How to turn on the Flash light led?

[sphere]

Hello,
does anyone know how to turn on the flash light LED without using the camera itself?
Is this possible from within LiveCode?

Thanks a lot !

[MaxV]

First of all not all device can switch on/off their light, see FLASH_MODE_TORCH of Android API.
However at the present I don't think you can turn on flash light with livecode.

[sphere]

Well would'nt it be time that livecode supported it?
It seem already been asked in 2013 see http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?t=17795

You can access the camera but not the flashlight, nowadays many many people have phones with flashlight.
And if it's not available then maybe that is detectable.
It seems to be supported it Android since Android API 5 if i'm not mistaking.

Or maybe it's possible to use a piece of java in livecode as an external (after all the apk is java?) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3878 ... ndroid-2-1

thanks

[kurt]

While I would be thrilled if LC did support varied phone-specific functions, I get the impression that the company is first trying to provide a subset of functions which are applicable to both desktop and phone operating systems. To that end, I suppose the inclusion of the ability to run HTML5 functions in a browser cross-platform is high on its list.
FWIW, even a widely-used Android-specific tool such as Tasker does not allow for the control of the LED without a third-party plugin. If end-users would like that control, they have to download the plugin as well. -An inconvenience if the plugin is free, a real encumbrance if it is not!