close camera

[kompish]

Is there any option to close camera after i finish scan of qr code?

[AndreMiras]

See there kivy-garden/xcamera#14
I never had time to investigate further, but it could be a relatively simple Kivy bug to fix.
Till it's fixed you can to workaround app side

[gittb]

Is there any option to close camera after i finish scan of qr code?

+1

[ajinkya-open]

after studing documentation i was able to close the camera by following
zbarcam implements xbarcam
xbarcam implements kivy.uix.camera
so we can close the cmera by
for reference https://kivy.org/doc/stable/api-kivy.uix.camera.html
`

` MDFlatButton:
text:'release'
on_press:
root.ids.zbarcam.ids.xcamera.play=False

`

[dovivi]

Hi guys, either zbarcam.stop() or root.ids.zbarcam.ids.xcamera.play=False do not actually release the camera.
I have finally found a way to do so, based on this.
Therefore, I simply use self.zbarcam.ids['xcamera']._camera._device.release() in my .py file (I initiate ZBarCam in the .py not in the .kv)
I guess in .kv it should be something like root.ids.zbarcam.ids.xcamera._camera._device.release()

[MrBillium]

I too have gone deep down the rabbit hole on this one!
Dovivi's solution is the only one that turns off my Camera's active light but once off I have been unable to turn it back on again without restarting the app.

Everything I do to restart after releasing the camera results in these warnings followed by pages of errors
[WARNING] [Lang ] The file C:\Development\venvs\Inspector\Lib\site-packages\kivy_garden\zbarcam\zbarcam.kv is loaded multiples times, you might have unwanted behaviors.
[WARNING] [Lang ] The file C:\Development\venvs\Inspector\lib\site-packages\kivy_garden\xcamera\xcamera.kv is loaded multiples times, you might have unwanted behaviors.

Here is some sample code where I have a main screen with a scanner button to take me to scanner screen with a back button. The scanner works fine and my two lines of teardown do turn off the camera when called but clicking the scanner button again does not work no matter what I try to destroy - see later lines in teardown.

Any ideas?
Is there any working code that can turn off the camera AND allow other code to restart it?

     from kivy.app import App
    from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty
    from kivy.uix.screenmanager import Screen, ScreenManager, FadeTransition
    from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
    from kivy.lang import Builder
    from kivy_garden.zbarcam import ZBarCam
    from kivy.clock import Clock
    
    def windowManager():
        pass
    
    class InspectorApp(App):
        # # use any specified kv file
        # def build(self):
        #     sm = Builder.load_file(kvfile)
        #     return sm
        pass
    
    class LoginWindow(Screen):
        user = ObjectProperty(None)
        pwd = ObjectProperty(None)
    
        def validate(self):
            # check credential and move to main screen or display error message
            if self.pwd.text == 'bill':
                # use screen manager to change current screen
                self.manager.current = 'main'
                pass
    
    
    class MainWindow(Screen):
        pass
    
    class ScanWindow(Screen):
        pass
    
    class ScannerWindow(Screen):
        scanlabel = ObjectProperty(None)
        cam = None
    
        def startcamera(self):
            print (' camera starting')
            self.cam = ZBarCam()
            self.ids.cambox.add_widget(self.cam)
            Clock.schedule_interval(self.readcamera, 1)
            self.cam.start()
    
    
        def readcamera(self, instance):
            # Check if zbarcam.symbols is filled and stop scanning - THIS WORKS FINE
            print('reading')
            if (len(self.cam.symbols) > 0):  # something is detected
                txt = str(self.cam.symbols[0].data)  # text from QR
                print( f'QR = {txt}')
                # write to scanlabel and stop camera
                self.scanlabel.text = txt
                self.stopcamera()
    
    
        def stopcamera(self):
            print (' camera stopping')
            Clock.unschedule(self.readcamera, 1)
            self.cam.stop()  # stop zbarcam
    
    
        def teardown(self):
            # destroys camera called by screen exit event
            self.stopcamera()
            self.cam.ids['xcamera']._camera._device.release()  # release camera - THIS WORKS TOO
    
            # none of the below have worked to allow me to re-enter scannerscreen with a working camera
            self.cam.xcamera._camera = None
            self.clear_widgets()
            self.cam = None
            a = Builder.unload_file('zbarcam.kv') # I still get the 'multiple loading warnings with these
            b = Builder.unload_file('xcamera.kv')
    
    
    
    class WindowManager(ScreenManager):
        pass
    
    
    if __name__ == "__main__":
        InspectorApp().run()

[qlrd]

Everything I do to restart after releasing the camera results in these warnings followed by pages of errors
[WARNING] [Lang ] The file C:\Development\venvs\Inspector\Lib\site-packages\kivy_garden\zbarcam\zbarcam.kv is loaded multiples times, you might have unwanted behaviors.
[WARNING] [Lang ] The file C:\Development\venvs\Inspector\lib\site-packages\kivy_garden\xcamera\xcamera.kv is loaded multiples times, you might have unwanted behaviors.

I had same issue in all aspects when developing a desktop application.

I resolved this doing in 4 steps (i do not know if all 2nd is necessary), assuming that your app has a instantiated self._zbarcam = ZBarCam(...):

1. Release device

print("Releasing device")
self._zbarcam.ids.xcamera._camera._device.release()

2. Stop ZBarCam

print("Stopping <ZBarCam>")
self._zbarcam.stop()

3. Unload zbarcam.kv file

mod_path = os.path.dirname(sys.modules['kivy_garden.zbarcam'].__file__)
zbar_kv_path = os.path.join(mod_path, 'zbarcam.kv')
print("Unloading '%s'" % zbar_kv_path)            
Builder.unload_file(zbar_kv_path)

4. Unload xcamera.kv file

mod_path = os.path.dirname(sys.modules['kivy_garden.xcamera'].__file__)
xcam_kv_path = os.path.join(mod_path, 'xcamera.kv')
print("Unloading '%s'" % xcam_kv_path)            
Builder.unload_file(xcam_kv_path)

The complete example can be found here