Hi,
is it possible to use Gcam with a third party gallery because I kind of dislike Google Photos?
And if it is not possible by default, is there any workaround or even a Gcam mod for the Pixel 7 which is staying as close as possible to the original but just allows me to change the gallery?
Cheers
Kind-of.
Basically, you need a "google-less" build of Android, like GrapheneOS.
You then can install "gcam-services-provider" (photos release from github, not basic).
The gcam services provider will create a "fake" google-photos that can be launched by camera, which then launches your selected gallery application.
Alternatively, you would have to find a way to fully uninstall gooble-photos and create your own shim.
So this means, I uninstall the Photos app from my Pixel, install the "Gcam-Services-Provider Photos" and install a different gallery app. Afterwards, Gcam will open the third party gallery?
Or do I need to uninstall more than the Photos app?
I know that some of the Google Camera Mods, which were called Camera PX, had an option in the settings to use a different gallery outside of Google Photos.
You can try random versions to see what works, but keep in mind, if I'm not mistaken, the Pixel 7 version of the camera is a version ahead of the older Pixel phones. If something doesn't work correctly, just know that everything works fine on the stock camera app.
Another thing is that normally, these mods were to get Google processing and whatnot to work on other devices or bring newer Pixel features to older Pixel phones(this is the version by MWP). I'd recommend trying the MWP version first and checking the settings after that. Idk which version of the camera by which developer had the option, but it does exist.
Google Camera Ports Download
Modified Google Camera ports by BSG, Arnova8G2, ivanich, and others. Download hub for GCam ports.
www.celsoazevedo.com
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I've been attempting to install the Google edition camera with photosphere on my HTC One XL running CM11.
There are a number of threads with a link to download an APK based on the camera from Android 4.3 or 4.2.
e.g. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472879 from the EVO 3D thread
When I attempt to install this APK, It simply says Not Installed.
My understanding was that it would coexist with the existing Gallery and camera app.
So I looked for another way to install the camera and found the following link to put together a ZIP to install from Recovery:
http://floodping.org/photosphere-on-cyanogenmod-11-4.4.2/
I followed this through and made a zip file; booted into Recovery (TWRP 2.6.3 with SELinux) and installed it.
It showed up in the applications as Camera, the same as the CM11 camera but is installed in /system/app/GoogleCamera.apk where CM11's camera is called Camera2.apk
I used the Nexus 5 factory image as the basis for this. My zip file.
The results:
Camera, video and panorama worked as for the normal camera
Photosphere started fine. Took a number of photos in the grid. Hit the stop button. Hadn't crashed yet. Now if I change anything it crashes "unfortunately camera has stopped" or similar. At that point, if it hasn't completed rendering the panorama it creates then it will manually need to be force stopped.
By anything, I mean closing the camera or trying to change the camera mode. You can swipe to show the filmstrip view of previous photos but if you select one then the camera crashes.
So... I left it sitting there with the camera open for a while - hopefully long enough to do whatever rendering it needed. Then crashed out. Viewed in gallery and shared in Google+. Here.
One odd thing. I took images around about 180 degrees. They were stitched together as if they were 360 degrees.
I do have a couple questions:
For the APK version - any idea why it would say "Not Installed"? I had enabled Unknown Sources. I do have Norton Mobile installed.
Recovery installed version:
Is anyone working on the development of this?
Is there anything I can do?
I used the Nexus 5 factory image as the base. Generally I understood that apps are fairly universal so would it make any difference to use the Nexus 4 image?
Has anyone else had success, limited or otherwise, with Photospheres on the Evita?
Moved to the Q&A forum since this is essentially a troubleshooting issue and I think you'll get better exposure here.
For your first question, the only reason I see is because it is trying to overwrite a system file.
I suggest going into /system/app and backing up your current camera APK and then deleting it. Restart the phone and THEN try to install the new APK.
AFAIK, the apps should be relatively universal along the same base, provided you are using the same Android version, this does have exceptions though.
I have a OnePlus 6T and a LG V40 both phones are having the same issue. The built in camera apps link to Google Lens won't launch Lens, it acts like it's trying but doesn't. If I use the Google Lens App itself it works. Both devices are running Google Play Services beta and Google beta app. Ive reset both apps, Lens and Camera apps neither work. Any suggestions?
After the new Google App Beta everything is back working.
WhatsApp camera is using the Ultrawide lens, everything is barrelled (curved). Instage uses the main camera and other apps do as well. No way to tell WhatsApp which camera to use, unless anyone knows how too fix this?
It's not a Bug. The Facebook Company just has the worst Developers so far. WhatsApp mimics that pretty good... All they had to do would be Reading Out the Camera ID's correctly. Other Apps don't have that Problems. Check Open Camera for example which can Switch an Show all Camera Moses/Sensors... You could leave a 1 Star Review on the Play Store Like i did plus contacting the Support. That could Help...
I fixed the WhatsApp Camera issues with MARS_SOM BETA4. Flash also works fine now with the Camera (Timing works now).
As many of you may possibly know, Google dropped 32bit support for Google Camera all the way back in version 4.2. That version would crash on my SM-T350 running Pie, and while 4.1 would work, it would crash when opening the back camera unless you changed the resolution to 480p (even though my back camera supports 720p). In addition, 4.1 is also such an old version that it doesn't have any of the features that would make it a viable option over the OpenGapps Camera (which I'm also personally not a fan of) or Open Camera, neither of which I think have particularly good features or UI.
However, Google has recently release a lite version of Gcam much like their other apps called "Google Camera Go". Lucky for us, some of the APKs uploaded to APKMirror (it's only available on Playstore in certain regions, much like other lite apps) have armeabi-v7a support, such as this one which is currently the latest:
Google Camera Go 2.2.359460728_release (arm-v7a) APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror
Google Camera Go 2.2.359460728_release (arm-v7a) APK Download by Google LLC - APKMirror Free and safe Android APK downloads
www.apkmirror.com
I am not sure if it is necessary, as I have not tested it without it, but I also edited my build.prop to include "persist.camera.HAL3.enabled=1", so try adding that if it doesn't work for some reason.
This finally brings portrait mode and translate support to my tablet, and I think it's a big improvement over OpenGapps Camera and Open Camera.
Hello
I'm looking for a gallery app, that can recognize faces and objects, without needing to enable cloud backup like Google Photos.
I have too many photos and don't want to pay extra storage on google one.
On my previous OnePlus 5, everything was local, and that was enough, and misses me.
I tried to install every manufacturer gallery app (OnePlus, Oppo, Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei...) but none can be installed or is working (probably due to dependencies / external libraries...).
So do you know a great third-party gallery app that can do that locally ?
Thanks.
Probably not what you want but you can install the xmlpak Magisk module, it'll allow you to download and install vendor apps from other manufacturers, no guarantee of it working tho.
Interesting module, I didn't know, thanks.
But I had tried by downloading APKs directly, so it won't help...
The Huawei gallery is really good (I prefer it to Google photos) and offers facial recognition too but I cant get the APK working on my Pixel 7 pro. It has some great build it photo edit options too & a decent video editor. If anyone knows of a way to get it working i'd be really keen to know.