How to change default camera app or re-install foundation.e.camera?

[joenepraat]

I’ve purchased an new Fairphone 6 and installed successfully the newest /e/OS version 3.3. Because the stock Fairphone app is available in /e/OS, I removed the stock /e/OS camera app (foundation.e.camera) with adb. So far so good.

But than I wanted to use the lockscreen camera shortcut and that doesn’t work, because it want to open the stock /e/OS camera app. Now you probably say ‘you shouldn’t have removed foundation.e.camera’ and that is fair, but it doesn’t hurt to ask anyhow.

1. Is there a (hidden?) option to change the default camera app? In other words; the app that is connected to the lockscreen camera shortcut?
2. If this isn’t possible; how do I re-install foundation.e.camera? So I can use the stock /e/OS camera app when using the lockscreen shortcut.

[AnotherElk]

@joenepraat

I removed the stock /e/OS camera app (foundation.e.camera) with adb.

@joenepraat

how do I re-install foundation.e.camera?

If you used pm uninstall …

@AnotherElk

If at some point you would want to bring an App back which was uninstalled in this way, use the command
adb shell cmd package install-existing packagename

[joenepraat]

@joenepraat

foundation.e.camera

Wow. I didn’t know that the removed apps are cached or somehow. The camera is back. Even better, it gives the standard Android modal to choose the preferred app for the shortcut.

Thanks!

[mihi]

@joenepraat

it gives the standard Android modal to choose the preferred app for the shortcut

It gives that after you install a new camera app, since you had 2 already on it, one was default. But you should also be able to revoke that to force the modal to choose.

[AnotherElk]

@joenepraat

I didn’t know that the removed apps are cached or somehow.

Reinstalling works because the Apps aren’t removed completely. The ADB command might be named “uninstall”, but technically it’s more like “reboot-proof and update-proof disable for the user”.