Enabling Camera Flash While Recording Video

Question

I need a way to control the camera flash on an Android device while it is recording video. I\'m making a strobe light app, and taking videos with a flashing strobe light would r

Answer 1

Try this.. hopefully it will work.. :)

 private static Torch torch;

          public Torch() {
            super();
            torch = this;
          }

          public static Torch getTorch() {
            return torch;
          }

          private void getCamera() {
            if (mCamera == null) {
              try {
                mCamera = Camera.open();
              } catch (RuntimeException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Camera.open() failed: " + e.getMessage());
              }
            }
          }
        public void toggleLight(View view) {
            toggleLight();
          }

          private void toggleLight() {
            if (lightOn) {
              turnLightOff();
            } else {
              turnLightOn();
            }
          }

          private void turnLightOn() {
            if (!eulaAgreed) {
              return;
            }
            if (mCamera == null) {
              Toast.makeText(this, "Camera not found", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                   button.setBackgroundColor(COLOR_WHITE);
              return;
            }
            lightOn = true;
            Parameters parameters = mCamera.getParameters();
            if (parameters == null) {
                    button.setBackgroundColor(COLOR_WHITE);
              return;
         }
            List flashModes = parameters.getSupportedFlashModes();
               if (flashModes == null) {
                   button.setBackgroundColor(COLOR_WHITE);
              return;
            }
            String flashMode = parameters.getFlashMode();
            Log.i(TAG, "Flash mode: " + flashMode);
            Log.i(TAG, "Flash modes: " + flashModes);
            if (!Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH.equals(flashMode)) {
                   if (flashModes.contains(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH)) {
                parameters.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH);
                mCamera.setParameters(parameters);
                button.setBackgroundColor(COLOR_LIGHT);
                startWakeLock();
              } else {
                Toast.makeText(this, "Flash mode (torch) not supported",
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                       button.setBackgroundColor(COLOR_WHITE);
                Log.e(TAG, "FLASH_MODE_TORCH not supported");
              }
            }
          }
         private void turnLightOff() {
            if (lightOn) {
                    button.setBackgroundColor(COLOR_DARK);
              lightOn = false;
              if (mCamera == null) {
                return;
              }
              Parameters parameters = mCamera.getParameters();
              if (parameters == null) {
                return;
              }
              List flashModes = parameters.getSupportedFlashModes();
              String flashMode = parameters.getFlashMode();
                   if (flashModes == null) {
                return;
              }
              Log.i(TAG, "Flash mode: " + flashMode);
              Log.i(TAG, "Flash modes: " + flashModes);
              if (!Parameters.FLASH_MODE_OFF.equals(flashMode)) {
                       if (flashModes.contains(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_OFF)) {
                  parameters.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_OFF);
                  mCamera.setParameters(parameters);
                  stopWakeLock();
                } else {
                  Log.e(TAG, "FLASH_MODE_OFF not supported");
                }
              }
            }
          }
     private void startPreview() {
        if (!previewOn && mCamera != null) {
          mCamera.startPreview();
          previewOn = true;
        }
      }

      private void stopPreview() {
        if (previewOn && mCamera != null) {
          mCamera.stopPreview();
          previewOn = false;
        }
      }

      private void startWakeLock() {
        if (wakeLock == null) {
          Log.d(TAG, "wakeLock is null, getting a new WakeLock");
          PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);
          Log.d(TAG, "PowerManager acquired");
          wakeLock = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK, WAKE_LOCK_TAG);
          Log.d(TAG, "WakeLock set");
        }
        wakeLock.acquire();
        Log.d(TAG, "WakeLock acquired");
      }

      private void stopWakeLock() {
        if (wakeLock != null) {
          wakeLock.release();
          Log.d(TAG, "WakeLock released");
        }
      }
     @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        if (Eula.show(this)) {
          eulaAgreed = true;
        }
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        button = findViewById(R.id.button);
        surfaceView = (SurfaceView) this.findViewById(R.id.surfaceview);
        surfaceHolder = surfaceView.getHolder();
        surfaceHolder.addCallback(this);
        surfaceHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
        disablePhoneSleep();
        Log.i(TAG, "onCreate");
      }