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 <[email protected]> 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: > > 11-27 20:03:42.451: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): Uncaught handler: thread > main exiting due to uncaught exception > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): > java.lang.RuntimeException: Fail to connect to camera service > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.hardware.Camera.native_setup(Native Method) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.hardware.Camera.<init>(Camera.java:85) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.hardware.Camera.open(Camera.java:67) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > com.pedroteixeira.thennnow.thenNnowMode.surfaceCreated(thenNnowMode.java: > 229) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.SurfaceView.updateWindow(SurfaceView.java:392) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.SurfaceView.dispatchDraw(SurfaceView.java:264) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1524) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1256) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1524) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1256) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.View.draw(View.java:6277) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:352) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1526) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1256) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.View.draw(View.java:6277) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:352) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow > $DecorView.draw(PhoneWindow.java:1883) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewRoot.draw(ViewRoot.java:1332) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1097) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1613) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4203) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit > $MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:791) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:549) > 11-27 20:03:42.541: E/AndroidRuntime(1380): at > dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) > > 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 [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > 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/commonsguy http://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. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
