Question

I was wondering if it’s possible open camera inside a small piece of screen from a custom xaml page. I’m not sure if WP7 API support stuff like that.

Version: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango

Answer 1

You can use the camera as a live source of image data in your application. This is well documented in the Code Samples for Windows Phone MSDN page. The demo code produces a simple application as follows:

You simply create a brush in XAML:

<VideoBrush x:Name="viewfinderBrush" />

And wire it up to your camera in code-behind:

 viewfinderBrush.SetSource(cam);