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tell camera to
Access the photo/video-taking functionality of a remote device using the tell camera to
function.
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.TakePhoto)
Parameters
- event - an event identifier
Examples
To tell the connected device to take a picture:
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.TakePhoto)
To tell the connected device to start recording a video:
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.StartVideoCapture)
To tell the connected device to stop recording a video:
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.StopVideoCapture)
To tell the connected device to toggle front-rear:
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.ToggleFrontRear)
To tell the connected device to launch photo mode:
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.LaunchPhotoMode)
To tell the connected device to launch video mode:
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.LaunchVideoMode)
To tell the connected device to stop photo mode:
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.StopPhotoMode)
To tell the connected device to stop video mode:
devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.StopVideoMode)
See Also
tell remote control to, raise alert to
devices