Question

i just wanna try to Access my Camera on Android. I dont know how i can get error logs, but i get an error when i call the function Camera.open().

Im using the SDK example Code, but it didnt works.

I also tried out to set mCamera to null before releasing. And yes i have setted the permission in the manifest.xml

it didnt works with the emulator even with my htc

package com.example.android.apis.graphics;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.hardware.Camera;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.Window;
import java.io.IOException;


public class CameraPreview extends Activity {    
    private Preview mPreview;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // Hide the window title.
    requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);

    // Create our Preview view and set it as the content of our activity.
    mPreview = new Preview(this);
    setContentView(mPreview);
}

}


class Preview extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
    SurfaceHolder mHolder;
    Camera mCamera;


Preview(Context context) {
    super(context);

    // Install a SurfaceHolder.Callback so we get notified when the
    // underlying surface is created and destroyed.
    mHolder = getHolder();
    mHolder.addCallback(this);
    mHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
}

public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
    // The Surface has been created, acquire the camera and tell it where
    // to draw.
    mCamera = Camera.open();
    try {
       mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
    } catch (IOException exception) {
        mCamera.release();
        mCamera = null;
        // TODO: add more exception handling logic here
    }
}

public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
    // Surface will be destroyed when we return, so stop the preview.
    // Because the CameraDevice object is not a shared resource, it's very
    // important to release it when the activity is paused.
    mCamera.stopPreview();
    mCamera.release();
    mCamera = null;
}

public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int w, int h) {
    // Now that the size is known, set up the camera parameters and begin
    // the preview.
    Camera.Parameters parameters = mCamera.getParameters();
    parameters.setPreviewSize(w, h);
    mCamera.setParameters(parameters);
    mCamera.startPreview();
}

}

Answer 1

Have a look at the code provided in the accepted answer here. It should help get you started.

Edit: Ah, your logcat error suggests that you don’t have one of the following lines in your manifest file (below the end </application> element:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />