Take and Add Photos to an Album (Android)
Objective
To take and add photos to an album from your 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.
- Tip! You can also quickly access your device's camera by swiping right from the project's Dashboard.
Steps
To Take a New Photo
- Navigate to the project's Photos tool using an Android mobile device.
- Tap the plus
icon.
- Tap Camera.
- Tap the Album menu to select the album you want to add the photo to.
Note: If no album is selected, the photo(s) will save to the album 'Unclassified' by default.
- The following options are available while taking a photo:
- Flash: Tap the flash icon to change the flash setting.
Note: Continue tapping to go through the different flash settings (off, on and automatic). - Timestamp: Tap the timestamp icon ON or OFF to determine whether a timestamp will be marked on the photo.
- Focus: If you want to focus on a specific area within the frame, tap that area to adjust the camera's focus.
- Flash: Tap the flash icon to change the flash setting.
- Tap the shutter release icon when you are ready to take the photo.
Note: This action automatically captures and saves the photo to your project. - Optional: Tap the photo thumbnail to delete the photo(s) or add markups.
Note: Only 'Admin' level users on the Photos tool can delete a photo. - Tap Close to exit the camera.
To Add Photos from Your Device
- Navigate to your project's Photos tool on your Android mobile device.
- Tap the plus
icon.
- Select Photos from Device.
- Tap the existing photo(s) you want to add to an album.
- Tap Next.
- Tap into the followings fields to fill in the relevant information :
- Location: Tap the field to select a location associated with the photo.
- Album: Tap the field to select an album associated with the photo. If no album is selected, the photo will be automatically placed in an album titled 'Unclassified'.
- Trade: Tap the field to select a trade associated with the photo.
- Privacy: Toggle the Privacy button to 'On' to mark the photo as private so only Admin users will have access to view the photo.
- Tap Upload Photos.