[APP][2.2+] Spy Camera OS for Android

Hi Guys,

Since I have hard time to find free Spy Camera for me, I decide to create my own.
And because I don't have much android phones, I will be grateful if you can test on your device and give feedback here and at the market.

----------- DESCRIPTION------------
Everyone at one time will want to capture image without anyone notice it, this application will give you an easy, fast and smart way doing it.
Spy Camera OS is the best application in the market to do that.

Spy Camera OS 2 is back. More candid than ever.
Please update your SCOS to this latest app.

SCOS have been downloaded by more than 1 millions users
Simply the best candid camera. Capturing special & important moment.

Spy Camera OS able to run in background, allowing you run any other app (e.g browser) while still capturing image/video in background.
It will work even you turn the screen off.

----------- OFFICIAL RELEASE DOWNLOAD------------

Official Website : http://spycameraos.com
Official Website : http://androidspycamera.com

All version APK on next post

------------BETA/RELEASE CANDIDATE------------

------------REVIEW------------
- http://blog.apptopia.com/spy-camera-os-james-bond-level-spy-tools/
- (video review based on v0.3.5)
- http://gs3.****************/how-to/...h-your-galaxy-s3-other-android-phone-0155916/
- (video review based on v0.1.5)
- (video review based on v0.1.1)
- (video review based on v0.1.1)
- http://www.xda-developers.com/android/open-source-spy-camera-app-helps-take-secret-pictures/
- http://techtrickz.com/mobile/spy-ca...pture-photos-without-giving-hint-of-snapping/

Features:
- Small and simple application, easy to understand
- All image resolution option
- Burst shot
- Auto shot with delay setting
- Face detection auto shot
- Black screen (touch to capture)
- Hide/custom* folder
- Video Recording (Experimental)
- Save to internal/external storage*
- Widget for faster capture & more secure shortcut naming
- Auto email sending


Language
- English
- Spanish (antieco)
- Danish (DKTranslate)
- Chinese (Jimmy Yu)
- Greek (Fragiskos Leontis)
- Deutsch (Christoph Puhl)

Next Features:
- 4K video recording
- Custom filename format
- Submit your idea/code at XDA / email me

------------SCREENSHOT------------
Attached. Or see it on the market.

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Many Thanks

Change Log:

0.8 APK

0.7: APK

0.6: APK

0.5: APK

0.4.2: APK
Version 0.4.2:
- New publish to follow Google Play policy, you can delete the previous SCOS version
- Previous donate key app will still work
- Bug fixes

0.4.1: APK
Version 0.4.1:
- New language: Polish (thanks to Maciej)
- Android 6.0 runtime permission request
- Prevent video corrupt because of empty battery shutdown
- Add headset button action configuration
- Bug fixes

0.4.0: APK
Version 0.4.0:
- Fix wrong rotation on Nexus 5X
- Add camera rotation setting each for front & back camera
- Not showing notification on lock screen
- Requested feature: Image filename configuration
- Requested feature: Video filename configuration
- 3rd party integration (e.g Tasker & Automate)
- Bug fixes

0.3.9: APK
Version 0.3.9:
V0.3.9:
- 4K video recording(beta)
- Fix video recording on Sony Z5 models
- Add setting (more...) to fix image rotation
- Improve image capture silent
- Saving to external sdcard (for Android 5.0 Lollipop or newer)
- New language added: Italian (Marco Mandaliti)
- New language added: Russian (Alexey Frolov)
- New language added: Turkish (Sezgin Durmuş)
- New language added: French (Angeek)
- Bug fixes

0.3.8: APK
Version 0.3.8:
- Change to new package name
- Bug fixes

0.3.7: APK
Version 0.3.7:
- Change to new package name
- New language added: Greek (Fragiskos Leontis)
- Bug fixes
V0.3.6:
- Smart battery saver: turn off camera when minimized
- Fix: high-res image capture from widget

0.3.4: APK
Version 0.3.4:
- New language added: Mandarin(中文) (Jimmy Yu)
- Add setting to disable volume button monitoring when minimized
- Hide software button on Black Mode (Kitkat)
- Fix issue music sound low on running SCOS

0.3.3: APK
Version 0.3:
- New application engine
- Volume button shortcut work on minimized
- Moveable UI up and down
- You can interact with your background
- Video recording auto focus now working
- Additional startup mode*
- New cool app icon (contribution from Leonard)
- Not shown on recent app
- Change default folder name to SCOS
- New language added: Spanish (antieco)
- New language added: Danish (DKTranslate)
- Various fixes

0.2: APK
- Fix issue on Android 4.4 Kitkat
- Fix crash issues
- Add custom maximum video file size (Donate)
- Automatic continue video recording to next file on reaching max size (Donate)

0.1.9: APK
- Fix button not working
- Fix start with black mode
- Add burst for key shortcut
- Fix issue on some Android 2.3.3

0.1.8: APK
- Fix random stopped when minimized
- Implement rotation for video recording & Burst shot
- Smarter and faster image auto rotation, try it
- Touch preview image to capture image
- Join beta tester group (setting) to try new version first
- Set video max size ~4GB to prevent corrupt video

0.1.6.1: APK
- Introducing Slider UI for preview size & camera zoom

0.1.5: APK
- Various bug fixing

0.1.4: APK
- New feature: Burst-shot mode
- Fix possible hide folder issue
- Various bug fixing

0.1.3.1: APK
- New feature to automatically send image captured via GMail account
- Add option to disable background service for those who experiencing performance issue
- Fix wrong rotation on tablets
- Various bug fixes

0.1.2: APK
- Minimize and capture image/video in background
(Experimental)
- Widget feature for faster action and for custom text
- Add custom rotation setting
- Fix crash on HTC Wildfire
- Various bug fixes

0.1.1: APK
- Restore audio setting (silent/vibrate/ringing) on closing application
- Black mode:
* Back button will close the application</li>
* To go back to normal mode use menu button or pinch-out zoom the screen</li>
- Various bug fixes

0.1.0: APK
- Refactor the source code for easier code maintenance & new features implementation
- Fix auto focus implementation
- New features:
* Automatically silent the phone
* Volume + & - are configurable for image capture & other actions
* Save to external memory card
* Start with black mode
* Autoshot delay options now 1-10seconds
- Add donate button
- Handle & fix various issues

0.0.9.1: APK
- Quick patch for Android 2.2 Froyo (Video recording only for Android 2.3 or newer)

0.0.9 (2012-12-6):
- Video recording (Experimental)
*New permission (RECORD_VIDEO & RECORD_AUDIO) will be needed for this
- Redesign buttons layout
- Change application name to 'S-Cam OS'
- Add switch button to fastly switch between front/back camera
- Fix face-detection feature for autoshot on some devices
- Fix image rotation on landscape mode
- Handle & fix commons crash in various devices

0.0.8 (2012-10-28): APK
- Add complete max camera resolutions (these resolution might trigger shutter sound on some device)
- Add vibration on image capture (toggle in setting)
*New permission (VIBRATE) will be needed for this
- Separate back/front camera resolution setting
- Handle & fix commons crash in various devices

0.0.7: APK
- Fix preview image orientation issue on tablets
- Black screen : touch to capture image, back button to deactivate it
- Limit preview image size

0.0.6:
- Fix setting crash on phones with 1 camera

0.0.5:
- Image capture file now have correct rotation
- Add setting to hide/show SpyCamera folder in gallery
- Zoom bug fixes, and other bug fixes

0.0.4:
- Zoom : Pinch on preview image
- Update Gallery(media scan) on capture
- Bug fixes (issue #2 & #5)
- Add About and Feedback in setting

0.0.3:
- Bug fixes
- Add crash(FC) report

0.0.1:
- first release

FAQ

Q: Why is the image result is blurred and out of focus ?
A: Try to enable autofocus in setting. And try to not move the phone when taking picture for better result
Q: Can I open other app while taking pictures or recording video? Or turn off my screen?
A: Yes, you just need to press the action button (auto / video) then minimize. You can restore the UI back by clicking the notification. Other way is setup the volume button action, then you can minimize first and trigger the image capture or video recording with volume button.
Q: Run SCOS but no button shown only floating image preview
A: I'm guessing you are using Xiaomi phones or MIUI ROM, you need to enable floating windows option at Android setting - Application Manager - SCOS - checked option about floating window
Q: Using high-res image or video recording causing shutter sound, what can I do?
A: While SCOS try it best to disable the shutter sound still some phone model forcing the shutter sound and SCOS still depends on the API provided by the ROM/OS. If your phone rooted you can remove the shutter sound file located at /system/media/audio/ui, find audio file contain 'shutter'
Q: My video seems corrupt, SCOS was crashed when recording/the phone shutdown because battery empty. What can I do?
A: Sorry to hear that. Some user reported that they can recover part of the video with recovery video tool, so the best bet is you try install recovery video tool for your PC/Mac. I'm adding shutdown handling on V0.4.1 to prevent video corrupt on empty battery.
Q: I've bought SCOS donate app, do I need to buy SCOS2 donate key?
A: No, just email me about it. I'll send you SCOS1 donate key.
Q: It's been a while since last update, do you still maintain it?
A: Yes, although SCOS is not my main job. Join the beta tester to get updated with latest 'quite stable' feature. I'll try to publish it to beta every time I add new feature.
Q: Can I contribute new language or update language (new string / wrong translation)?
A: Sure, all SCOS translation is from contributor. I will appreciate it a lot and it will help non-english speaker use SCOS.
Q: I have great ideas for SCOS
A: Cool, share it here or email it to me through setting - send feedback.
Q: I found bug, crash or some feature not working
A: Sorry to hear that, share it here or email it to me through setting - send feedback.

meethere said:

thats great.
working fine here

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Thank you.
Can you give info about your android brand and model?

b-m-b-85 said:

When switched to "black" on tf300t jb custom ROM, app force closes. Sent bug report. Regards.
TF300T using XDA Premium HD

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Got your error report, many thanks. I will check on the issue (added to app issues)

Whizzpopper said:

It forced closed immediately on my Samsung Infuse running the latest CM10. I'm not sure if the error report went though though. I can try again if not.

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If you run the application again, it will show dialog asking to send crash report.

Updating to version 0.0.4:

Adding pinch to zoom (user request)
Some issue fixes
Updating Gallery (media scan) on image capture
Adding about and feedback in setting

Version 0.0.5 on the way

Just upload version 0.0.5 to Market. It should be available in several hours.

Thank you for the error reports, feedbacks and suggestions via email and pm.

andyabc said:

Does what it was intended to do but the front facing camera messes up in landscape.

Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium

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Thank you for the feedback.

Since the application will always portrait, even if your current phone state is landscape it will still portrait.
Do you mean that the app should support landscape mode?

trevor7428 said:

Asus Transformers TF300T
Rooted, stock based Jb rom (clean rom 2.5)

Can't download from play store (error retrieving information from server [RPC: AEC:0]
No probs with any other app on play store

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Seems there's something wrong with Google market cloud or something.
I also receive that error, but after couple try it finally downloaded successfully.

andyabc said:

Well, i use a tablet

Has you can see, my hand is in the image, my hand was going across the screen and my hand was going straight, not upwards like in the image.

Sent from my Sony Tablet S using xda premium

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You're right, my bad. I forgot about the tablets..
Will include this on the next version. (Noted on https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/13/application-orientation-should-depends-on)

niabi said:

Great app, I do have a feature request

1. Hide the notification bar when you click "black"
2. Press screen to take photo while on "black" instead of showing the screen again

also a bug report
if I click back when I am on black, the app just stops responding

I have a galaxy S i900 with ICS 4.1.2

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Thank you for the feedback.
Noted. (https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/14/on-black-screen-hide-notification-bar | https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/15/on-black-screen-add-feature-touching-the)

For click back on my phones (Galaxy Note & W) is not crashing it, just exit the app. Will change it to close the black screen rather closing the app.

I also notice that on black screen if we doing fake calls (put the phone on our ears) it will close the black screen.
Planned to also change this.

Tovagulet said:

Great!

Works in Galaxy Ace (S5830)

Just some requests.

If I zoom in too much, the zoom out button will dissapear and I won't be able to to zoom out again unless I delete the app and install again, it could also be moveable as a widget

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Thank you for the feedback.

Do you mean the plus(+) button for increasing the preview size.
Noted. Will prevent it to exceed the screen width on next version.
For moveable preview I will need to think from UX perspective.
(https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/16/prevent-image-preview-size-exceeding-the | https://bitbucket.org/jimmod/spycamera/issue/18/moveable-preview-image)

russianmob said:

Sounds like an amazing app I shall download at once

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Please drop some feedback whether the app run correctly.

Giving good rating/coment on the market will also support me