Snappy, iPhone camera app that launches w/o exiting running app

http://snappy.kb1ooo.com Snappy is a camera application for your iPhone that launches and is ready to take pictures in one second, without having to exit your currently running application. It is also accessible directly from the lock screen. Simply tap and hold the status bar (the bar at the top of the screen with AT&T logo, signal bars, battery, etc) to launch and you are immediately ready to take pictures; compare that to the five to six seconds it takes to exit a running application and launch the native camera app.

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• iphone
• camera
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• snappy
• kb1ooo

[thelostworld]

it's not working with my IOS 4.0.2, it doesn't start up when i hold my statusbar at the lockscreen. is it because it doesn't work with activator?

[kb1ooo]

@thelostworld For a long time now Snappy uses activator for launch methods. Snappy tries to set tap hold status bar by default, but may not if you already have it assigned to something else. You may go to the activator settings and set a launch method for snappy. Also, I highly recommend upgrading to iOS 5.x if you can.

[Saviour86]

woulnt it be almost the same to set your camera with activator to say, triple home button click?

[kb1ooo]

@Saviour86 No. Snappy can be launched and run without exiting your current application. Assigning a launch method to the native camera app with activator will exit your current application, and then launch the camera app. Also, Snappy is slightly faster to launch b/c it runs inside of a process that is always running (Springboard) and therefore there is no process startup time. Snappy now uses Activator for launch methods so you may assign any of its available methods.

[NME113]

This doesn't work on iPod touch 4g, lame........

[efcrthebest48]

@kb1ooo Hi, i downloaded snappy and it does not start up, it crashes and force exits on start up, I am on iOS 4.1 with an iPhone 3G.

Thanks.

[kb1ooo]

@MrSuperFly86 Snappy *does* bypass the passcode. You may set Snappy to disallow library browsing from the lockscreen if it is a concern.

[MrSuperFly86]

@kb1ooo Hi i figured out what it was that was stopping me from accessing the camera from my lockscreen. I has the Passcode feature turned on. If only an app could bypass the passcode feature and access the camera it would save a hell of a lot of time.

[kb1ooo]

@MrSuperFly86 Snappy is 4.2.1 compatible, though there is currently a conflict with LocationSpoofer. Please send me email to debug your issue.

[MrSuperFly86]

Good Work.!! Any news on weather this great app will be compatible with 4.2.1? I have tried CamereButtons and FastSnap, neither of them allow you access to the camera from lockscreen, although they say they do. Sad times.