How to call camerax from xamarin forms

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How to call camerax from xamarin forms
Is there a control for this to use in xaml

Answer 1

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Camerax is Android native api which cannot be used in the shared project directly. You could define the function in the Android platform project and then call the function code in the shared project using DependencyService.

If you want to use a camera view in xaml, please try the Xamarin.Community.Toolkit.CameraView control. The CameraView control enables the user to display a preview of the camera output, and it can take photos or record videos. For more details, you could refer to this doc.

   <ContentPage ...  
                xmlns:xct="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2020/toolkit">  
     
        <StackLayout>  
     
           <xct:CameraView  
                   x:Name="cameraView"  
                   CaptureMode="Photo"  
                   FlashMode="On"  
                   HorizontalOptions="FillAndExpand"  
                   MediaCaptured="CameraView_MediaCaptured"  
                   OnAvailable="CameraView_OnAvailable"  
                   VerticalOptions="FillAndExpand" />  
     
       </StackLayout>  
     
   </ContentPage>  

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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