android-hidden-camera: App crashing when calling takePicture()

FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: , PID: 3794
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to start service tarun0.gyananter.CaptureService@7a5c685 with Intent { cmp=tarun0.gyananter/.CaptureService }: java.lang.RuntimeException: takePicture failed
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3335)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap21(ActivityThread.java)
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1578)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6123)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:757)

Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: takePicture failed
at android.hardware.Camera.native_takePicture(Native Method)
at android.hardware.Camera.takePicture(Camera.java:1461)
at android.hardware.Camera.takePicture(Camera.java:1406)
at com.androidhiddencamera.CameraPreview.takePictureInternal(CameraPreview.java:181)
at com.androidhiddencamera.HiddenCameraService.takePicture(HiddenCameraService.java:94)
at tarun0.gyananter.CaptureService.onStartCommand(CaptureService.java:63)
at android.app.ActivityThread.handleServiceArgs(ActivityThread.java:3318)
at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap21(ActivityThread.java) 
at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1578) 
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) 
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6123) 
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867) 
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:757)

About this issue

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State: open
Created 7 years ago
Comments: 16 (8 by maintainers)

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Maybe the issue is still open Exception java.lang.RuntimeException: takePicture failed android.hardware.Camera.native_takePicture (Camera.java) android.hardware.Camera.takePicture (Camera.java:1473) android.hardware.Camera.takePicture (Camera.java:1418) com.androidhiddencamera.CameraPreview.takePictureInternal (CameraPreview.java:196) com.androidhiddencamera.HiddenCameraService.takePicture (HiddenCameraService.java:95) com.app.mytest.MyCamService$1.run (MyCamService.java:77) android.os.Handler.handleCallback (Handler.java:751) android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage (Handler.java:95) android.os.Looper.loop (Looper.java:154) android.app.ActivityThread.main (ActivityThread.java:6776) java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke (Method.java) com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run (ZygoteInit.java:1518) com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main (ZygoteInit.java:1408)

On devices: Samsung SM-A320Y (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-A510F (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-G570F (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-G930A (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-G930F (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-G950F (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-J530FM (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-J710F (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-J701F (API 24) Android 7.0 Samsung SM-J700H (API 23) Android 6.0.1 Samsung SM-N920C (API 24) Android 7.0 Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (API 24) Android 7.0 Motorola Moto G Play (API 23) Android 6.0.1

The application works on these devices, but sometimes this bug appears randomly. The most popular are samsung devices with android 7.0

I found this and this on Stackoverflow. Recommendations are as follows:

Add: SurfaceTexture st = new SurfaceTexture(MODE_PRIVATE); pCamera.setPreviewTexture(st); before: pCamera.startPreview();

viks178 on Nov 30, 2017