My app uses the camera and shows a preview on screen using Camera#startPreview. If I switch to YouTube and start watching a video, and then switch back to the my app while the YouTube video is playing or even paused, it results in the exception shown below. I do release the camera in MyActivity#onPause and open it again on MyAcivity#onResume. This is on a Nexus S with Android 2.3.4. Any idea why this happens? YouTube does not use the camera at all, so why it it causing a problem for the my app? Also, the call to Camera#startPreview is preceeded by a call to Camera.open which does succeed.
Thanks Shri I/MyCameraApp( 1618): Calling Camera.open I/MyCameraApp( 1618): Calling Camera#setParameters W/CameraHardwareSec( 76): WARN(virtual android::status_t android::CameraHardwareSec::setParameters(const android::CameraParameters&)): request for preview frame 10 not allowed, != 15 I/MyCameraApp( 1618): Setting camera preview size to 176 x 144 I/MyCameraApp( 1618): Device orientation is 0; camera orientation is 270 I/MyCameraApp( 1618): frameRotationBeforeDisplaying is 90; frameRotationBeforeSending is 270 I/MyCameraApp( 1618): Calling Camera#startPreview E/SEC_Overlay( 107): Error - overlays already in use W/CameraService( 76): Overlay create failed - retrying E/SEC_Overlay( 107): Error - overlays already in use W/CameraService( 76): Overlay create failed - retrying E/SEC_Overlay( 107): Error - overlays already in use W/CameraService( 76): Overlay create failed - retrying E/SEC_Overlay( 107): Error - overlays already in use W/CameraService( 76): Overlay create failed - retrying E/SEC_Overlay( 107): Error - overlays already in use ... E/SEC_Overlay( 107): Error - overlays already in use W/CameraService( 76): Overlay create failed - retrying E/SEC_Overlay( 107): Error - overlays already in use W/CameraService( 76): Overlay create failed - retrying E/CameraService( 76): Overlay Creation Failed! D/AndroidRuntime( 1618): Shutting down VM W/dalvikvm( 1618): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40015560) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): FATAL EXCEPTION: main E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): java.lang.RuntimeException: startPreview failed E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.hardware.Camera.startPreview(Native Method) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at com.shri.myapp.MyActivity.startCapturing(MyActivity.java:216) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at com.shri.myapp.MyActivity.surfaceChanged(MyActivity.java:328) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.SurfaceView.updateWindow(SurfaceView.java:549) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.SurfaceView.dispatchDraw(SurfaceView.java:348) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1644) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1373) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.View.draw(View.java:6883) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1646) ... E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1373) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.View.draw(View.java:6883) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:357) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.draw(PhoneWindow.java:1862) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.ViewRoot.draw(ViewRoot.java:1522) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1258) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1859) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597) E/AndroidRuntime( 1618): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
