How can I force to open only device camera for video capture intent?

Question

When I capture video by using the camera intent, user can select all camera applications. But I want to force the user to turn on only the device camera. How can I do that?

My current intent : Intent captureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);

private void captureVideo() {
    Intent captureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
    if (captureIntent.resolveActivity(conversationActivity.getPackageManager()) != null) {
        if (captureVideoUri == null) {
            captureVideoUri = Uri.fromFile(CameraHelper.getOutputMediaFile(CameraConfiguration.MEDIA_ACTION_VIDEO));
        }
        captureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, captureVideoUri);
    }
    startActivityForResult(captureIntent, 1);
}

This answer link might be helpful https://stackoverflow.com/a/19051279/8770539 — Santhosh Joseph, Jan 30 '18 at 07:18
If you want to use device camera directly, you should not use INTENTs, you have to implement capturing by yourselves . Please refer : https://github.com/googlesamples/android-Camera2Video — Balu Sangem, Jan 30 '18 at 07:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '18 at 07:22

I want to force the user to turn on only the device camera. How can I do that?

You can open specific app by defining setClassName (String packageName, String className). But I don't think that is a right way because if you are not developing the app that is device specific, You might get into problem.

Reason is - Every device will not have the same camera app, so that, application_full_class_name does not lend to that specific app everytime. It may throw ActivityNoFoundException as well.

How can I force to open only device camera for video capture intent?

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