stop camera click sound programmatically in android

Question

hello..

I am using android's default camera to click images from within my app. I want to stop the click sound that it does on clicking an image. Is there a way to stop that click sound programtically?

Thanks.

Answer 1

As Alexander pointed out it is necessary to make this sound in many countries (not only the US) to prevent people from taking pictures of other people without noticing it. (At least when they are close by) The reason is that handy cams have been used before for some "privacy critical" (voyerish) images...

Answer 2

You can get past this by putting the phone in silent mode though I'm not sure how to do that programmatically.

Answer 3

Or you can download this app :- SilentSnap camera

http://www.androlib.com/r.aspx?r=silentsnap

uses your native camera without the annoying sound!