[MOD][May 04] GoogleCamX - Changes Vol up/down buttons to zoom keys

agentdr8 · May 4, 2014

GoogleCamX

This is a simple Xposed module for the new Google Camera app so that you can use the volume up & down buttons for zooming in and out.
Should work for both Camera mode (front and rear cams) and Video mode. This module should fill the request by @gridironbear

Install/Configuration

Install Xposed Framework
Activate Xposed app_process
Install this module and enable in Xposed Installer
Reboot or soft-reset
Fire up Google Camera and zoom away

Source
You can find it on my github

Alternate Install
Also available in the xposed repo

TNSMANI · May 4, 2014

Thank you. It works on my Nexus 4 rooted, stock 4.4.2 with TWRP, Xposed and GravityBox.

cramu · May 4, 2014

Could you add an option to take a photo with power button?

agentdr8 · May 4, 2014

cramu said:
Could you add an option to take a photo with power button?

Sure.

EDIT: Seems Google took out a permission to do this. Investigating alternatives.

cramu · May 5, 2014

That's strange.
I tried XPosed Additions and power button as camera shutter worked but zooming with volume rocker didn't.

agentdr8 · May 5, 2014

cramu said:
That's strange.
I tried XPosed Additions and power button as camera shutter worked but zooming with volume rocker didn't.

Xposed Additions allows you to remap the keyevents, but I'm not sure if they are per-app settings or system-wide. The Power button event normally gets consumed/handled by the framework and not passed to applications.

I'm just handling the Vol up/down keyevents within the Google Camera app, so if those keypresses are never sent through to the app, my module won't see them.

harland3 · May 5, 2014

Works as advertised on my Nexus 5 with one exception—it doesn't seem to work on Camera mode with HDR+ enabled.

Other than that, which is more of an observation than a gripe, this is an awesome little module. Thanks!

agentdr8 · May 5, 2014

harland3 said:
Works as advertised on my Nexus 5 with one exception—it doesn't seem to work on Camera mode with HDR+ enabled.

Other than that, which is more of an observation than a gripe, this is an awesome little module. Thanks!

Hmm, I don't seem to have an HDR+ option on my One in Google Camera, only HDR; vol zoom still seems to work with it enabled.

Maybe GC is passing it off to the native camera module to enable HDR+.

scuttlefield · May 10, 2014

harland3 said:
Works as advertised on my Nexus 5 with one exception—it doesn't seem to work on Camera mode with HDR+ enabled.

Other than that, which is more of an observation than a gripe, this is an awesome little module. Thanks!

I'm also having issues on my Nexus 5 in HDR mode. However, when trying to zoom in HDR mode the volume rocker actually acts as a shutter release.

It seems to zoom just fine in all other modes that I tried.

This is using today's update of the Google Camera App.

agentdr8 · May 10, 2014

Can someone with a Nexus 5 post their stock Camera.apk?

DrunkenDragon · Jun 13, 2014

agentdr8 said:
Can someone with a Nexus 5 post their stock Camera.apk?

I came through this post now so here you go the Camera app with odex file

EDIT: Please PM me if you need anything

Kuro Miku · Aug 22, 2014

I'd love it if this worked with HDR mode. Great mod so far.

agentdr8 · Aug 22, 2014

Kuro Miku said:
I'd love it if this worked with HDR mode. Great mod so far.

I'll see what I can do about HDR. Can you manually zoom in HDR mode either with a slider or pinch/expand to zoom?

Kuro Miku · Aug 23, 2014

agentdr8 said:
I'll see what I can do about HDR. Can you manually zoom in HDR mode either with a slider or pinch/expand to zoom?

Yep, works while pinching/expanding in hdr

giorgis91 · Aug 23, 2014

Mmmm instead of zooming when i press volume buttons they take a photo

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk

agentdr8 · Aug 26, 2014

I posted a beta release to the xposed repo that will hopefully work for Nexus 5 users trying to zoom in HDR+ mode. I couldn't find any methods that are specific to HDR+ mode, but I did find an onKeyDown that I hadn't replaced yet, so maybe this will be the one. Please give it a try and let me know if it works or not.

poodleDoo · Aug 26, 2014

I just tried on my Nexus5, stock ROM; no go.

If I have HDR+ enabled:
Vol Up button caused the Camera app to force close.
Vol Down is actually adjusting sound volume

If I disable HDR+:
Vol Up seems to start zooming in but it caused my phone to reboot.

I had to uninstall it 'cause I have a project on which I need to constantly use the camera.

agentdr8 · Aug 26, 2014

poodleDoo said:
I just tried on my Nexus5, stock ROM; no go.

If I have HDR+ enabled:
Vol Up button caused the Camera app to force close.
Vol Down is actually adjusting sound volume

If I disable HDR+:
Vol Up seems to start zooming in but it caused my phone to reboot.

I had to uninstall it 'cause I have a project on which I need to constantly use the camera.

If you have a chance to pull a logcat of the FC, that might give me some insight into which class I should be focusing on.

poodleDoo · Aug 27, 2014

agentdr8 said:
If you have a chance to pull a logcat of the FC, that might give me some insight into which class I should be focusing on.

Attached the log, I hope this is what you need.

Cheers

agentdr8 · Aug 27, 2014

poodleDoo said:
Attached the log, I hope this is what you need.

Thanks. I'll do some investigative work tomorrow to see if I can fix this.

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