android - How to access the camera from within a Webview? -

in android app, trying load webpage (that must access camera) on webview. on laptop, when load webpage, access camera.

everything else on html page shown.

here permission putting in manifest.xml

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.camera" />     <uses-permission android:name="android.webkit.permissionrequest" />     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.access_network_state" />     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.access_coarse_location" />     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.access_fine_location" />     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.internet" /> 

i setting sdk follow:

<uses-sdk         android:minsdkversion="18"         android:targetsdkversion="21" /> 

here webview setting:

private void setmywebviewsettings(websettings mywebviewsettings){         mywebviewsettings.setallowfileaccessfromfileurls(true);         mywebviewsettings.setallowuniversalaccessfromfileurls(true);         mywebviewsettings.setjavascriptcanopenwindowsautomatically(true);         mywebviewsettings.setjavascriptenabled(true);         mywebviewsettings.setdomstorageenabled(true);         mywebviewsettings.setjavascriptcanopenwindowsautomatically(true);         mywebviewsettings.setbuiltinzoomcontrols(true);         mywebviewsettings.setallowfileaccess(true);         mywebviewsettings.setsupportzoom(true);     } 

if access camera app directly (using normal activity), why can't open within webview ?!

if i'm not wrong, want open device camera , upload newly captured photo in webview without opening other application need write_external_storage permission , methods handle file requests , create new files camera , write device storage.

i hope helps, found open source (android smart webview) can setup things you.

you need openfilechooser() , onshowfilechooser() methods understand how handle file requests webview input , activate phone camera capture , create new image without opening other apps.