Android getsupportedvideosizes returns null on emulator

Question

I have tried to get the supported video size as below in an emulator but it always return null.Why it is so?I have tried in 4.03.Thanks in advance

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Answer 1

It's clearly stated here that a null return from this method means the device doesn't support different outputs for preview and video. In case of emulator, this situation must be prominent because an emulator doesn't have a physical camera and is generally not used for testing camera-related modules.

I would like to add that even though documentations have pointed this to be a normal case scenario, I'm still unable to find a proper alternative for devices suffering from this sickness. For instance, a Verizon variant of S3 return null for both "getSupportedVideoSizes()" and "getPreferredPreviewSizeForVideo()". Has anyone gone through a way around this issue?? A help would be highly appreciated.