Interface (AutoDeviceSwitchQuery)

AutoDeviceSwitchQuery is used to check whether a device supports automatic camera switch.

Automatic Camera Switching is supported only on foldable devices. For details about how to enable this capability, see enableAutoDeviceSwitch.

NOTE

• The initial APIs of this module are supported since API version 10. Newly added APIs will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.
• The initial APIs of this interface are supported since API version 13.

Modules to Import

import { camera } from '@kit.CameraKit';

isAutoDeviceSwitchSupported¹³⁺

isAutoDeviceSwitchSupported(): boolean

Checks whether the device supports automatic camera switch.

Atomic service API: This API can be used in atomic services since API version 19.

System capability: SystemCapability.Multimedia.Camera.Core

Return value

Type	Description
boolean	Check result for the support of automatic camera switch. true if supported, false otherwise.

Example

// Check whether the foldable device supports automatic camera switch.
// If the sample code returns **true**, you can continue to use enableAutoDeviceSwitch to enable automatic camera switching.
function isAutoDeviceSwitchSupported(session: camera.PhotoSession): boolean {
  let isSupported = false;
  isSupported = session.isAutoDeviceSwitchSupported();
  return isSupported;
}