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When we start our Canvas Power App, having camera control on all the android device opens the front camera rather than the back. The iOS devices are fine. Any help or input will be much appreciated.
Just to let you know, I have tried changing some camera settings on the devices, but no luck.

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Sunil Kumar Pashikanti 2,097 Moderator on at

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Hi @RP-25090740-0,

This is a known Android behavior limitation in Power Apps.
Not a bug in your app.
No global setting exists to force back camera across all Android devices.

The best solution is using AvailableDevices or letting users manually switch.

Option 1: Use Add Picture Control Instead of Camera
The Add Picture control lets users:

Choose camera

Switch between front/back manually

This gives users control instead of forcing default behavior.

Option 2: Use AvailableDevices

Step 1: Add a Variable on Screen OnVisible

If( "android" in Lower(Host.Platform) && CountRows( Filter( Camera1.AvailableDevices, "back" in Lower(Name) || "rear" in Lower(Name) ) ) > 0, First( Filter( Camera1.AvailableDevices, "back" in Lower(Name) || "rear" in Lower(Name) ) ).Id, First(Camera1.AvailableDevices).Id )

Step 2: Set Camera Control Property

Select your Camera control (Camera1)
Set the Camera property to:

If( !IsBlank(varRearCamera), varRearCamera, First(Camera1.AvailableDevices).Id )

This may still fail if the Android Devices camera names doesn’t contain “back” or “rear”.

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If( CountRows( Filter(Camera1.AvailableDevices, Lower(Name) Contains "back" || Lower(Name) Contains "rear") ) > 0, First( Filter(Camera1.AvailableDevices, Lower(Name) Contains "back" || Lower(Name) Contains "rear") ).Id, First(Camera1.AvailableDevices).Id )

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Thankyou @devanshu and @Sunil Kumar Pashikanti for your replies. It resolved my issue :)

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