I haven't found one either. After upgrading successively from on G'z One to the next, to the Boulder, then the Exilim, ALL of which let you use the Flash LED as a flash light, I find it insulting to be relegated to the iPhone crowd that use their LCD as a flashlight. What... seriously? I laughed the first time I saw one of my friends waving their iPhone around using the LCD as a dim flashlight. I found an App that does this, but it's for the blackberry.
Yeah I am trying to make sure the DROID does everything that I like about my STORM along w/ its many other greatnesses...lol
But theat Storm Flashlight app that uses the camera Flash is Awesome.
The other night we were 1/2 mile into the woods at 8pm tracking a rabid fox (long story), and the flashlight we had shit the bed. Then I remembered the Storm light , it worked great . Even my Dad would was walking behind me could see perfectly fine.....
I'm keeping an eye out as well. Been rather underwhelmed with the camera functiono (although the qik streaming was great!)
Hoping they fix the camera issues with a software patch, and in the meantime, I'm looking for an app that can make use of the incredibly bright LCD "flash" as a flashlight.
Would love to be able to use the camera flash as a flashlight! If someone knows how to do this please share! Or maybe a developer can make us an app! Would pay for it.
Be on the lookout soon. I am working on a widget to do this. I believe I have the widget done, but I have only been able to test in the Emulator, which doesn't have the LEDs. I have my DROID at home, and should be able to test it tonight.
have you run this code yet? I am going to be using this code but I haven't been able to run it on a DROID yet.
Yes. returns ON, OFF, AUTO no RED_EYE or TORCH mode is available.
I've been trying to get those lights to turn on for the past 48 hours... The only way I think its possible is to load the camera api up and maybe take shot after shot (or focus after focus) without recording anything, using about as much power in the CPU as the lights. not an option.
P.S. I would be interested if anyone can get the lights to work on the camcorder preview/record.
I do not have a droid so I cannot test, but I have been reading around and people want the camera flash thing to light up to use as a flashlight so this might work. I just found this app today.
It was in a previous thread but it seems to have found its way to the back of the bunch so I will leave this up so people can learn about the app because with the droid camera sucking so much right now (focus wise) atleast we can have some good use for that insane dual LED.
__________________ So I'm guessin' there's questions that need addressin' like how he fresh in the adolescence and wreckin em' Rules & Guidelines, Zero Tolerance Policy.
Hey guys, just an idea, but perhaps we can collaborate? Care to share your code, and then we can put it on the market as a joint venture? It'll be OUR project.
Just an idea. And we can use google wave somehow to work on it? I'm new to wave, but it looks like it has potential.
Actually, I believe he meant the exact opposite conclusion. The API supports it. Its an implementation thing we have to work out, and if we shared the code it might be much easier to do. I have a feeling I'm pretty close with a barebones app, but I am still learning the syntax. Luckily, it seems to be modeled right after Java.
I'm certain I can get the app working, I just need a little guidance.
I agree that the API supports it, but that doesn't necessarily mean the Droid hardware/drivers support it. I think the whole point of calling getSupportedFlashModes() is to identify which modes the current hardware supports.
Anyway, has anyone gotten a chance to try it on the hardware? I didn't have time last night...
I agree that the API supports it, but that doesn't necessarily mean the Droid hardware/drivers support it. I think the whole point of calling getSupportedFlashModes() is to identify which modes the current hardware supports.
Anyway, has anyone gotten a chance to try it on the hardware? I didn't have time last night...
I am trying it right now. I can get access to the camera (I hear the 3 clicks just like when you open the camera), but can't get the flash to turn on.
This is the code I am trying...
Code:
camera = Camera.open();
parameters = camera.getParameters();
List<String> list = parameters.getSupportedFlashModes();
if (list != null)
{
/*for(int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++)
{
Toast.makeText(context, list.get(i), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}*/
parameters.setFlashMode(Camera.Parameters.FLASH_MODE_ON);
camera.setParameters(parameters);
camera.startPreview();
Toast.makeText(context, "LED IS ON", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
I just added the startPreview() to see if it helped, but it didn't.
Won't this kill the battery in like 20 minutes? or less ?
Doubt it... but who would have their LED's on for that long? I had an app on my old WM phone that turned the LED on - it would automatically turn it off after 120 seconds.
Hope this app comes to market!! That screen LCD light is crap, but we have a DUAL led flash, it would be awesome to get that baby cranking as a flashlight! Wish i could help figure out the code but i'd be useless!! lol. Good luck gang!
Doubt it... but who would have their LED's on for that long? I had an app on my old WM phone that turned the LED on - it would automatically turn it off after 120 seconds.
I had the exact same program on my WinMo phone. Good stuff.
Apparently there was a silent update to the camera app... or camera hardware drivers... over the last couple of days. Perhaps the torch flash mode has been enabled as a consequence? Bears looking into.
Last edited by drpull; November 17th, 2009 at 12:49 PM.
Apparently there was a silent update to the camera app... or camera hardware drivers... over the last couple of days. Perhaps the torch flash mode has been enabled as a consequence? Bears looking into.
I was thinking the same thing. I will be trying this out in a little while. Left my USB cable at home. running home for lunch to pick it up.
When its on Auto, it fires the flash for a few seconds in dark situations while it auto-focuses. I'm wondering if there's some way to leverage that. Is there an event that fires when auto focus is complete? is there a way to force it to keep retrying? Just some thoughts... though that would probably burn through the battery quickly while you're forcing the camera to keep retrying.
Last edited by drpull; November 17th, 2009 at 02:33 PM.
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FlashLight that uses Camera Flash
someone create an app like Glowing Pear but for DROID!
