I have 2 devices to test my app : an Acer v370 running Android 4.2.2, and a Samsung Galaxy S6 on 6.0.1
The app works fine on the Acer, but crashes instantly on the S6. I'm using
_camera = Camera.open(0);
and debugging says it crashes at this point.
The error I get is :
09-15 11:24:33.491 15284-15284/com.user.qrReader E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
Process: com.user.qrReader, PID: 15284
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to resume activity {com.user.qrReader/com.user.qrReader.MainActivity}:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Fail to connect to camera service
at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4156)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4250)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3361)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:222)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1795)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7229)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Fail to connect to camera service
at android.hardware.Camera.<init>(Camera.java:568)
at android.hardware.Camera.open(Camera.java:405)
at com.user.qrReader.CameraPreview.openCamera(CameraPreview.java:206)
at com.user.qrReader.CameraPreview.captureStart(CameraPreview.java:288)
at com.user.qrReader.QRReaderAppManager.onResume(QRReaderAppManager.java:208)
at com.user.qrReader.MainActivity.onResume(MainActivity.java:187)
at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnResume(Instrumentation.java:1286)
at android.app.Activity.performResume(Activity.java:6987)
at android.app.ActivityThread.performResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4145)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleResumeActivity(ActivityThread.java:4250)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:3361)
at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1100(ActivityThread.java:222)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1795)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:158)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7229)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1230)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1120)
Here are the permissions in my manifest :
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="true" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
I can't use camera2 because I have to keep the app compatible for at least android 4, and I don't know which direction to go. It must be something related to the new android but I can't find what. Any thoughts ?
EDIT : You can also do it manually, once the apk is installed, by going to settings>applications>application manager>{my app}>permissions> allow camera. Of course it's terrible and useless if you have the solution but it helped me for a bit while I was debugging so I'll leave it here. Thank you for your answers.
For Checking permission I created a separate class as below:
public class MarshMallowPermission {
public static final int RECORD_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE = 1;
public static final int EXTERNAL_STORAGE_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE = 2;
public static final int CAMERA_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE = 3;
Activity activity;
public MarshMallowPermission(Activity activity) {
this.activity = activity;
}
public boolean checkPermissionForRecord(){
int result = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO);
if (result == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
public boolean checkPermissionForExternalStorage(){
int result = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);
if (result == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
public boolean checkPermissionForCamera(){
int result = ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.CAMERA);
if (result == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED){
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
public void requestPermissionForRecord(){
if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(activity, Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO)){
Toast.makeText(activity, "Microphone permission needed for recording. Please allow in App Settings for additional functionality.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} else {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(activity,new String[]{Manifest.permission.RECORD_AUDIO},RECORD_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE);
}
}
public void requestPermissionForExternalStorage(){
if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(activity, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)){
Toast.makeText(activity, "External Storage permission needed. Please allow in App Settings for additional functionality.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} else {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(activity,new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE},EXTERNAL_STORAGE_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE);
}
}
public void requestPermissionForCamera(){
if (ActivityCompat.shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale(activity, Manifest.permission.CAMERA)){
Toast.makeText(activity, "Camera permission needed. Please allow in App Settings for additional functionality.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} else {
ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(activity,new String[]{Manifest.permission.CAMERA},CAMERA_PERMISSION_REQUEST_CODE);
}
}
}
Then, for getting
MarshMallowPermission marshMallowPermission = new MarshMallowPermission(this);
public void getPhotoFromCamera() {
if (!marshMallowPermission.checkPermissionForCamera()) {
marshMallowPermission.requestPermissionForCamera();
} else {
if (!marshMallowPermission.checkPermissionForExternalStorage()) {
marshMallowPermission.requestPermissionForExternalStorage();
} else {
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
File mediaStorageDir = new File(
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
+ File.separator
+ getString(R.string.directory_name_corp_chat)
+ File.separator
+ getString(R.string.directory_name_images)
);
if (!mediaStorageDir.exists()) {
mediaStorageDir.mkdirs();
}
String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss",
Locale.getDefault()).format(new Date());
try {
mediaFile = File.createTempFile(
"IMG_" + timeStamp, /* prefix */
".jpg", /* suffix */
mediaStorageDir /* directory */
);
takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(mediaFile));
startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, PICK_FROM_CAMERA);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}