This is my first time using a camera. I've read a lot of examples and also the documentation, so I tried to make my own class to take pictures with the front facing camera.
This is what I came up with:
public class CameraController {
private Context context;
private boolean hasCamera;
private Camera camera;
private int cameraId;
public CameraController(Context c){
context = c.getApplicationContext();
if(context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA)){
cameraId = getFrontCameraId();
if(cameraId != -1){
hasCamera = true;
}else{
hasCamera = false;
}
}else{
hasCamera = false;
}
}
public boolean hasCamera(){
return hasCamera;
}
public void getCameraInstance(){
camera = null;
if(hasCamera){
try{
camera = Camera.open(cameraId);
}
catch(Exception e){
}
}
}
public void takePicture(){
if(hasCamera){
camera.takePicture(null,null,mPicture);
}
}
public void releaseCamera(){
if(camera != null){
camera.release();
camera = null;
}
}
private int getFrontCameraId(){
int camId = -1;
int numberOfCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
CameraInfo ci = new CameraInfo();
for(int i = 0;i < numberOfCameras;i++){
Camera.getCameraInfo(i,ci);
if(ci.facing == CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT){
camId = i;
}
}
return camId;
}
private PictureCallback mPicture = new PictureCallback(){
@Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera){
File pictureFile = getOutputMediaFile();
if(pictureFile == null){
Log.d("TEST", "Error creating media file, check storage permissions");
return;
}
try{
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(pictureFile);
fos.write(data);
fos.close();
}catch(FileNotFoundException e){
Log.d("TEST","File not found: "+e.getMessage());
} catch (IOException e){
Log.d("TEST","Error accessing file: "+e.getMessage());
}
}
};
private File getOutputMediaFile(){
// To be safe, you should check that the SDCard is mounted
// using Environment.getExternalStorageState() before doing this.
File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES),"MyCameraApp");
// This location works best if you want the created images to be shared
// between applications and persist after your app has been uninstalled.
// Create the storage directory if it does not exist
if(!mediaStorageDir.exists()){
if(!mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()){
return null;
}
}
// Create a media file name
String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
File mediaFile;
mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath()+File.separator+"IMG_"+timeStamp+".jpg");
return mediaFile;
}
}
So the class seems to be fine, but I can't get any picture from it. In LogCat I get the following:
03-11 19:23:58.556: D/TEST(18655): SNAPSHOT GO!
03-11 19:23:58.556: I/caladbolg(272): 2752686164 cald_client.c (464) 24404 I [INF] + Cald_Client_ICamera_GetBufInfo index[0x2]
03-11 19:23:58.556: I/caladbolg(272): 2752687080 cald_client.c (487) 24404 I [INF] - Cald_Client_ICamera_GetBufInfo (0)
03-11 19:23:58.556: I/caladbolg(272): 2752687355 cald_client.c (464) 24404 I [INF] + Cald_Client_ICamera_GetBufInfo index[0x3]
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752688057 cald_client.c (487) 24404 I [INF] - Cald_Client_ICamera_GetBufInfo (0)
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752691108 cald_client.c (755) 24404 I [INF] + Cald_Client_ICamera_EnableThumbnail
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752691749 cald_client.c (772) 24404 I [INF] pBufNum[1]
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752692024 cald_client.c (778) 24404 I [INF] pBuf[0]:0x4311b000
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752692817 cald_client.c (792) 24404 I [INF] - Cald_Client_ICamera_EnableThumbnail (0)
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752693519 cald_client.c (832) 24404 I [INF] + Cald_Client_ICamera_TakeSnapshot
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752693763 cald_client.c (849) 24404 I [INF] pBufNum[1]
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752694007 cald_client.c (855) 24404 I [INF] pBuf[0]:0x4ad01000
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752694831 cald_camctrl.c (6197) 20324 P [PFM] 2752694831 Cald_CamCtrl_ICamera_TakeSnapshot
03-11 19:23:58.566: E/caladbolg(272): 2752695137 cald_camctrl.c (19650) 20324 E [CAM] Error: The event is not ready in the current state.
03-11 19:23:58.566: E/libcamera(272): receivePictureDone: unnecessary callback was received.
03-11 19:23:58.566: I/caladbolg(272): 2752696205 cald_client.c (869) 24404 I [INF] - Cald_Client_ICamera_TakeSnapshot (0)