Camera Functions

Classes
struct	MA_CAMERA_FORMAT
	The camera format, in pixels. More...
Typedefs
typedef struct MA_CAMERA_FORMAT	MA_CAMERA_FORMAT
	The camera format, in pixels.
Functions
int	maCameraFormatNumber (void)
int	maCameraFormat (int index, MA_CAMERA_FORMAT *fmt)
int	maCameraStart (void)
int	maCameraStop (void)
int	maCameraSetPreview (MAHandle widgetHandle)
int	maCameraSelect (int cameraNumber)
int	maCameraNumber (void)
int	maCameraSnapshot (int formatIndex, MAHandle placeholder)
int	maCameraRecord (int stopStartFlag)
int	maCameraSetProperty (const char *property, const char *value)
int	maCameraGetProperty (const char *property, char *value, int bufSize)

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Typedef Documentation

typedef struct MA_CAMERA_FORMAT MA_CAMERA_FORMAT

The camera format, in pixels.

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Function Documentation

int maCameraFormatNumber

(

void

)

Returns the number of different output formats supported by the current device's camera. < 0 if there is no camera support. 0 if there is camera support, but the format is unknown.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraFormat	(	int	index,
		MA_CAMERA_FORMAT *	fmt
	)

Stores an output format in fmt. index must be >= 0 and < the number returned by maCameraFormatNumber().

Returns:

0.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraStart

(

void

)

Starts a fullscreen viewfinder. Returns 1 if the viewfinder was started, 0 if it was already running or < 0 on error.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraStop

(

void

)

Stops the viewfinder. Returns 1 if the viewfinder was stopped, 0 if it was not running or < 0 on error.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraSetPreview

(

MAHandle

widgetHandle

)

Adds a previewWidget to the camera controller in devices that support native UI. Returns 1 for success, < 0 on error.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraSelect

(

int

cameraNumber

)

Selects a Camera from the available ones. Returns 1 for success, < 0 on error.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraNumber

(

void

)

Returns the number of available Camera on the device. Returns 1 for success, < 0 on error.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraSnapshot	(	int	formatIndex,
		MAHandle	placeholder
	)

Requires the viewfinder to be active. Takes a snapshot using the specified format. The snapshot is stored as a new data object in the supplied placeholder. Returns 0 on success, or < 0 on error.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraRecord

(

int

stopStartFlag

)

Starts or stops recording video. stopStartFlag indicates the operation. 1 for start recording and 0 for stop recording. Returns 1 for success, < 0 on error.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraSetProperty	(	const char *	property,
		const char *	value
	)

Sets a specified property on the Selected Camera.

Parameters:

property	A string representing which property to set.
value	The value which will be assigned to the property.

Returns:

1 for success and <0 for failure.

References maIOCtl().

int maCameraGetProperty	(	const char *	property,
		char *	value,
		int	bufSize
	)

retrives a specified property on the Selected Camera.

Parameters:

property	A string representing which property to set.
value	A buffer that will hold the value of the property, represented as a string.
bufSize	Size of the buffer.

Returns:

1 for success and <0 for failure.

References maIOCtl().