Android test if front camera supports flash

Question

I know is possible to detect if camera has flash integrated, using a method like this:

 /** 
 * @return true if a flash is available, false if not
 */
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Answer 1

I figured this by myself and I post here the solution, which is actually very simple:

/**
 * Check if Hardware Device Camera can use Flash
 * @return true if can use flash, false otherwise
 */
public static boolean hasCameraFlash(Camera camera) {
    Camera.Parameters p = camera.getParameters();
    return p.getFlashMode() == null ? false : true;
}

The above method is different by this one:

/**
 * Checking availability of flash in device.
 * Obs.: If device has 2 cameras, this method doesn't ensure both cameras can use flash. 
 * @return true if a flash is available in device, false if not
 */
public static boolean isFlashAvailable(Context context) {
    return context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH);
}