Take and Add Photos to an Album with the Camera Tool (Android)
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Objective
To take and add photos with the Camera tool on an Android mobile device.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions:
- 'Standard' or 'Admin' level permissions on the project's Photos tool.
- Additional Information:
- You can upload 360˚ photos from your phone to Procore's app.
Steps
- Navigate to the Camera tool using the Procore app on an Android mobile device.
- Tap the Album menu to select the album you want to add the photo to.
Note: If no album is selected, photos will save to the 'Unclassified' album by default.
- The following options are available while taking a photo:
- Flash: Tap the flash icon to change the flash setting.
- Timestamp: Tap the timestamp icon ON or OFF to determine whether a timestamp will be marked on the photo.
- Focus: If you want to focus on a specific area within the frame, tap that area to adjust the camera's focus.
- Zoom: Adjust the zoom level on your device.
- Switch Camera: Switch between your device's front and back-facing cameras.
- Tap the shutter release icon when you are ready to take the photo.
Note: This action automatically captures and saves the photo to your project.
- Optional: Tap the photo thumbnail to open the 'Recent Photos' tray and perform the following tasks:
- Delete: Tap Delete
to delete your photo.
Note: Only 'Admin' level users on the Photos tool can delete photos.
- Details: Add the following information:
- Description
- Location
- Trade
- Album
- Photo Information: Tap the information icon
to see more photo details.
- Privacy: Adjust the privacy setting on the photo.
- Add to Daily Log: Choose this setting to send the photo to the project's Daily Log.
- Mark up photo: Add to markups to the photo. For a list of markup tools and their descriptions, see Mark up a Photo (Android).
Note: When adding markups to a photo, Procore will save both the marked up photo and the original, unmodified photo.
- Tap Save to confirm changes.