Using the Camera in .NET MAUI with CameraView | Community Feed

Working with the camera is a staple of mobile apps, and the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit’s CameraView lets you build that experience without punting to an external app. Héctor Pérez shows how to take full control of preview, flash, zoom, and capture — and where the files end up.

What you’ll learn

Setting up CameraView — installing CommunityToolkit.Maui.Camera (plus MVVM) and initializing with UseMauiCommunityToolkitCamera()
Per-platform permissions — Android manifest CAMERA/RECORD_AUDIO entries, iOS NSCameraUsageDescription/NSMicrophoneUsageDescription, and requesting them at runtime
An MVVM view model — observable properties for camera name, zoom range, flash mode, recording state, and last photo/video paths
Building the UI — binding CameraFlashMode, IsTorchOn, SelectedCamera, and ZoomFactor, with controls for zoom, torch, and flash
Capturing media — CaptureImage, StartVideoRecording/StopVideoRecording with streams, enumerating cameras via GetAvailableCameras, and handling MediaCaptureFailed

Read the full article for the complete view model, XAML page, and code-behind capture handlers.