Thread: mbarcode
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Originally Posted by joshn53 View Post
There are a couple of things that I'd like to change, but wanted to check with lardman or dragly first:
* Since we're automatically focusing now, can we simply remove the focus button? It becomes enabled/disabled constantly, and is distracting.
I'm about to completely redesign the main window with a full screen scan and overlaying buttons, so the Refocus button will disappear soon in any case, but feel free to remove it in the meantime if you want to.

Originally Posted by joshn53 View Post
* Several times now I've started to scan without remembering to open the lens cover. Besides being confusing, this makes the LEDs shine right against the cover, which can't be good for the phone. Could I change mbarcode to detect if the cover is closed? I'd lock the camera open (so the native camera app can't start), but display a message and not turn on the flash until the covers opened.
If you know a way to determine wether the lens cover is open or not, please implement it! For the new design, I'm thinking that we should have a message like the one the camera has asking the user to open the lens cover. If it is not open, there is no need to start the scanning.

I doubt that it is damaging the phone though, I guess it is just useless to turn on the LEDs with the cover on