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camera_handle_t

A 32-bit value representing a handle used to identify an open instance of a logical camera unit on a device.

Synopsis:

#include <camera/camera_api.h>

typedef int32_t camera_handle_t;

Since:

BlackBerry 10.0.0

Library:

libcamapi (For the qcc command, use the -l camapi option to link against this library)

Description:

A handle to the camera is created by calling the camera_open() function and is released by calling the camera_close() function. A handle, when available, is similar to a file descriptor used to access the camera. Various Camera library calls use the handle to interact with the camera.

Last modified: 2014-05-14

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