Custom Camera Plugin for Xamarin

Custom Camera for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android. This plugin will let you add a custom camera view to your Xamarin project. Easily select either front or rear facing camera from within your code. Custom Camera currently only supports taking pictures (no video).

Setup

• Coming soon to NuGet
• Or run the following command to create a nuget package yourself:

nuget pack Plugin.CustomCamera.nuspec

Supports

• Xamarin.iOS (Unified)
• Xamarin.Android

Usage

Use the CustomCameraView in your Android or iOS Project. See the test project for a working example.

Android

In your layout:

<Plugin.CustomCamera.CustomCameraView
	android:id="@+id/customCameraView"
	android:layout_width="match_parent"
	android:layout_height="match_parent" />

In your activity:

protected override void OnCreate(Bundle bundle)
{
    base.OnCreate(bundle);

    // Set our view from the "main" layout resource
    SetContentView(Resource.Layout.Main);

    CrossCustomCamera.Current.CustomCameraView.Start(CameraSelection.Front);
}

In your AndroidManifest.xml:

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

iOS

public override void ViewDidLoad()
{
	base.ViewDidLoad();
	
	((UIView)CrossCustomCamera.Current.CustomCameraView).Frame = UIScreen.MainScreen.Bounds;
	Add((UIView)CrossCustomCamera.Current.CustomCameraView);
	CrossCustomCamera.Current.CustomCameraView.Start(CameraSelection.Front);
}

Cross Platform

// Change camera: 
CrossCustomCamera.Current.CustomCameraView = CameraSelection.Back;

// Take picture:
CrossCustomCamera.Current.CustomCameraView.TakePicture((path) =>
{
	// Do something with the picture path
});

// Reset the camera:
CrossCustomCamera.Current.CustomCameraView.Reset();

MvvmCross

// Add this code to your MvxAndroidSetup so MvvmCross can bind to the CustomCameraView
protected override System.Collections.Generic.IList<System.Reflection.Assembly> AndroidViewAssemblies 
{
    get 
    {
	    var assemblies = base.AndroidViewAssemblies;
	    assemblies.Add(typeof(Plugin.CustomCamera.CustomCameraView).Assembly);
	    return assemblies;
    }
}