Camera

With the camera component, you can open up your phone’s camera to take a picture.

You can find the Camera blocks in the Camera drawer of blocks.

Video tutorial

You can view a video tutorial that demonstrates all of the Camera blocks here:

Advanced Blocks

For each block in this drawer, you can right-click the block and select Show advanced block to see an expanded block with additional outputs. Both the simple and advanced blocks will be explained in this document.

Use Photo from Camera

This block will open the camera and allow the user to take a photo. The photo can then be used in the app.

Advanced Block

Output Name

Data Type

Function

photo

image

if a photo was taken, returns the photo

was cancelled

true/false

returns whether the user cancelled taking the photo

error

text

if there was an error, returns the error

Record Timed Video

Opens user camera, films from selected camera for chosen amount of time, returns video file.

Advanced Block

Input

Data Type

Function

Number of Seconds

Number

Set how long to record for

Using [...] Camera

Select from menu

Select camera to record with

Output

Data Type

Function

videoFile

Video file

The recorded video footage

Error

Text

If there is an error, returns the error. Else returns NULL

Record Untimed Video

Advanced Block

Input

Data Type

Function

Using [...] Camera

Select from menu

Select a camera to record with

Output

Data Type

Function

video file

Video File

Returns the recorded video footage

Error

Text

If there is an error, returns the error. Else returns NULL

Image Recognition

This block will generate a description of a given image. This block requires internet access.

This component is powered by Microsoft Azure. You can get your own server URL and subscription key for Microsoft Azure here. You can add these details to your app in the Project Settings panel, which you can access by clicking on your app icon.