Can't capture video : Camera disabled or in use by other process about landscapevideocamera

[kevalpatel2106]

@fbayle Can you check this on the device running lower than 23? Also, make sure you added camera permission in manifest and do you handle runtime permissions?

Because this line E/VideoCapture_Exception: Unable to open camera - Camera disabled or in use by other process error log clearly indicates that OpenCameraException(OpenType.INUSE) exception is thrown.

[fbayle]

Thank you for your quick answer.

I've put those in the manifest :

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

And here is my gradle file

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 23
    buildToolsVersion "24.0.3"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.xxxxx.xxxxx"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 23
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

repositories {
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.4.0'
    compile 'com.github.JeroenMols:LandscapeVideoCamera:1.2.2'
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

Edit : OK, with this gradle file, it works :

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "24.0.3"
    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "com.xxxxx.xxxxx"
        minSdkVersion 16
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
        testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

repositories {
    maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
    compile 'com.github.JeroenMols:LandscapeVideoCamera:1.2.2'
    testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}

Thank you :)

[JeroenMols]

Can I conclude that the problem was that you didn't request the camera permission at runtime?

[fbayle]

No, the problem is that it does work with sdk 22 but not with sdk 23.

[kevalpatel2106]

@fbayle Yeah, that is because runtime permissions were introduced in API 23. So on API < 23, permissions are automatically granted, but for API >=23 you need to ask the user to grant permission.

I think you should read about runtime permissions from here first.

[JeroenMols]

Thanks for the stellar support @kevalpatel2106 !
Closing the issue as resolved