Question

I have a strange issue in my camera app when tested with galaxy nexus..It simply crash when try to start the camera activity..But it works fine with almost all other devices..
These are my functions…..

@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub

     try {
        camera = Camera.open();
        camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);

    Camera.Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
        if (Integer.parseInt(Build.VERSION.SDK) >= 8)
            setDisplayOrientation(camera, 90);
        else
            parameters.set("orientation", "portrait");
        parameters.setPictureFormat(PixelFormat.JPEG);
        camera.setParameters(parameters);



    } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (SecurityException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } 


}
@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,
  int height) {
 // TODO Auto-generated method stub
 if(previewing){
  camera.stopPreview();
  previewing = false;
 }

 if (camera != null){
  try {


   camera.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder);
   camera.startPreview();
   previewing = true;
  } catch (IOException e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }
}

Can anyone help
me ?

Answer 1

finally i got the answer..Nexus has both front and back end cameras.So the problem was the code which used to open the camera(need to set the camera id for the front end camera) and also we need to set the appropriate preview size..Here is the modified code..

@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,
  int height) {



    List<Size> sizes = parameters.getSupportedPreviewSizes();
    Size optimalSize = getOptimalPreviewSize(sizes, width, height);
    parameters.setPreviewSize(optimalSize.width, optimalSize.height);

    camera.setParameters(parameters);
    camera.startPreview();
     startPreview();

}


   @Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {


     try {

         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.GINGERBREAD) {
              Camera.CameraInfo info=new Camera.CameraInfo();

              for (int i=0; i < Camera.getNumberOfCameras(); i++) {
                Camera.getCameraInfo(i, info);

                if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
                  camera=Camera.open(i);
                  defaultCameraId = i;
                }
              }
            }

            if (camera == null) {
              camera=Camera.open();
            }




            try {
                camera.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            Camera.Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
            android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo info =
                    new android.hardware.Camera.CameraInfo();
            android.hardware.Camera.getCameraInfo(defaultCameraId, info);
            int rotation = this.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay()
                    .getRotation();
            if (Integer.parseInt(Build.VERSION.SDK) >= 8)
            {

                 int degrees = 0;
                 switch (rotation) {
                     case Surface.ROTATION_0: 
                         degrees = 0; break;
                     case Surface.ROTATION_90: 
                         degrees = 90; break;
                     case Surface.ROTATION_180: 
                         degrees = 180; break;
                     case Surface.ROTATION_270: 
                         degrees = 270; break;
                 }
                 int result;
                 if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
                     result = (info.orientation + degrees) % 360;
                     result = (360 - result) % 360;  
                 } else {  // back-facing
                     result = (info.orientation - degrees + 360) % 360;
                 }
                 camera.setDisplayOrientation(result);

            }
            else
            {
                parameters.set("orientation", "portrait");
            }


            camera.setParameters(parameters);



    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (SecurityException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } 


}


    private Size getOptimalPreviewSize(List<Size> sizes, int w, int h) {
                final double ASPECT_TOLERANCE = 0.1;
                double targetRatio = (double) w / h;
                if (sizes == null) return null;

                Size optimalSize = null;
                double minDiff = Double.MAX_VALUE;

                int targetHeight = h;


                for (Size size : sizes) {
                    double ratio = (double) size.width / size.height;
                    if (Math.abs(ratio - targetRatio) > ASPECT_TOLERANCE) continue;
                    if (Math.abs(size.height - targetHeight) < minDiff) {
                        optimalSize = size;
                        minDiff = Math.abs(size.height - targetHeight);
                    }
                }


                if (optimalSize == null) {
                    minDiff = Double.MAX_VALUE;
                    for (Size size : sizes) {
                        if (Math.abs(size.height - targetHeight) < minDiff) {
                            optimalSize = size;
                            minDiff = Math.abs(size.height - targetHeight);
                        }
                    }
                }
                return optimalSize;
            }