Designing your camera application

When writing an application that connects to a user's camera, you need to account for the following in your code:

Check if the user has a camera currently installed.
Check if the user has explicitly allowed Flash Player to access their camera. For security reasons the player displays the Flash Player Settings dialog which lets the user allow or deny access to their camera. This prevents Flash Player from connecting to a user's camera and broadcasting a video stream without their permission. If a user clicks allow, your application can connect to the user's camera. If the user clicks deny, your application will be unable to access the user's camera. Your applications should always handle both cases gracefully.