Android Question Using the ABZxing Library with Two Cameras

[bocker77]

I am using the ABZxing library to read barcodes. I recently purchased a new tablet that has a front and back camera. I believe that I changed the camera on the tablet to use the back camera since whenever I start the camera I see my big fat face. But when I call the ABGetBarcode method it always opens the front camera. Is there a way to force ABZxing to use the front camera? Or is there something like using the Camera library that I need to open the back camera first? If so how do I do that with the Camera library?

Thanks

 

[bocker77]

I read a blurb on the Zxing barcode scanner that there was an update to the utility so that other applications can specify which camera to use. I guess that the ABZxing library would need to be changed for it to be able to use the back camera. I would assume that the other of the ABZxing library, Alain Bailleul, would need to do that.

 

[alwaysbusy]

I think you better use the https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/zxinglib-integration-version-by-icefairy333.24233/ .All this lib does is start the Zxing app and you cannot specify a camera in the way I did it (very limited options you could set on the intent). This is a very old lib (one of the firsts I wrote for B4A). I don't use it any more (lost the source code on a HD crash years ago).

 

[bocker77]

Thanks alwaysbusy, but when I use the scanner in a loop it ends the sub after the first use. I am going with a scrollview in place of QR codes to select my items.