android camera

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15578614/camera-setfocusareas-not-working-android-4-0

public final void autoFocus (Camera.AutoFocusCallback cb)
So you should be able to add a few lines to your code:

Rect newRect = new Rect(left,top,right, bottom);
Camera.Parameters params = mCamera.mCameraInstance.getParameters();
Camera.Area focusArea = new Camera.Area(newRect, 1000);
List<Camera.Area> focusAreas = new ArrayList<Camera.Area>();
focusAreas.add(focusArea);
params.setFocusAreas(focusAreas);

/**
 * ISO changes occurs passively after setting it in the cameraParams. Auto focus
 * parameters that have been set don't take affect until calling Camera.autoFocus()
 */
mCamera.autoFocus(new Camera.AutoFocusCallback()
{
    @Override
    public void onAutoFocus(boolean success, Camera camera)
    {
        Log.d(TAG, "onAutoFocus() " + success);
    }
});

http://androiddev.orkitra.com/?p=71685

ollowing several tutorials and examples I came up with the next algorithm to set the camera focus on a specific spot, the problem is that the camera completely ignores the spot and performs a normal overall focus instead of the rect area which I have specified. Is there anything else that I am missing in the algorithm? This has been tested on several phones all with Android 4.0 and above, so the focus area API is supported on these devices. Note, the app I am writing works in landscape mode only.

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(final MotionEvent event)
{
    if (event.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP)
    {
        final int screenX = (int)event.getRawX();
        final int screenY = (int)event.getRawY();

        this.submitFocusAreaRect(screenX, screenY);
    }
}

private void submitFocusAreaRect(final int X, final int Y)
{
    Camera.Parameters cameraParameters = camera.getParameters();

    if (cameraParameters.getMaxNumFocusAreas() == 0)
    {
        return;
    }

    // Calculate the focus spot area

    Rect areaFocusRect = new Rect();
    areaFocusRect.set(0, 0, cameraSurfaceView.getWidth(), cameraSurfaceView.getHeight());
    areaFocusRect.top += (cameraSurfaceView.getHeight() - cameraSurfaceView.getWidth()) / 2;
    areaFocusRect.bottom -= areaFocusRect.top;

    int i = X - areaFocusRect.left;
    int j = Y - areaFocusRect.top;
    int k = (int)Math.min(900.0F, Math.max(-900.0F, -1000.0F + 2000.0F * (i / areaFocusRect.width())));
    int m = (int)Math.min(900.0F, Math.max(-900.0F, -1000.0F + 2000.0F * (j / areaFocusRect.height())));
    areaFocusRect.set(k - 100, m - 100, k + 100, m + 100);

    // Submit focus area to camera

    ArrayList<Camera.Area> focusAreas = new ArrayList<Camera.Area>();
    focusAreas.add(new Camera.Area(areaFocusRect, 1));

    cameraParameters.setFocusAreas(focusAreas);
    cameraParameters.setFocusMode(Camera.Parameters.FOCUS_MODE_AUTO);
    camera.setParameters(cameraParameters);

    // Start the autofocus operation

    camera.autoFocus(this);
}

 

Answer
before cameraParameters.setFocusAreas(focusAreas);, you should add this:

cameraParameters.setFocusMode(Camera.Parameters.FOCUS_MODE_AUTO);