Camera

The camera module helps to make camera app development easier, It provides consistency and an easy-to-use API for capturing images, videos and storing them.

Primary Use Cases

It improves the developer experience in several key ways.

• Handle the entire process of capturing and storing so that the developer focus more on the coding part

• Giving more control over the camera by changing some parameters, even control over orientation

• Support multiple captures of photos and video in a single time

Ease of use

It allows you to focus on the task you need to get done instead of managing device-specific nuances. Most common camera use cases are supported:

• Image Capture: Save the Image

• Video Capture: Save video and audio

Adding Module

MAUI specific :

1. Configure NuGet Package Source

Add the TruVideo GitHub package source to your NuGet configuration. You can do this in two ways:

Option A: Using the .NET CLI

dotnet nuget add source https://nuget.pkg.github.com/Truvideo/index.json -n truvideo

Option B: Manually editing nuget.config

Create or edit the nuget.config file in your solution directory:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" protocolVersion="3" />
    <add key="truvideo" value="https://nuget.pkg.github.com/Truvideo/index.json" />
  </packageSources>
</configuration>

2. Configure GitHub Authentication

You need to configure your GitHub credentials to access the package feed. Add the following to your nuget.config file:

<packageSourceCredentials>
    <truvideo>
        <add key="Username" value="YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME" />
        <add key="ClearTextPassword" value="YOUR_GITHUB_PAT" />
    </truvideo>
</packageSourceCredentials>

Replace:

• YOUR_GITHUB_USERNAME with your GitHub username

• YOUR_GITHUB_PAT with a GitHub Personal Access Token that has read:packages scope

Important: You must create a GitHub Personal Access Token with both repo and packages permissions. Without these specific permissions, package installation will fail. To create a token:

1. Go to GitHub Settings > Developer Settings > Personal Access Tokens

2. Generate a new token with at least repo and packages scopes

3. Copy the token immediately as it won't be shown again

Note: Never commit your GitHub credentials to source control. Consider using environment variables or user-specific configuration files.

3. Install Required Packages

If you configured the package source manually, you need to install the required packages using the following commands:

Check latest version - Android , iOS

#for iOS 
dotnet add package TruVideoCameraiOSBinding --version {version}

#for Android
dotnet add package TruVideoCameraAndroidBinding --version {version}

4. Important Project Configuration

When implementing the SDK in your own application, make sure to add the following configuration to your .csproj file:

<PropertyGroup>
    <MtouchExtraArgs>--require-pinvoke-wrappers=true</MtouchExtraArgs>
    <Registrar>static</Registrar>
</PropertyGroup>