Opening up the camera app for Tasker

[Tats]

With Tasker, is it possible to set it up so that whenever I open up the camera app, it will open with the rear facing camera?

Sometimes I miss the opportunity to take a picture of something because the camera app opens up with the front facing camera.  

Thanks

[Fletcher Kauffman]

Probably not directly through Tasker, but it's probably achievable using the AutoInput plugin for Tasker.

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[Marta Hintz]

Or perhaps search for an intent.

[Rich D]

> With Tasker, is it possible to set it up so that whenever I open up the camera app, it will open with the rear facing camera?
> Sometimes I miss the opportunity to take a picture of something because the camera app opens up with the front facing camera.  

It sounds like you want to open the camera in the default mode instead of how it was used last. Correct?

You can try the tasker action / app / launch app and tick the 'always start new copy'   if this does not work then post back and you should be able to do it with a intent and some flags.

[Rich D]

> It sounds like you want to open the camera in the default mode instead of how it was used last. Correct?

I have tried the following approaches on my device.

> You can try the tasker action / app / launch app and tick the 'always start new copy'

This did not work.

   if this does not work then post back and you should be able to do it with a intent and some flags.

I could not get a intent with flags to work either.

The only way I found to get the camera to start with default settings was to use the shell command

am kill com.motorola.camera

After using the camera.   This requires root to work.

I would imagine this might be possible with the correct java code as apps have the ability to do this.

[Tatsuya Tasaki]

Thank You for your response,

I also tried some of the things mentioned, but I was not able to get it to work.. I guess I just have to make sure I close the camera app using the right facing camera when I want it to be opened next time.  

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