To initiate your phone’s LED flash, double tap on the screen. To return to the screen flashlight, double tab again. If your phone doesn’t support the method, it simply shouldn’t work (but it shouldn’t crash the application either.). I have a hunch my LED implementation will only work on phones running Froyo or better. That’s what I want to find out.

Note: The app now requests the camera permission. This is so I can access the camera LED flash. I’m not storing any images from the camera, nor sending the stream or storing the stream anywhere. I couldn’t even if I wanted because I’m not requesting the Internet permission. Don’t Panic.

• Balloon Toggle
  You can now turn off the brightness balloon that tells you your percent brightness when you make changes.  Some people found this annoying.
• Input Method
  Someone stated that they wanted Track Ball support.  So I added an input method preference that allows you to choose Track Ball, Screen, both, or none (effectively allowing you to “fix” a brightness setting).
• Light Color
  Some people wanted the light color to be green, others blue.  There’s no “color picker” widget for android at the moment, maybe “cupcake” and a new SDK will resolve that.  I just made a list of a few popular color options you can choose from.

Hope you all like it, I’m hoping to release my next application in a few weeks.

Cheers,

Brenton

So here it is!  I released my first Android application.  Nothing spectacular, just a simple flashlight application.  I added a feature that allows you to adjust the amount of light the flashlight produces with the swipe of your finger.

It’s available free on Android Market.

Hope you all find it useful!

Brenton