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I need to create a photobooth mobile application and decided to use HTML5 to work on my mobile application. Currently, I am using the getUserMedia method which works perfectly well on my laptop webcam. However when I tried to test it out on my phone as an mobile application, it could not work and all it shows is a video icon. Which leads me to find out that getUserMedia does not support in Android Browser.
I would still like to continue using HTML5 to get my photobooth mobile application working but how can I access the camera in my phone and is it possible to do it?
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Some cross-compilers can allow the creation of application targeting both Android and iOS, but only HTML5 can run in mobile operating systems and on the Internet in browser.
As HTML5 is an accepted Web standard, it can create apps that are compatible not only with mobile devices but also desktop and notebook browsers, for a seamless experience across all a user's devices.
iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, etc, all have HTML5 capabilities.
As you can see on "Can I use" the getUserMedia isn't yet available on most mobile browsers. The latest Chrome for Android should support it though.
Using <input type="file" accept="image/*;capture=camera"> seems to work on most modern mobile browsers.
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