simple flash light app [not relevant]
asked 2013-12-25 19:00:14 +0300
since this is a very useful thing, and through android layer, the led is yet not available.
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Just an idea: we offten need a flashlight when it's dark. How about binding it to a Long Volume-Button Press? Say, + for 4 seconds to turn on, same to turn off. Play with intensity (is this possible) with +/- when the light is on. Makes sense?
NikosAlexandris ( 2013-12-27 15:39:46 +0300 )1
Intensity is impossible to control for now, may be possible if/when proper torch API is supported. As for flashlight on long volume button press... yeah, that would be cool, but shouldn't it rather be configurable centrally somehow? What if three apps want to get the same long press?
Artem ( 2013-12-27 15:51:35 +0300 )the app works well, although the light is sometimes a bit "unstable"
xkkxk ( 2013-12-27 23:12:26 +0300 )1
@Artem Yep, controlling the light by the Volume buttom (when the device is shutd-down) is something that should be rather native.
NikosAlexandris ( 2013-12-28 03:38:30 +0300 )I'd love to make Flashlight startable on long button press or main screen pulley menu. Ideally there would be some centralized Setting for users to decide what to activate on long press. To my understanding, however, a built-in Flashlight is in roadmap by now, I guess it will be centrally activatable - https://together.jolla.com/question/3690/missing-torch-flash-led-integration/
Artem ( 2014-05-28 23:45:08 +0300 )
Or if not app itself, documentation how to access led should be enough. There have been few attempts already to make this app.
Frye ( 2013-12-25 19:04:13 +0300 )I think it should be possible with qtmultimedia, I tried it out but just got: CameraBin error: "Internal data flow error."
http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtmultimedia/qml-qtmultimedia5-camera.html
kelvan ( 2013-12-25 19:26:04 +0300 )The led is now available through Android
renegade22 ( 2013-12-28 22:01:35 +0300 )