Front camera by default

Dear friends,

Is there a way, that under image function I can make the front camera as
default!

Thanks,
Imran

Hi Imran,

It's currently not a feature, but it's one that could be added. Why is
this needed? It seems pretty easy to hit the button in most cameras
that flip to the rear camera?

Yaw

··· On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:02 PM, A.N.M AL-IMRAN wrote: > Dear friends, > > Is there a way, that under image function I can make the front camera as > default! > > Thanks, > Imran > > -- > -- > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ODK Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Dear Yaw,

Sorry for the delayed response. I would be a great addition to the ODK,
since the targeted users of one of my form are not very much comfortable
with technology and we are trying to provide them as many
automatic features as possible. flipping the camera from back to front is
not really big deal for us; however, it is a big issue for them.

Regards,
Imran

··· On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 12:50:12 AM UTC-4, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > > Hi Imran, > > It's currently not a feature, but it's one that could be added. Why is > this needed? It seems pretty easy to hit the button in most cameras > that flip to the rear camera? > > Yaw > > On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:02 PM, A.N.M AL-IMRAN <imra...@gmail.com > wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > Is there a way, that under image function I can make the front camera as > > default! > > > > Thanks, > > Imran > > > > -- > > -- > > Post: opend...@googlegroups.com > > Unsubscribe: opendatakit...@googlegroups.com > > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "ODK Community" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to opendatakit...@googlegroups.com . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >

And why do you need the front camera? Is it to take pictures of
enumerators as a way to prevent fraud? I'm asking because maybe there
is a better solution.

Has anyone else in the community seen flipping to the front camera as
a big issue?

Yaw

··· On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 8:59 PM, A.N.M AL-IMRAN wrote: > Dear Yaw, > > Sorry for the delayed response. I would be a great addition to the ODK, > since the targeted users of one of my form are not very much comfortable > with technology and we are trying to provide them as many automatic features > as possible. flipping the camera from back to front is not really big deal > for us; however, it is a big issue for them. > > Regards, > Imran > > On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 12:50:12 AM UTC-4, Yaw Anokwa wrote: >> >> Hi Imran, >> >> It's currently not a feature, but it's one that could be added. Why is >> this needed? It seems pretty easy to hit the button in most cameras >> that flip to the rear camera? >> >> Yaw >> >> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:02 PM, A.N.M AL-IMRAN wrote: >> > Dear friends, >> > >> > Is there a way, that under image function I can make the front camera as >> > default! >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Imran >> > >> > -- >> > -- >> > Post: opend...@googlegroups.com >> > Unsubscribe: opendatakit...@googlegroups.com >> > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en >> > >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups >> > "ODK Community" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an >> > email to opendatakit...@googlegroups.com. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ODK Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Hi Yaw,

In my opinion, there are definitely useful use cases for Front camera only. For instance, when you want to use camera for people to sign (instead of handwriting), you would want to show only Front cam so that the person in the photo is aware of being captured.

Trung.

··· On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 10:58:19 PM UTC+7, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > And why do you need the front camera? Is it to take pictures of > enumerators as a way to prevent fraud? I'm asking because maybe there > is a better solution. > > Has anyone else in the community seen flipping to the front camera as > a big issue? > > Yaw > > On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 8:59 PM, A.N.M AL-IMRAN wrote: > > Dear Yaw, > > > > Sorry for the delayed response. I would be a great addition to the ODK, > > since the targeted users of one of my form are not very much comfortable > > with technology and we are trying to provide them as many automatic features > > as possible. flipping the camera from back to front is not really big deal > > for us; however, it is a big issue for them. > > > > Regards, > > Imran > > > > On Friday, April 14, 2017 at 12:50:12 AM UTC-4, Yaw Anokwa wrote: > >> > >> Hi Imran, > >> > >> It's currently not a feature, but it's one that could be added. Why is > >> this needed? It seems pretty easy to hit the button in most cameras > >> that flip to the rear camera? > >> > >> Yaw > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 10:02 PM, A.N.M AL-IMRAN wrote: > >> > Dear friends, > >> > > >> > Is there a way, that under image function I can make the front camera as > >> > default! > >> > > >> > Thanks, > >> > Imran > >> > > >> > -- > >> > -- > >> > Post: opend...@googlegroups.com > >> > Unsubscribe: opendatakit...@googlegroups.com > >> > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > >> > > >> > --- > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> > Groups > >> > "ODK Community" group. > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > >> > an > >> > email to opendatakit...@googlegroups.com. > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > > -- > > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com > > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > > Options: http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "ODK Community" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

@A.N.M_AL-IMRAN @Le_Dang_Trung Please share your thoughts on the selfie image appearance added in 1.7.0 and available in the Play Store! There's a sample form here that you can try. Does it meet your needs? Does it work with the devices that you are using?

Thanks!

Hi,

Is selfie appearance works for video capture too?

Thanks,
Imran

No, it's only for images.

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