<![CDATA[Nexus 5 & BQ Aquaris M10 HD: unable to use camera from messengers]]>I have two devices (Nexus 5 & BQ Aquaris M10 HD) and it seems that I can't take a photo from messengers using both of them. I use TELEports 0.6.1 and FluffyChat 1.18 messengers. This is how it can be easily reproduced:

  • click button in any messenger app to take a photo — camera application will be opened;
  • try to take a photo by clicking central button — nothing happened;
  • button to switch to video mode also doesn't work but button to switch front/rear cameras works.

If I close camera application now and start it separately from menu it can take photos and videos.

I tried to switch to RC channel but nothing has been changed. I'm not sure whether I should report it to camera-app repository or create issues for TELEports and FluffyChat. I would be happy to provide more information.

I'm also confused by versioning of Ubuntu Touch releases. When I switched to RC channel it has shown me that Ubuntu Touch being downloaded is of 64th version (Ubuntu 16.04 (2019-W42) in "About" after applying the update). When I switched back to stable channel the version was 9th (OTA-11 in "About"). What is the proper way to specify exact version of UT I'm using?

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]]>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3501/nexus-5-bq-aquaris-m10-hd-unable-to-use-camera-from-messengersRSS for NodeSun, 19 Apr 2026 21:20:07 GMTThu, 05 Dec 2019 12:38:44 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Nexus 5 & BQ Aquaris M10 HD: unable to use camera from messengers on Sun, 08 Dec 2019 09:32:36 GMT]]>I think camera app does behave erratically when called to import photos to another app. Could be just broken.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/25878https://forums.ubports.com/post/25878Sun, 08 Dec 2019 09:32:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nexus 5 & BQ Aquaris M10 HD: unable to use camera from messengers on Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:51:02 GMT]]>@ezze Well thank you for the information.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/25855https://forums.ubports.com/post/25855Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:51:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nexus 5 & BQ Aquaris M10 HD: unable to use camera from messengers on Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:50:07 GMT]]>@AppLee, no, I didn't check privacy settings yet but other users including maintener of the app have also confirmed the issue. Probably, it has been occurred due to recent refactoring.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/25854https://forums.ubports.com/post/25854Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:50:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nexus 5 & BQ Aquaris M10 HD: unable to use camera from messengers on Sat, 07 Dec 2019 11:49:37 GMT]]>@ezze Thanks for raising the issue.

Have you checked the privacy settings ? Because on my Nexus 5 I have the same behavior but it seems the camera permissions are broken.

Maybe something changed on OTA11, I didn't see this issue before testing your use case.
Does someone know if there were changes regarding the camera access on the latest OTA ?

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/25841https://forums.ubports.com/post/25841Sat, 07 Dec 2019 11:49:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Nexus 5 & BQ Aquaris M10 HD: unable to use camera from messengers on Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:50:22 GMT]]>Raised an issue for camera-app.

]]>https://forums.ubports.com/post/25834https://forums.ubports.com/post/25834Sat, 07 Dec 2019 18:50:22 GMT