol). ive used it for nearly 6 years now. if they do stop using it, i hope they keep it in the aosp.
the app i linked is the gallery, off my phone. it works on L. put it in /system/app/ and reboot.
ohad123454 said:
i have not seen anyone about that but i hope that the gallery will be on the final version
well i like the google+ backup but i like my gallery either , i mean i like to take a photo and then its on my gallery app + on my google backup account , i want the gallery bro , you think that the gallery will be an indeppended app aventually like in the 4.4.4 ? i hope so , i dont want to use the app u gave me you know , i want my gallery. why did they do this anyway ?
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Man. First of all the L thread is huge and its been mentioned there more than a handful of times. 2nd this is a preview ROM. Not final release. No one ones and won't know until they release their final version in fall, sept or october. Either use the workarounds like quickpic or revert back to 4.4.4.
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Ken C said:
In that long assed thread on L it's mentioned multiple times. Folks are saying that you can use quick pic for your gallery. I believe it's been the group opinion that the photo app took the place of gallery and nobody is sure if gallery may be in the final consumer release of L in the fall
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I have always used QuickPic but also have a soft spot for Gallery - I think it has improved over time
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simms22 said:
i think its not on the nexus 7 anymore(could be wrong). but i do think they are planning on getting rid if it. i only use the gallery app as well, and i take a LARGE number of photos(lol). ive used it for nearly 6 years now. if they do stop using it, i hope they keep it in the aosp.
the app i linked is the gallery, off my phone. it works on L. put it in /system/app/ and reboot.
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look , eventually i flashed back to 4.4.4 cuz i fell like home with that version u know .. i dont know the app u sent me and i didnt download it because i have the stock gallery now lol >< i really hope that they will release the fianl version with the gallery , i hate the g+ gallery its awful but its good for backup not more than that [at least thats what i think] , we'll have to wait and see i guess hope that the gallery will be in the final version [:
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Man. First of all the L thread is huge and its been mentioned there more than a handful of times. 2nd this is a preview ROM. Not final release. No one ones and won't know until they release their final version in fall, sept or october. Either use the workarounds like quickpic or revert back to 4.4.4.
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your'e right bro , but though i really hope that the gallery app will stay cuz i like it very much [:
Lol.. That gallery 2 must have been mentioned after I gave up plowing through that long so of a thread. Only so many times I could handle the same questions being asked on every 3rd post Lol.. Didn't realized gallery was aosp, I've just noticed it on every phone I've used. No big deal to me.
just an FYI..The "gallery app" has been gone for a while..it started with the z ultra and g pad google play editions those were introduced with stock android without a "gallery" app..so in my opinion its headed out the door and the fact the it isnt there on the L preview for the nexus 5 ,i think solidifies that its gone in favor of the "photos" app.
Kindly use the sticky thread HERE for all L discussion, thread closed
Hi
Seems like Google Photo's is hard coded to be the default picture viewer.
If you install something else you are not prompted to choose the new default as you would expect.
Disabling google photo's and trying to force new default doesn't work either.
Perhaps with future ROM?
Anything anyone achieved without root etc. till now? Thanks.
Reorienting back and recent keys seems like a no go either, what do people do to get round that?
Thanks for any tips already.
technotika said:
Hi
Seems like Google Photo's is hard coded to be the default picture viewer.
If you install something else you are not prompted to choose the new default as you would expect.
Disabling google photo's and trying to force new default doesn't work either.
Perhaps with future ROM?
Anything anyone achieved without root etc. till now? Thanks.
Reorienting back and recent keys seems like a no go either, what do people do to get round that?
Thanks for any tips already.
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For remapping the buttons the app from Flar2 works.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=flar2.homebutton
technotika said:
Hi
Seems like Google Photo's is hard coded to be the default picture viewer.
If you install something else you are not prompted to choose the new default as you would expect.
Disabling google photo's and trying to force new default doesn't work either.
Perhaps with future ROM?
Anything anyone achieved without root etc. till now? Thanks.
Reorienting back and recent keys seems like a no go either, what do people do to get round that?
Thanks for any tips already.
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Hmm...
If I tap on an image file I get a choice :
jhill110 said:
Hmm...
If I tap on an image file I get a choice :
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try from within the camera - take pic - review it - only allowed Google Photo's, for me at least..?
technotika said:
try from within the camera - take pic - review it - only allowed Google Photo's, for me at least..?
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Tryna different camera. Counterintuitive? Maybe. Probably. Definitely. But you will get the option that you want.
But this has ALWAYS been the case with HTC. I have installed the HTC camera app on other phones, and it was imperative to have the HTC Gallery app to be able to review the photos after they are taken. I know that it's a different gallery app that we are taking about, but I think have the Camera App is the real issue here. The app defines the default photos app.
I may be wrong, but that's something that I discovered a while back.
technotika said:
Hi
Seems like Google Photo's is hard coded to be the default picture viewer.
If you install something else you are not prompted to choose the new default as you would expect.
Disabling google photo's and trying to force new default doesn't work either.
Perhaps with future ROM?
Anything anyone achieved without root etc. till now? Thanks.
Reorienting back and recent keys seems like a no go either, what do people do to get round that?
Thanks for any tips already.
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You could use a custom rom like leedroid, there you can define your favorite app for pictures and it will launch from the camera.
And you can use custom roms without root.
diamond09 said:
You could use a custom rom like leedroid, there you can define your favorite app for pictures and it will launch from the camera.
And you can use custom roms without root.
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Still need to unlock the bootloader. I'm sure you know that...but there are still some newbies to the scene.
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Still need to unlock the bootloader. I'm sure you know that...but there are still some newbies to the scene.
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Sure I know about that, it was just a hint to the right direction.
There are some very good guides for it.
What if you sideload the old Gallery app?
If you want back the old HTC Apps try here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...blinkfeed-plugins-devices-08-03-2015-t3049438
I tested it on my shiny new U11
Still no way to change the gallery app when you open photos from camera? Google photos is driving me nuts and I dont want to use it
NeoDJW said:
Still no way to change the gallery app when you open photos from camera? Google photos is driving me nuts and I dont want to use it
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Switch to QuickPic
I cant, already tried that.
NeoDJW said:
Still no way to change the gallery app when you open photos from camera? Google photos is driving me nuts and I dont want to use it
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install htc album from apk mirror, then disable the google photos app. It should default to htc album then.
It should but it doesn't, and I don't know why... When I disable google photos and install htc gallery nothing hapens when I try to open photos from camera.
Any fix for this yet?
Would love to see a fix too!
I got around all the little issues with Photos by disabling that app.
Then got "QuickPic" from Google Play and made it Gallery app in it's settings.
Aggravation instantly gone. Works fine without giving an argument about everything.
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Would love to see a fix too!
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on our rom you can pick any gallery app as preview album in the camera app.
I've tried many apps as I've never really used Google photos before and had no luck with any. But I've started to like it now. Especially since they added opening straight to albums in the settings.