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Question by ZenithCode · Oct 07, 2013 at 04:56 PM · cameranativephoto

How to access device (iPhone/Android) native camera?

Hi,

I am building an app which needs access to the device's native camera?

Can anyone give me pointers on how to do that please?

Thanks.

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avatar image meat5000 ♦ · Oct 19, 2013 at 12:04 PM 1
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=unity+ios+camera

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=unity+android+camera

I never thought I'd have to use that on you :P

avatar image Undertaker Infinity · May 02, 2015 at 04:06 AM 2
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Hi. I got here through googling "Unity android camera" and I find your coment most useful. Thanks!

avatar image lentinant · May 03, 2015 at 11:16 AM 1
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@meat5000 what abbout fact, that "camera" is component in Unity engine, and most results describe camera as rendering element?

avatar image crispybeans · May 03, 2016 at 02:17 PM 0
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Hi @ZenithCode

If you want to create something that resembles a camera app inside your game you might consider using some extensions to the WebCamTexture ( https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/56673 ) - CameraCaptureKit extends the webCamTexture so you can enable stuff like Focus, Flash, Torch and will make the quality of the image taken higher.

Cheers

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Answer by ZenithCode · Oct 19, 2013 at 12:12 PM

Thanks @meat5000

I've found the solution but never updated the question.

The camera can be access through the WebCamTexture API. (Not intuitive/right name but it works)

http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/WebCamTexture.html

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avatar image meat5000 ♦ · Oct 19, 2013 at 12:20 PM 2
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Have a plus +1 for completing your QA :)

avatar image karol_h · Jan 15, 2014 at 02:17 PM 0
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But how to run a native Camera app to pick a photo?

avatar image Fattie · Apr 03, 2014 at 09:17 PM 0
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Karol - only way is just use the Prime31.com plugin.

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http://u3d.as/content/devesh-pandey/camera-shot/8t8

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