tell camera to

Access the photo/video-taking functionality of a remote device using the tell camera to function.

For another device like a smartphone to use any of the Bluetooth “services” which the micro:bit has, it must first be paired with the micro:bit. Once paired, the other device may connect to the micro:bit and exchange data relating to many of the micro:bit’s features.

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.TakePhoto)

Parameters

  • event - an event identifier

Examples

To tell the connected device to take a picture:

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.StartVideoCapture)

To tell the connected device to start recording a video

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.StopVideoCapture)

To tell the connected device to stop recording a video

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.ToggleFrontRear)

To tell the connected device to toggle front-rear

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.LaunchPhotoMode)

To tell the connected device to launch photo mode

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.LaunchPhotoMode)

To tell the connected device to launch video mode

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.LaunchVideoMode)

To tell the connected device to stop photo mode

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.StopPhotoMode)

To tell the connected device to stop video mode

devices.tellCameraTo(MesCameraEvent.StopVideoMode)

See Also

tell remote control to, raise alert to

devices