Camera preview option "position" doesn't seem to affect the preview

Describe the bug The front camera preview is working, however the option “position” set to “rear” does not change the position of the activated camera.

import { Plugins, CameraDirection } from "@capacitor/core"
const { CameraPreview } = Plugins;
import { CameraPreviewOptions } from '@capacitor-community/camera-preview';

const cameraPreviewOptions: CameraPreviewOptions = {
  parent: 'test-cam',
  position: 'rear',
  height: 1920,
  width: 1080
};

@Component({ ... })
export class Content360Component implements OnInit {
  ngOnInit() {
    CameraPreview.start(cameraPreviewOptions);
  }
}

Expected behavior The rear camera preview should be initialized instead of the front.

Smartphone (please complete the following information):

• Device: Android
• OS: 8.1
• Browser: WebView native App, built with Ionic 6.10.2

Additional context

This is the first mobile app I develop, please tell me if you need more informations regarding that particular issue.

On a side note, I wasn’t able to add the plugin to the MainActivity file, as stated in the readme:

this.init(savedInstanceState, new ArrayList<Class<? extends Plugin>>() {{
      // Additional plugins you've installed go here
      // Ex: add(TotallyAwesomePlugin.class);
      add(CameraPreview.class);
}});

CameraPreview.class cannot be found when building, I suspect I am missing an import but I couldn’t find what I am supposed to import.

I tried:

import com.ahm.capacitor.camera.preview;
import com.getcapacitor.CameraPreview`

But none succeeded.

[flaupi]

As far, as I understand:

If the Plugin is not added in the MainAcitivity, the Plugin is just not working at all, but the smartphone defaults to the web implementation. And it seems that the rear camera is just not implemented for the web platform.

By the way, there seems to be a typo in the correct import. You should try it with:

import com.ahm.capacitor.camera.preview.CameraPreview;

[SubhadeepJasu]

Is still doesn’t work. I can use the web cam when in browser and only the front camera when using my phone. The button just doesn’t work.