Open Camera1.53.1

Improved user interface icons. Smoother zoom for Camera2 API. Camera vendor extensions show percentage progress on supported Android 14 devices.

New option for on-screen icon to enable/disable focus peaking.

Support for themed/monochrome application icon.

Fixed poor performance if using Storage Access Framework when save folder had many files.

Various other improvements and bug fixes.

Fixed bugs in 1.53 related to video subtitles option.

Improvements for pinch zooming. Fixes for split-screen and multi-window mode. Support for zoom and on-screen ISO/exposure display when using camera vendor extensions (for supported Android 13+ devices).

"Touch to capture" option now supports starting and stopping video. No longer cancel panorama when rotating device too far in wrong direction.

Applied a 2s timeout for focusing with original camera API.

Various other improvements and bug fixes.

New options under "Photo settings" to remove device EXIF metadata, and choose HDR tonemapping algorithm. Improvement to HDR algorithm for dark scenes.

Default to Camera2 API for some devices; default to flash off (will only take effect for new installs or if resetting settings).

Various fixes for slow focusing for Camera2 API, incorrect thumbnail orientation, focus bracketing, geotagging.

X-Night mode now adds "_Night" to filename.

Various other UI improvements and bug fixes.

Fixed crash for NR photo mode on some devices since version 1.49.
Support for latest emoji.
Made appearance of info "toasts" more consistent.

Support for Android 10+ scoped storage. Note this means for Android 10+:

* Saving outside of DCIM is no longer possible unless using Storage Access Framework option. If you had set up a save folder outside of DCIM on Android 10+ it will reset to the default. Enable Settings/More camera controls/"Use Storage Access Framework" to save outside DCIM.

* If using Video subtitles, then .SRT files will show up in gallery apps unless using Storage Access Framework option.

Various bug fixes.

Bug fixes: Video subtitles would stop before end of video on some devices when using Storage Access Framework. Manual focus and focus bracketing seekbars weren't being hidden when in immersive mode.

Artist, Copyright exif tags options now supported for devices running Android 6 or earlier.

Switched to AndroidX support library.

New icon for switching between multiple cameras (note not all devices expose multiple cameras to third party apps). For old behaviour disable Settings/On screen GUI/"Multiple cameras icon".

Aperture control (on supported devices, Camera2 only). Flash now supported for manual ISO/exposure. More custom video profiles. Improvements for log profiles (note this means behaviour of these profiles has changed). Auto-level feature now shows on-screen rectangle.

Bug fixes and other improvements.

Camera2 API option is now a "list" selection rather than a toggle switch. This option should be copied over, but just in case, if you had enabled Camera2 API and Camera2 features are no longer available, please check Settings/"Camera API".

Grids were being drawing too faintly.

Updated some icons for newer more consistent material design look.

Minor accessibility improvements.

Moved licences from about to separate preference category.

Some devices (e.g., Samsung) played shutter sound etc when Camera2 API enabled even when phone was on silent/vibrate.

Fixes for devices with notches/cutouts.

Don't display ghost image whilst frontscreen flash is enabled.

Added support for EXTRA_DURATION_LIMIT, EXTRA_SIZE_LIMIT, EXTRA_VIDEO_QUALITY for when called from video (ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE) intent.

1.47.1: Fixed some crashes in 1.47.

1.47:

Panorama photo mode (on supported devices).

Notifications displayed on Android 8+ when images are being processed/saved in background.

New option Settings/Photo settings/Text style/"Text with shaded background".

Fix for devices that defaulted to front camera instead of back camera. Camera ID now displayed when switching cameras, on devices with more than two cameras.

Other improvements and bug fixes.