Camera-Picture in Web-Apps is out of focus

Bug Reports
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#1

REPRODUCIBILITY: 100%
OS VERSION: 4.4.0.58, 4.4.0.64
HARDWARE: Jolla C, Xperia X, XA2
UI LANGUAGE: German
REGRESSION: No - didn’t work ever?

DESCRIPTION:

When you try to scan a bar- or qr-code with an wep-app, the camera-picture is out of focus and the code cannot be scanned. The camera doesn’t focus the picture.

Some sample Websites:
< Speisekammer App >
< https://schnelltesttest.de >
< https://webqr.com >

PRECONDITIONS:

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

  1. go to one of the Websites from above
  2. select “Droid rear camera” when asked
  3. Give permission to the website to access the camera.

EXPECTED RESULT:

The picture with the code should be focused by the camera, so that the web-app can process it

ACTUAL RESULT:

The image remains blurry and the web app cannot read the code.

MODIFICATIONS:

None

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

App.luca-app.de in native browser cannot use camera
Community meeting on IRC 23rd June 2022
#2

Also “Droid rear camera” is not translated. (UI language is german, the String “droid rear camera” is in english)

#3

webqr.com and speisekammer.app does not show a picture at all for me, although the camera app works. (didnt try any other ones)

#4

Thanks for the report and the additional info. We now have this logged on our internal bug tracker, so I’ve tagged it as “tracked”.