Virtual Camera: Select from an existing jpg file instead of taking a photo from camera chooser.

When "Virtual Camera" is installed many Android-Apps that can select a camera to take a photo can also choose to open an exisiting jpg file.

Note that "Virtual Camera" has no userinterface and no starticon of its own.

The app is super tiny: 0,16 MB

Example usecase:

Inside your "app with camera" open an existing photo jpg.

• (0) open "app with camera"
• (1) Click on "Take a photo"
• The Android-System-Camera-Chooser opens.
• (2) Choose "Select picture"
• The Android-System-Photo-Chooser opens.
• (3) Choose a photo
• (4) You are back in open "app with camera" with the chosen photo.

Requirements:

• Android-4.4 (api 19) or later.
• Required Permissions:
  • CAMERA needed to simulate a camera
  • WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE to save the photo to a file

Technical details

• "Virtual Camera" plugs into the Android-System-Camera-Chooser that is used by many Android apps.
• It Translates from MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE to ACTION_GET_CONTENT.

Privacy

No adds, no usertracking, no internet connection, free open source, available on f-droid

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