Well this is what I found out - first time the activity is launched the camera goes into preview mode, snaps a pic, stores the pic and then tries to get into preview mode again. I removed the last step and still the pic is taken and it stays stuck on the screen. I realized that the camera service usually will ask the user if he/she wants to save the pic. Either way it then returns to the preview mode. In the case of my app it is supposed to snap the pic, save it and return to preview. This exact code works on teh G1 but on the LG after the pic is snapped it remains on the screen.
Would the camera service be different across Froyo-based mobiles? I wouldn't thjnk so ... On Nov 15, 6:05 pm, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote: > Right on Mark, One of the reasons I found out was a lingering process > that was locked it. > I killed that process and the camera service responds fine now. > > The second time it did this I found out that after the camera goes > into preview, an image > is snapped (this is the app I am testing that takes pictures > automatically every few > seconds) but right after the first picture is snapped on this phone > the Camera service dies. > This is still puzzling cause like I said earlier this app works fine > on an identical phone. > I will check to see if I am setting the resolution of the preview or > the picture to be something > outside what this camera can handle? Also I saw messages that the > Rolloff feature is not > supported, no idea what that is. > When I set the autofocus in the manifest the phone (again running 2.2) > said that this feature > is not available, which makes no sense since 2.2 does support > autofocus. > > On Nov 15, 5:53 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > It seems like the CameraService thinks that the camera is in use. Only > > one application can use the camera at a time. And if an application > > leaks the camera (by not closing it), it might be tied up until the > > process gets terminated or you reboot the phone. > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 5:17 PM, kypriakos <demet...@ece.neu.edu> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have been running an activity that access the phone's camera (on > > > Froyo), puts it > > > in preview mode and then snaps and stores a picture. This has been > > > working fine > > > on one phone but on a second phone with the same OS and specs I get > > > the following: > > > > I/#LGIME ( 1481): #### onStartInput: restarting=false, fieldId=-1 > > > I/System.out( 6895): surface created - calling picture ... > > > E/CameraService( 1291): CameraService::connect X (pid 6895, new client > > > 0x1bfc8) rejected. (old pid 5261, old client 0x22798) > > > E/CameraService( 1291): forcefully terminating old client.. ref count > > > > Has anyone seen this before? What would cause the camera service to > > > reject connections to > > > it since the Manifest for the app is the same as on the other phone > > > and it does allow Camera > > > access. Any ideas would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://github.com/commonsguyhttp://commonsware.com/blog|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, One Low Price! -- 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
