Check if device has a camera?

Question

In my app, I\'d like to use the camera, if the device has one. Are there any devices running android that do not have a camera? By including the following into my m

Answer 1

To find out how many cameras are available on your device, you can call:

import android.hardware.Camera;

int numCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
if (numCameras > 0) {
  hasCamera = true;
}

Camera.getNumberOfCameras() is static, so it doesn't require actually connecting to a camera. This works since API 9.

Edit:

With the newer camera2 API, you can also call CameraManager.getCameraIdList(), which gives a list of the all the valid camera IDs, instead of just the count.