Yes, actually my application is using the camera when I'm calling another intent. I'll take a look on it and try to stop the camera before starting the new intent. Thank you very much for the input, always helpful.
On Nov 28, 12:40 am, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > One place I have encountered that error is if the Camera is already in > use (by you or another app on the device). > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Pedro Teixeira > > > > > > <pedroteixeir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have a location based application that depending on the position of > > the use relating to a certain spot it turns on the camera. In layman > > terms, when there's proximity to a place it triggers the camera. > > > If I'm already near the sport when it's suppose to trigger ( I've > > build a proximity algorithm based on user position (lat,long) and the > > spot position) the camera mode opens just fine trough an intent that > > calls the activity where the camera access is implemented. > > > But if I'm walking towards the spot and the trigger is set I get an > > error. This is the logcat: > > >11-2720:03:42.451:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): Uncaught handler: thread > > main exiting due to uncaught exception > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): > > java.lang.RuntimeException: Fail to connect to camera service > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > >android.hardware.Camera.native_setup(NativeMethod) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.hardware.Camera.<init>(Camera.java:85) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.hardware.Camera.open(Camera.java:67) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > com.pedroteixeira.thennnow.thenNnowMode.surfaceCreated(thenNnowMode.java: > > 229) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.SurfaceView.updateWindow(SurfaceView.java:392) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.SurfaceView.dispatchDraw(SurfaceView.java:264) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1524) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1256) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1524) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1256) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.View.draw(View.java:6277) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:352) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1526) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1256) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.View.draw(View.java:6277) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:352) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow > > $DecorView.draw(PhoneWindow.java:1883) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewRoot.draw(ViewRoot.java:1332) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1097) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1613) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4203) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(NativeMethod) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit > > $MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:791) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:549) > >11-2720:03:42.541:E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > > dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(NativeMethod) > > > Does anyone have any idea what can it be? I'm stuck with this issue. > > > Thank you so much in advance. All help and tips are highly > > appreciated. > > > Pedro > > > -- > > 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 > > Android 3.2 Programming Books:http://commonsware.com/books -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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