I've had some opportunity to test. Mark, I tested your code but it seems this issue is tied to using autofocus and preview callbacks.
I've created a minimalistic sample that reproduces the problem. The following code will run on all of my Android devices that are < 2.3.3 but not on 2.3.3. source - http://pastebin.com/TQsfiyTr main.xml - http://pastebin.com/DQHW2jVS There are 2 issues I can illustrate with this source running on a 2.3.3 device: 1. Uncomment the 2 lines in Camera.PreviewCallback. The app will crash because the camera parameters are null. Note, you will need to add the import android.hardware.Camera.Size; (I got over-zealous when cleaning up this example). 2. Leave the 2 lines commented out, the preview will not initialize and screen will remain black. Logcat will show that media/camera server have crashed. Again, we've been running this base-code for over a year on non 2.3.3 devices. -- 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