Mirrored Video
Whenever the video is rendered on the SurfaceViewRenderer we can flip the video frame on the horizontally i.e creating a mirror frame.
Code
Invoke setMirror method with true, to flip it horizontally and false to restore it in it's original form. Since this is a property of the SurfaceViewRenderer it will persist across release and reinitializations.
surfaceViewRenderer.setMirror(true)
Sample App Code
Long press on a video tile in the sample app to get the Mirror option. There you can select between inverted or normal views for a given video tile.
Visual Examples
Front Camera
The default view has no mirroring. If you were facing the front camera, here's what that would look like on a display on the phone.
Actual position is how you sit, display position is how it will look in the SurfaceViewRenderer.
Actual Position Display Position ┌─────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Phone Front Camera │ │ Phone Front Camera │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ You │ │ You │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────┘
To change this, turn on mirroring with setMirror(true).
Actual Position Display Position ┌─────────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Phone Front Camera │ │ Phone Front Camera │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ You │ │ You │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─────────────────────────┘ └─────────────────────────┘
Back Camera
Since the left and right for the back camera vs the display are the same, a non mirrored view of the back camera is the same as a mirrored view for the front camera. The Actual and Display positions are reverse for the back camera.
Camera Flip Effects
If you call setMirror on an instance of SurfaceViewRenderer and then flip the camera from front to back or vice versa, the value persists. A given surface once mirrored will remain mirrored. It should be noted however that left for the front facing the camera and left for the back facing camera are opposites. So you may want to change setMirror when flipping for that reason.
