How to open the front facing camera and record video in android

Question

How do I open the front camera using surface view, and record video in android 3.1? Can anybody provide sample code?

Answer 1

try this

camera = Camera.open(Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT);
camera.setDisplayOrientation(90);
camera.unlock();
mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
mediaRecorder.setCamera(camera);
mediaRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.DEFAULT);
mediaRecorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.DEFAULT);
CamcorderProfile camcorderProfile_HQ = CamcorderProfile.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_HIGH);
mediaRecorder.setProfile(camcorderProfile_HQ);
mediaRecorder.setOutputFile(getOutputMediaFile(2).toString());
mediaRecorder.setMaxDuration(60000); // Set max duration 60 sec.
mediaRecorder.setMaxFileSize(5000000); // Set max file size 5M