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Fossify Camera cannot be selected as the default camera on Miui 13

Open blacklizardcode opened this issue 10 months ago • 1 comments

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Affected app version

1.0.1

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Miui 13.0.13.0 / Android 13

Affected device model

Xiaomi Redmi note 11 4g

How did you install the app?

F-Droid / IzzyOnDroid

Steps to reproduce the bug

  1. Open settings
  2. Click on "apps"
  3. Click on "manage apps"
  4. Click on three dots
  5. Click on "other settings"
  6. Click on "default apps"
  7. Click on "Camera"

Expected behavior

Being able to select Fossify camera as default camera app

Actual behavior

Fossify camera is not an option

Screenshots/Screen recordings

Screenshot_2025-01-12-14-22-28-886_com android settings

Additional information

No response

blacklizardcode avatar Jan 12 '25 13:01 blacklizardcode

It's related to https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Camera/issues/45.

Aga-C avatar Jan 12 '25 13:01 Aga-C

Since Android 11, this is the intended system behavior. Only the system camera app can handle camera requests.

More info:

  • https://developer.android.com/about/versions/11/behavior-changes-11#media-capture
  • https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/162643544
  • https://commonsware.com/blog/2020/08/16/action-image-capture-android-r.html

Also closed https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Camera/issues/45 for the same reason.

naveensingh avatar Sep 13 '25 14:09 naveensingh