android - Check if device has a camera?

Question

In my app, I'd like to use the camera, if the device has one. Are there any devices running android that do not have a camera? By including the following into my manifest:

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false"/>

then it's basically saying "I'll use a camera if one exists, but don't need one to run the app".

How could I check if a camera exists on the device, before attempting to use the Camera class?

Answer 1

This is what I'm using

import android.content.pm.PackageManager;

PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();

if (pm.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA)) {
}

All sorts of other fun things to test for are available too - the compass, is location available, is there a front facing camera: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/PackageManager.html