Pixel 6a selfie cameras are reversed

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#12,644 opened on Dec 1, 2022 9 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Difficulty: 4/5
Estimated time: 3-5 days
Newbie friendliness: 45/100

Issue type: Bug
Clarity: Mostly clear
Activity status: Stale
Tech stack: android, kotlin
Domain: mobile

Research direction

The report identifies the Signal Android camera flow but names no source file, test, or entry point. First reproduce the issue on a Pixel 6a using the listed camera steps and inspect the selfie-image capture path; done means front-camera photos are saved and sent with readable, non-mirrored text.

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I have searched open and closed issues for duplicates
I am submitting a bug report for existing functionality that does not work as intended
I have read https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/wiki/Submitting-useful-bug-reports
This isn't a feature request or a discussion topic

Bug description

Images taken with the front facing camera are mirrored/reversed so that all text is backwards. A photo with a sign in the background is sent so that the receiver/viewer can not read the sign easily.

Steps to reproduce

Open the app
enter a chat or press the camera button
take a photo

Actual result: The images are saved and sent as displayed, mirrored, so that text is backwards.
Expected result: The image should be shown as if the person viewing the picture is seeing the subject correctly, from the viewpoint of being the camera, not the viewpoint of looking at a mirror.

Screenshots

I think everybody knows what a mirrored photo looks like when the text is backwards.

Device info

Device: Google Pixel 6a
Android version: 13 (Build TP1A.221105.002)
Signal version: 6.2.4 (this bug was also on a previous version, but I can't say when I updated today if I skipped a version, the message said that the current version would expire in 10 days if that is helpful)

Update July, 2025:
Same bug exists.
Pixel 6a
Android version: 16
Signal version: 7.41.4

Link to debug log

https://debuglogs.org/android/6.2.4/c1c25a9cb8d1b863e95dc516d81e78db80734a9316b26a3530e4db90ff4a2173

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