Android Vendor Partition Reconfig for External Camera

PROJECT GOAL

Rebuild the vendor partition so the system recognizes a UVC external camera as the only camera device, replacing all internal sensors at the HAL/provider level.

The solution must work natively with Camera2 / CameraX and be compatible with Android 15 on crDroid 15.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS (this filters amateurs automáticamente)
1. Camera Provider / HAL Reconfiguration

Adjust the camera provider implementation (camera.provider@2.x) so that:

Only two logical camera IDs are exposed:

ID 0 → BACK (external)

ID 1 → FRONT (external)

Both IDs must map to the same external UVC source (/dev/video*).

2. Remove Internal Camera Exposure

Internal physical cameras must be fully excluded at provider level.
They must NOT appear in:

adb shell dumpsys media.camera

Camera2 API

CameraX API

Any system/app enumeration

3. External Camera Configuration

Modify or replace:

external_camera_config.xml

Vendor overlays related to camera

Provider service .rc entries under:

/vendor/etc/init/

Any additional vendor-level configuration required

4. Strict Compatibility

The result must be fully compatible with:

crDroidAndroid-15.0-20250719-guacamoleb-v11.7

Snapdragon 855 ISP pipeline

Android 15 camera provider (HIDL/AIDL transitional layer)

5. Deliverable

Flash-ready vendor.img
OR

Flashable ZIP (sideload)

Plus:

A concise changelog

Any overlay files or patches used (for reproducibility)

ACCEPTANCE CHECKS

Payment will be released only after I verify:

adb shell dumpsys media.camera


shows only ID 0 and ID 1, both pointing to the UVC device.

Internal camera sensors do not appear anywhere in HAL/provider output.

Apps such as Camera, Instagram, Zoom, WhatsApp open the external camera automatically for video/streaming.
WHO SHOULD APPLY

Looking specifically for:

Android HAL engineers

AOSP/LineageOS/crDroid maintainers

Vendor partition specialists

Qualcomm/OnePlus bring-up experience

Experience with:

camera provider HIDL/AIDL

vendor/lib/hw

external camera provider

Snapdragon 855 camera stack

Please do not apply if your experience is mainly:

Mobile apps (Kotlin/Flutter/React Native)

Full-stack development

AI/Data science

Web development

UI/UX

Game development

WordPress/Shopify

IMPORTANT NOTES

No ROM rebuild required — vendor-only modification.

Fixed-price project.

Payment released only after successful verification.