GCam 8.2 compatible with Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite

[pufpufpuf]

Since it's hard to find some up-to-date guides for Google Camera on A2 Lite in 2021, I just wanted to share the latest info.

GCam 8.2 by the_dise appears to be fully compatible. There is only a small caveat: HDR+ and portrait mode are unsupported on the front camera, so having them on while using the front camera will silently fail.

Photo quality is better with GCam when you focus on the details, and especially night photos are unbelievably better. If you take pictures in the dark, it's a must.

For completeness -- it is necessary to have the Camera2 API enabled in order for GCam to work. Custom ROMs usually have this switch in settings (or even a QS tile), usually titled "Camera HAL", which you need to set to "HAL3". To enable it on the stock ROM, follow this guide by @h3r0n, but use this patched_boot.img by @Antho02 for the latest (11.0.18.0) firmware.

 

[IkkeZelf1000]

I installed it and for some reason i can't seem to find the setting for making a bokeh photo (where the subject is focused and the background is blurred). Does this version simply not have this mode or am I missing something?

 

[pufpufpuf]

I installed it and for some reason i can't seem to find the setting for making a bokeh photo (where the subject is focused and the background is blurred). Does this version simply not have this mode or am I missing something?

That's called "Portrait", it's on the bottom bar.

 

[IkkeZelf1000]

That's called "Portrait", it's on the bottom bar.

That's not exactly what I mean. I have a different Gcam (GCam_7.0.009_DevMod) and it has "portrait" but also "Focus Effect" on the bottom bar.
it's the second mode i'm referring to.
It's the one where you take a picture and then move the phone up a bit. When enabling it, you get a quick flower icon on screen.

 

[Grindmetal]

I installed it and for some reason i can't seem to find the setting for making a bokeh photo (where the subject is focused and the background is blurred). Does this version simply not have this mode or am I missing something?

bokeh photo work only with face people , i tested working 100%

 

[pufpufpuf]

That's not exactly what I mean. I have a different Gcam (GCam_7.0.009_DevMod) and it has "portrait" but also "Focus Effect" on the bottom bar.
it's the second mode i'm referring to.
It's the one where you take a picture and then move the phone up a bit. When enabling it, you get a quick flower icon on screen.

Curious, didn't know about that mode. I'll check it out. Perhaps they moved it or replaced it?

 

[IkkeZelf1000]

Curious, didn't know about that mode. I'll check it out. Perhaps they moved it or replaced it?

on the other GCam there is one additional mode to the left of "night vision", which is "focus effect". though it may have a different name in English (my phone is in Dutch).

Unfortunately that other GCam has the problem that it crashes when using the front cam and HDR

 

[pufpufpuf]

on the other GCam there is one additional mode to the left of "night vision", which is "focus effect". though it may have a different name in English (my phone is in Dutch).

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Unfortunately that other GCam has the problem that it crashes when using the front cam and HDR

Apparently that was called "Lens Blur" in English and was removed in favor of the portrait mode. (I remember version 7.3 not having it, so somewhere before 7.0 and 7.3 it got removed.)

 

[IkkeZelf1000]

Apparently that was called "Lens Blur" in English and was removed in favor of the portrait mode. (I remember version 7.3 not having it, so somewhere before 7.0 and 7.3 it got removed.)

aha, that would explain it. although the other version has both "lens blur" and "portrait" to the left and right of "night vision".

 

[pufpufpuf]

aha, that would explain it. although the other version has both "lens blur" and "portrait" to the left and right of "night vision".

It seems like that's how GCam updates work, they keep redundant features for a bit to make people used to them. The newest version has an additional "night sight" switch in the Camera mode, but it also still has the Night Sight mode -- most likely a similar situation.

 

[m4ctep]

Pls. Delete

 

[usman farhat]

Shows a Toast message, "DMGC is crashed" when taking a photo and then the app crashes after a few seconds.

I tried this on LineageOS 18.1

 

[Kaimilo]

Works like charm for me

Using it with havoc os android 11, with HAL 3