Android - Fail to connect to camera

Question

I\'m using the Android APIDemo sample code.

When I run the CameraPreview example, at first it was giving me an error.

I traced that one down and the sample

Answer 1

I also received this error when I was testing and stopped execution before reaching the point in code when the:

if (camera!=null){
    camera.stopPreview();
    camera.release();
    camera=null;
}

was called. This then blocked the camera because it hadn't een released properly. My solution was to turn the camera off and back on again. You can confirm this is the case by trying to use the inbuilt Camera app in your phone. It won't work either because it is still busy.