Android Camera Capture Configuration

Overview

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Android-only feature

The camera capture configuration is an Android-specific feature and is not supported on iOS

Enhance your Android camera experience by customizing capture settings when taking photos or recording videos. The Median JavaScript Bridge allows you to:

  • Adjust image and video quality to optimize file sizes
  • Control whether media is saved to the Android gallery

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Developer Demo

Display our demo page in your app to test during development https://median.dev/camera-settings/

Implementation Guide

Configuring Capture Quality

Android supports two capture quality settings:

  • High (default) – Maximum resolution and file size
  • Low – Reduces resolution to minimize file size

Learn more about the capture quality settings in the Android Developer Documentation.

Use the Median JSBridge to configure capture quality:

↔️Median JavaScript Bridge

Set camera capture quality to low:

  median.camera.setCaptureQuality("low")

Saving Captured Media to the Gallery

By default, captured media is saved to the device's gallery. However, you can disable this setting, and your preference will persist across sessions.

To configure this setting, use the following Median JSBridge snippet:

↔️Median JavaScript Bridge

Prevent media from being stored in the gallery:

  median.camera.saveToGallery(false)