Take Picture without preview Android

Question

I would like to take a picture without any preview. I used this code but I\'m getting an error:

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Answer 1

Regarding your Fail to initialize camera error, another possibility is the camera is in use by something else.

Answer 2

Android can't use camera without a preview... but, you can set the preview size like 1x1 px, then you won't see it and you can use the camera anyway.

Answer 3

Use this permissions :

 <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
 <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />

And you can instantiate a Camera object using this

Camera mycamera = Camera.open();

You can try the method described here is very simple if you are into simplicity:

http://developer.android.com/training/camera/photobasics.html