I am building a custom video recorder, and noticing that if the phone goes into sleep or lock mode while the camera activity is running.. upon wake up the camera preview is stuck on a static still image. if I go back and forth between activities the camera is fine upon return.. this bug is apparently only when the phone goes to sleep and wakes up.
my video recorder activity
public class DRPVideoCaptureActivity extends Activity {
private Camera myCamera;
private DRPCameraSurfaceView myCameraSurfaceView;
private MediaRecorder mediaRecorder;
SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
boolean recording = false;
Globals g = new Globals();
ImageButton btn_record;
FrameLayout _videoView;
ImageView btn_flashToggle;
ImageView btn_cameraToggle;
ImageView btn_close;
public enum FlashState {
off, on, auto
}
FlashState _flashState = FlashState.off;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.video_camera);
_videoView = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.video_frame);
btn_record = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.btn_record);
btn_flashToggle = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.btn_flash_toggle);
btn_cameraToggle = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.btn_camera_toggle);
btn_close = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.btn_close);
recording = false;
// myButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.mybutton);
}
@Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
// Get Camera for preview
_videoView.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
myCamera = getCameraInstance();
if (myCamera == null) {
Toast.makeText(DRPVideoCaptureActivity.this, "Fail to get Camera",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}else{
myCameraSurfaceView = new DRPCameraSurfaceView(this, myCamera);
_videoView.addView(myCameraSurfaceView);
}
_videoView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
Button.OnClickListener recordListener = new Button.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if (recording) {
// stop recording and release camera
mediaRecorder.stop(); // stop the recording
releaseMediaRecorder(); // release the MediaRecorder object
// Exit after saved
finish();
} else {
// Release Camera before MediaRecorder start
releaseCamera();
if (!prepareMediaRecorder()) {
Toast.makeText(DRPVideoCaptureActivity.this,
"Fail in prepareMediaRecorder()!\n - Ended -",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
finish();
}
mediaRecorder.start();
recording = true;
// myButton.setText("STOP");
}
}
};
private Camera getCameraInstance() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Camera c = null;
try {
c = Camera.open(); // attempt to get a Camera instance
c.setDisplayOrientation(90);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.v("cam","EXCEPTION: "+e);// Camera is not available (in use or does not exist)
}
return c; // returns null if camera is unavailable
}
private boolean prepareMediaRecorder() {
myCamera = getCameraInstance();
mediaRecorder = new MediaRecorder();
myCamera.unlock();
mediaRecorder.setCamera(myCamera);
mediaRecorder.setAudioSource(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.CAMCORDER);
mediaRecorder.setVideoSource(MediaRecorder.VideoSource.CAMERA);
mediaRecorder.setProfile(CamcorderProfile
.get(CamcorderProfile.QUALITY_HIGH));
mediaRecorder.setOutputFile(g.kExtStorageDirectory + g.kVideoDirectory
+ "myvideo.mp4");
mediaRecorder.setMaxDuration(60000); // Set max duration 60 sec.
mediaRecorder.setMaxFileSize(5000000); // Set max file size 5M
mediaRecorder.setPreviewDisplay(myCameraSurfaceView.getHolder()
.getSurface());
try {
mediaRecorder.prepare();
} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
releaseMediaRecorder();
return false;
} catch (IOException e) {
releaseMediaRecorder();
return false;
}
return true;
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
releaseMediaRecorder(); // if you are using MediaRecorder, release it
// first
releaseCamera(); // release the camera immediately on pause event
}
private void releaseMediaRecorder() {
if (mediaRecorder != null) {
mediaRecorder.reset(); // clear recorder configuration
mediaRecorder.release(); // release the recorder object
mediaRecorder = null;
myCamera.lock(); // lock camera for later use
}
}
private void releaseCamera() {
if (myCamera != null) {
myCamera.stopPreview();
myCamera.release(); // release the camera for other applications
myCamera = null;
}
}
}
my camera surface view
public class DRPCameraSurfaceView extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback{
private SurfaceHolder mHolder;
private Camera mCamera;
public DRPCameraSurfaceView(Context context, Camera camera) {
super(context);
mCamera = camera;
// Install a SurfaceHolder.Callback so we get notified when the
// underlying surface is created and destroyed.
mHolder = getHolder();
mHolder.addCallback(this);
// deprecated setting, but required on Android versions prior to 3.0
mHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
}
@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int weight,
int height) {
// If your preview can change or rotate, take care of those events here.
// Make sure to stop the preview before resizing or reformatting it.
if (mHolder.getSurface() == null){
// preview surface does not exist
return;
}
// stop preview before making changes
try {
mCamera.stopPreview();
} catch (Exception e){
// ignore: tried to stop a non-existent preview
}
// make any resize, rotate or reformatting changes here
// start preview with new settings
try {
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(mHolder);
mCamera.startPreview();
} catch (Exception e){
}
}
@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
// The Surface has been created, now tell the camera where to draw the preview.
try {
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
mCamera.startPreview();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
@Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
this.getHolder().removeCallback(this);
//mCamera.stopPreview();
// mCamera.release();
// mCamera = null;
Log.v("surfaceDestroyed", "surfaceDestroyed");
}
}
