/// <summary>
/// Uses the current device orientation in space and page orientation on the screen to calculate the rotation
/// transformation to apply to the controls
/// </summary>
private void UpdateButtonOrientation()
{
// Rotate the buttons in the UI to match the rotation of the device
var angle = CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(_rotationHelper.GetUIOrientation());
var transform = new RotateTransform {
Angle = angle
};
// The RenderTransform is safe to use (i.e. it won't cause layout issues) in this case, because these buttons have a 1:1 aspect ratio
PhotoButton.RenderTransform = transform;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the current orientation of the UI in relation to the device (when AutoRotationPreferences cannot be honored) and applies a corrective rotation to the preview
/// </summary>
private async Task SetPreviewRotationAsync()
{
// Only need to update the orientation if the camera is mounted on the device
if (_externalCamera)
{
return;
}
// Add rotation metadata to the preview stream to make sure the aspect ratio / dimensions match when rendering and getting preview frames
var rotation = _rotationHelper.GetCameraPreviewOrientation();
var props = _mediaCapture.VideoDeviceController.GetMediaStreamProperties(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview);
props.Properties.Add(RotationKey, CameraRotationHelper.ConvertSimpleOrientationToClockwiseDegrees(rotation));
await _mediaCapture.SetEncodingPropertiesAsync(MediaStreamType.VideoPreview, props, null);
}
