Trigger volume buttons to take picture UWP

Question

I try to use a selfie stick, but as windows 10 camera app does not provide the possibility to take picture and record video with it, I was wondering if there is a possibilit

Answer 1

There is a solution. When I tested what hardware button do, it fired CoreWindow_KeyDown with VirtualKey of 174(volume down) and 175(up).

//in ctor
Window.Current.CoreWindow.KeyDown += CoreWindow_KeyDown;
//

void CoreWindow_KeyDown(Windows.UI.Core.CoreWindow sender, Windows.UI.Core.KeyEventArgs args)
{
    if ((int)args.VirtualKey == 175 || (int)args.VirtualKey == 174))
    {
     //take a picture
    }
}