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External Flash on Windows Pc

Developed By: Mahendrakumar Patel

License: Free

Rating: 3,5/5 - 39 votes

Last Updated: December 25, 2023

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.0
Size 458.3 KB
Release Date May 28, 13
Category Photography Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices. [see more (5)]

Description from Developer:
With ExternalFlash you can use the flash from your friends devices and take better pictures in low light situations or just for fun and to achieve better results, Also you can use... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download External Flash and install on Windows PC. External Flash is free Photography app, developed by Mahendrakumar Patel. Latest version of External Flash is 1.0, was released on 2013-05-28 (updated on 2023-12-25). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 5,000. Overall rating of External Flash is 3,5. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 39 users, 12 users had rated it 5*, 20 users had rated it 1*.

How to install External Flash on Windows?

Instruction on how to install External Flash on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install External Flash on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

  1. Install using BlueStacks
  2. Install using NoxPlayer

Step By Step Guide To Install External Flash using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "External Flash" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install External Flash on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "External Flash" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Other versions available: 1.0.

Download External Flash 1.0 on Windows PC – 458.3 KB

With ExternalFlash you can use the flash from your friends devices and take better pictures in low light situations or just for fun and to achieve better results, Also you can use your phone as Tourch/Flash Light.

This application has three main functions:-

-Take Picture
With this function your friends find your phone and connect to your device, so when you take a picture you can use the flash on their device and achieve better results in low light situations.
-It works as Server.

-Share Flash
With this function you will share your device's flash with a friend so he/she can use the extra lighting on funniest and higher quality pictures.
-It works as Client.

- Flash Light
-With this function you will use your LED/Flash or screen (if device does not have LED/Flash light) as Tourch/Flash for emergency.
- Added feature like Black screen so that your friend can focus and take picture in advance mode for batter result.
- Added Focus mode so that whoever share his/her phones flash light can see from phones screen to focus on particular area/region.

You can sync/connect 7 different devices and create the mob of flash lights.
Download it now and start taking photographs at parties, gatherings and places where you could not get really good results before.

Challenges face to develop this application.
- ANDROID has a design problem, it did not support to sync/connect more than two devices at a time. I have create New API layer which will support to sync/connect multiple devices at a time.
- android.intent.action.CAMERA_BUTTON this broadcast message is consumed by native CAMERA application so cannot use this broadcast-message like to ON the flash light and take picture and OFF it again,
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows an application to read from external storage.