Flashlight application

[a-wai]

Hi there!

I know we don't have a working camera yet, but there's no reason we shouldn't be able to use the flash LED, right?
So I've hacked a small app to do just that: turn the flashlight on and off.

You can install it with:

Code:

sudo apt install flashlight

(requires a reboot)

Source code is there (yes, it's a hack, like I just said)

Note: you need an up-to-date kernel, so please make sure you have installed the latest upgrades first

[patrickjquinn]

Love this! I'm currently running bleeding edge (i.e the nightly from yesterday+ the latest kernel.) and this doesn't seem to work. But still very cool

[chris_02]

Hi there!

I know we don't have a working camera yet, but there's no reason we shouldn't be able to use the flash LED, right?
So I've hacked a small app to do just that: turn the flashlight on and off.

You can install it with:

Code:

sudo apt install flashlight

(requires a reboot)

Source code is there (yes, it's a hack, like I just said)

Note: you need an up-to-date kernel, so please make sure you have installed the latest upgrades first

hi a-wai

I just installed it and it works.

[bingo600]

Hi there!

I know we don't have a working camera yet, but there's no reason we shouldn't be able to use the flash LED, right?
So I've hacked a small app to do just that: turn the flashlight on and off.

You can install it with:

Code:

sudo apt install flashlight

(requires a reboot)

Source code is there (yes, it's a hack, like I just said)

Note: you need an up-to-date kernel, so please make sure you have installed the latest upgrades first

hi a-wai

I just installed it and it works.

Just installed it too , works

One of the nicest features on my Moto G6 , is the ability to turn on/off the flashlight by "shaking" the phone from side to side.
That would be so cool , if the PP could do the same.

Thank you for all your hard work to all dev's.

/Bingo

[patrickjquinn]

upgraded to the latest nightly u-boot packages and it has fixed it for me, now works perfectly

[JustineSmithies]

Just installed and it does as it says thanks ;-)

[0x070]

Works great, thanks!

[DarkManiels]

Thanks a-wai - that's great! It's a small thing, but something I use fairly frequently on my Android phone, so I appreciate you adding it to Mobian.

[antiX-Dave]

Love this! I'm currently running bleeding edge (i.e the nightly from yesterday+ the latest kernel.) and this doesn't seem to work. But still very cool

I had the same problem. The key was to make sure you have the latest software installed.
Even after having just performed an "apt dist-upgrade"; After double checking it turned out that the mobian-base, mobian-phosh-base, mobian-phosh-games, and mobian-phosh-phone packages where held back. Running

Code:

apt dist-upgrade mobian-base mobian-phosh-base mobian-phosh-games mobian-phosh-phone

Sorted that and the flashlight app was then working.

[bcnaz]

Will this flashlight app soon be in the nightly build,    or in a soon to be release ?