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Take and Add Photos to an Album with the Camera Tool (Android)

  1. Last updated
    Jun 18, 2025
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Objective

To take and add photos with the Camera tool on an Android mobile device.

Things to Consider

  • Required User Permissions:
    • 'Standard' or 'Admin' level permissions on the project's Photos tool.
  • Additional Information:
    • You can upload 360˚ photos from your phone to Procore's app.

Steps

  1. Navigate to the Camera tool using the Procore app on an Android mobile device.
  2. Tap the Album menu to select the album you want to add the photo to.
    Note: If no album is selected, photos will save to the 'Unclassified' album by default.
  3. The following options are available while taking a photo:
    • Geotag: Tap geotag icon-location-pin.png icon to add the precise location to your photo's metadata.
    • Flashlight: Tap the flashlight icon-flashlight.png icon to turn on the device's flashlight. 
    • Focus: Tap the screen where you want the camera to focus. 
    • Mark Up: Tap the mark up icon-markup.png icon to take the photo and immediately mark it up. See Mark Up a Photo.
    • Location: Tap the location icon-location-pin.png icon to add your location to the image. 
    • Drawing: Tap the drawing icon-quick-capture-drawing-area-ios.png icon to select a location on a drawing where you want the photo pinned. 
    • Zoom: Adjust the zoom level on your device. For example, tap 2 to zoom in. 
    • Switch Camera: Tap the flip camera  icon to switch between your device's front and back-facing cameras.  
  4. Take the photo.
    • Take a photo without mark up.
      1. Tap the shutter to take a photo.
    • Take a photo with mark up.
      1. Tap the mark up icon-markup.png icon to take the photo and immediately mark it up.
      2. Tap the shutter to take a photo.
      3. Mark Up a Photo.
  5. Optional: Make additional updates to your photo. If you took the photo in mark up mode, these options are already available. If you took the photo without mark up mode enabled, tap the photo thumbnail to open the 'Recent Photos' tray to perform the following tasks:
    • Delete: Tap Delete icon-delete-trash-with-bkgd-android.png to delete your photo.
      Note: Only 'Admin' level users on the Photos tool can delete photos.
    • Details: Add the following information:
      • Description
      • Location
      • Trade
      • Album
    • Photo Information: Tap the information icon icon-info-with-bkgd-android.svg to see more photo details.
      • Privacy: Adjust the privacy setting on the photo.
      • Add to Site Diary: Choose this setting to send the photo to the project's Site Diary.
    • Mark up photo: Add to markups to the photo. For a list of markup tools and their descriptions, see Mark up a Photo (Android).
      Note: When adding markups to a photo, Procore will save both the marked up photo and the original, unmodified photo.
  6. Save your photo.
    • Tap Save to save your photo.
    • If you used mark up and want to save both the original and marked up photo, mark Save as New Photo option, then tap Save.
    • If you used mark up and want to only save the marked up photo, clear the Save as New Photo option, then tap Overwrite.