@starley/camera-preview-capacitor v7.0.1

If you are using Capacitor 6, use version 6.1

If you are using Capacitor 5, use version 5

If you are using Capacitor 4, use version 4

If you are using Capacitor 3, use version 3

If you are using Capacitor 2, use version 1

PR's are greatly appreciated.

-- @arielhernandezmusa and @pbowyer, current maintainers

Installation

yarn add @starley/camera-preview-capacitor

or

npm install @starley/camera-preview-capacitor

Then run

npx cap sync

Extra Android installation steps

Important camera-preview 3+ requires Gradle 7. If you are using Gradle 4, please use version 2 of this plugin.

Open android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml and above the closing </manifest> tag add this line to request the CAMERA permission:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />

For more help consult the Capacitor docs.

Variables

This plugin will use the following project variables (defined in your app's variables.gradle file):

• androidxExifInterfaceVersion: version of androidx.exifinterface:exifinterface (default: 1.3.6)

Extra iOS installation steps

You will need to add two permissions to Info.plist. Follow the Capacitor docs and add permissions with the raw keys NSCameraUsageDescription and NSMicrophoneUsageDescription. NSMicrophoneUsageDescription is only required, if audio will be used. Otherwise set the disableAudio option to true, which also disables the microphone permission request.

Extra Web installation steps

Add import '@starley/camera-preview-capacitor' to you entry script in ionic on app.module.ts, so capacitor can register the web platform from the plugin

then in html add

Add import { CameraPreview } from '@capacitor-community/camera-preview'; in the file where you want to use the plugin.

then in html add <div id="cameraPreview"></div>

and CameraPreview.start({ parent: "cameraPreview"}); will work.

Methods

start(options)

Starts the camera preview instance.

import { CameraPreview, CameraPreviewOptions } from '@starley/camera-preview-capacitor';

const cameraPreviewOptions: CameraPreviewOptions = {
  position: 'rear',
  height: 1920,
  width: 1080
};
CameraPreview.start(cameraPreviewOptions);

Remember to add the style below on your app's HTML or body element:

ion-content {
  --background: transparent;
}

Take into account that this will make transparent all ion-content on application, if you want to show camera preview only in one page, just add a custom class to your ion-content and make it transparent:

.my-custom-camera-preview-content {
  --background: transparent;
}

If the camera preview is not displaying after applying the above styles, apply transparent background color to the root div element of the parent component Ex: VueJS >> App.vue component

<template>
  <ion-app id="app">
    <ion-router-outlet />
  </ion-app>
</template>

<style>
#app {
  background-color: transparent !important;
}
<style>

stop()

Stops the camera preview instance.

CameraPreview.stop();

flip()

Switch between rear and front camera only for android and ios, web is not supported javascript CameraPreview.flip()

capture(options)

import { CameraPreviewPictureOptions } from '@starley/camera-preview-capacitor';

const cameraPreviewPictureOptions: CameraPreviewPictureOptions = {
  quality: 50,
  rotationFrontCamera: 90; // When use front camera in vertical position to return picture in the same angle!
};

const result = await CameraPreview.capture(cameraPreviewPictureOptions);
const base64PictureData = result.value;

// do sometime with base64PictureData

captureSample(options)

import { CameraSampleOptions } from '@starley/camera-preview-capacitor';

const cameraSampleOptions: CameraSampleOptions = {
  quality: 50
};

const result = await CameraPreview.captureSample(cameraSampleOptions);
const base64PictureData = result.value;

// do something with base64PictureData

getSupportedFlashModes()

import { CameraPreviewFlashMode } from '@starley/camera-preview-capacitor';

const flashModes = await CameraPreview.getSupportedFlashModes();
const supportedFlashModes: CameraPreviewFlashMode[] = flashModes.result;

setFlashMode(options)

const CameraPreviewFlashMode: CameraPreviewFlashMode = 'torch';

CameraPreview.setFlashMode(cameraPreviewFlashMode);

startRecordVideo(options) ---- ANDROID and iOS only

Start capturing video

const cameraPreviewOptions: CameraPreviewOptions = {
  position: 'front',
  width: window.screen.width,
  height: window.screen.height,
};

CameraPreview.startRecordVideo(cameraPreviewOptions);

stopRecordVideo() ---- ANDROID and iOS only

Finish capturing a video. The captured video will be returned as a file path and the video format is .mp4

const resultRecordVideo = await CameraPreview.stopRecordVideo();

setOpacity(options: CameraOpacityOptions): Promise<{}>; ---- ANDROID only

Set the opacity for the camera preview

const myCamera = CameraPreview.start({ enableOpacity: true });
myCamera.setOpacity({ opacity: 0.4 });

isCameraStarted() ---- ANDROID and iOS only

Check or detect if the camera has been started

const { value } = await CameraPreview.isCameraStarted();

Settings

FLASH_MODE

Flash mode settings:

Demo/Example App

A working example can be found at Example App