# Preview Camera

> The app invokes camera and keeps the image as preview for streaming usage

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.software.backcasey.previewcamera](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.software.backcasey.previewcamera)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.software.backcasey.previewcamera`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** BackCasey Software
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 1,592
- **Rating:** 3.88 / 5 (21 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.6
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-26
- **First published:** 2019-09-04
- **Publisher country:** JP
- **Size:** 3.37 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.software.backcasey.previewcamera)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://sites.google.com/view/previewcamera/](https://sites.google.com/view/previewcamera/)

## Description

* This app is meaningless unless streaming use.<br><br>Usage:<br>1.Stream the phone&#39;s screen with Chromecast, etc.<br>2.Run the Preview app. The app keeps camera&#39;s preview. You can place the phone at any place so that it works as a remote camera.<br><br>- Fling (flick) can change front / back camera<br>- Pinch can zoom the center of screen<br>- Touching the screen pauses the preview, allowing you to zoom in/out on the still image. Touching it again resumes the preview<br><br>Typical camera-apps have annoying menus and buttons on screen,  and can be shutdown involuntarily at a fixed period of time. This app keeps previewing camera as long as battery lasts.

## Rankings

- #1,020,076 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `com.software.backcasey.previewcamera.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.software.backcasey.previewcamera)