--- title: Full Camera Control in .NET MAUI: Flash, Zoom, Torch and... description: A step-by-step walkthrough of implementing the CameraView control from the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit. Covers NuGet package installation, Android manifest... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/full-camera-control-in-net-maui-flash-zoom-torch-and-recording-xthhhad7a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Full Camera Control in .NET MAUI: Flash, Zoom, Torch and Recording | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step walkthrough of implementing the CameraView control from the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit. 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Covers NuGet package installation, Android manifest permissions setup, MVVM-based view model creation, and code-behind implementation for capturing photos, recording videos, controlling flash, zoom, and torch. Demonstrated on a physical Android device. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I add camera flash, zoom, and torch control to a .NET MAUI app? Use the CameraView control from the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit package, which exposes bindable properties like CameraFlashMode, TorchOn, SelectedCamera, and ZoomFactor. Install the CommunityToolkit.Maui and CommunityToolkit.Mvvm NuGet packages, add the required initialization method to MauiProgram.cs, configure Android manifest camera and audio permissions, then bind these properties in XAML to a view model. _Developers building MAUI camera features can find related tutorials and toolkit updates on daily.dev._ ### What Android permissions are needed to use the MAUI Community Toolkit CameraView for photo and video capture? The Android manifest needs the camera permission for capturing photos and video, plus the audio recording permission if the app will record video with sound. These are set through the AndroidManifest.xml graphical permissions editor, and no additional configuration is required on Windows for the same control. _Track platform-specific setup steps like this on daily.dev when configuring MAUI apps for camera access._ ### How do you implement taking a photo and recording video with MAUI CameraView's CaptureImage and video recording methods? Call CaptureImage to get a stream, then create a file at a chosen path and copy the stream to it using CopyToAsync to save the photo. For video, call StartVideoRecording to begin capturing to a file path and StopVideoRecording to end the recording, disposing of the stream afterward to avoid leaked resources. _daily.dev surfaces practical MAUI implementation guides for developers wiring up photo and video capture._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Using the Camera in .NET MAUI with CameraView](https://daily.dev/posts/using-the-camera-in-net-maui-with-cameraview-obsxqpkvu) · Telerik · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Integrating Native Device Features in .NET MAUI with Built‑In APIs](https://daily.dev/posts/integrating-native-device-features-in-net-maui-with-built-in-apis-afigz5kxo) · Syncfusion · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [.NET 11 Preview 6 Modernises MAUI CollectionView and Android Shell](https://daily.dev/posts/net-11-preview-6-modernises-maui-collectionview-and-android-shell-eymxtqg0u) · InfoQ · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Introducing the .NET MAUI Interactive Viewer Control for Interactive Content](https://daily.dev/posts/introducing-the-net-maui-interactive-viewer-control-for-interactive-content-pe5vm3sa5) · Syncfusion · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#c#](https://daily.dev/tags/c#), [#.net-maui](https://daily.dev/tags/.net-maui) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/full-camera-control-in-net-maui-flash-zoom-torch-and-recording-xthhhad7a) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Full Camera Control in .NET MAUI: Flash, Zoom, Torch and Recording","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/full-camera-control-in-net-maui-flash-zoom-torch-and-recording-xthhhad7a","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/full-camera-control-in-net-maui-flash-zoom-torch-and-recording-xthhhad7a"},"datePublished":"2026-07-20T17:04:27.022Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:52:08.325Z","description":"A step-by-step walkthrough of implementing the CameraView control from the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit. 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