Android :: Failed Binder Transaction When Returning Camera Image
Feb 15, 2010
I get the Failed binder transaction error in the logcat when returning the image taken with the camera from the camera intent back to the parent intent (as a byte[] using putExtra). I don't understand why, its not like its a big bitmap or anything. It only happens when i take pictures with lots of light, because then the byte[] is bigger. The error occurs when leaving the camera intent. Does anyone see a mistake in my code?
Here is the code of the camera intent:
CODE:.............
And here is the code that calls the camera intent:
CODE:..................
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Feb 16, 2010
I have a problem with an app that lets the user take a picture. I've posted it on some forums already, but nobody seems to recognize the problem. Hopefully someone here knows a solution :)
I've put the code of taking a picture in a seperate activity. Then I call the camera intent from my main activity using activityForResult. In the camera intent, I use putExtra to return the camera image (as a byte[] without doing anything to it). But when the program transitions back from the camera intent to the parent intent that called it I get a Failed Binder Transaction error in the logcat because the byte[] is too big. But I don't understand this, because the image is not even taken using the maximum resolution :S
The code of my camera intent is:
CODE:......................
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Jan 4, 2010
I currently have a lot of problems with this error. I programmed a widget and a service that runs in the background. This service is updating the widget on different occasions (position changed, screen turned on, timer based...) with images and text it's loading from a server. After a couple of updates I always get an error from the JavaBinder, at least that's what DDMS says. Reproducing the problem with my app is quite easy but I just can't figure out what's going on there.
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May 6, 2009
I've been researching how to best implement a service which performs a network transaction and returns data to the caller.
Clearly, this needs to happen on its own thread which means some form of async response. I can see at least three ways of doing this--some more complex than others. In the descriptions below, C is the caller, S is the service.
1) C wraps a Handler in a Messenger object, adds this to an Intent. C then calls startService with this intent. S extends IntentService which runs the Intents received in a worker thread. S then sends a message to C via the Messenger. This has the benefit of not requiring any of the async binding process or making an IDL interface that needs to be compiled into C. This seems to be the closes to a Handler-based response mechanism of Local Services.
2) C binds to S and then uses AsyncTask<> to make a blocking call to S. S performs the network transaction and returns the data in the return value or an out parameter. This requires the async binding process, but does not require a callback function since the inter- thread communications is handled by AsyncTask<> and the worker thread is in C's context.
3) Make the function called in S be completely asynchronous. S defines two interfaces: IMyService and IMyServiceCallback. S implements IMyService.Stub. C implements IMyServiceCallback.Stub. C binds to S then calls S via IMyService, passing its IMyServiceCallback binder. S spins up a worker thread and returns immediately. S then calls the callback when it has completed the network transaction.
I am asking for advice on which methods are most appropriate. I do not need the the service running constantly, only when the web transaction is required. C does not use S all the time--definitely don't want to bind during C's onCreate. However, I would like the time from when C determines it needs to use S to getting the results back to be as quick as possible (i.e. adding minimal latency to the already latent network access).
Is there any preference to having the worker thread in C or in S? Are there any significant problems with option 1?
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Aug 28, 2010
In my app I'm capturing an image. Everything is working fine unless the phone goes to sleep while the preview is running. Not really sure how to handle it, I'm thinking that it may be best just to prevent the phone from automatically going to sleep while this process is in action. Which I do not know how to do. And if I do that will it prevent the phone from sleeping when i press the power button? perhaps there is a deeper issue here.
LogCat:
08-28 16:17:10.879: WARN/dalvikvm(9652): threadid=3: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001b390)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): Uncaught handler: thread main exiting due to uncaught exception
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): java.lang.RuntimeException: Method called after release()
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at android.hardware.Camera.setHasPreviewCallback(Native Method)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at android.hardware.Camera.access$600(Camera.java:58)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at android.hardware.Camera$EventHandler.handleMessage(Camera.java:339)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4595)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
08-28 16:17:10.879: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(9652): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
Takephoto activity:
public class takephoto extends Activity {
private static final String TAG = "GrowJournalDemo";
Preview preview; // <1> Button buttonClick; // <2>
String journ_id; String plant_id;
// private String plantid = ((resource) this.getApplication()).getplantId();
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.photo);
preview = new Preview(this); // <3>
((FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.preview)).addView(preview); // <4>
String journalid = ((resource) this.getApplication()).getjournalName();
plant_id = ((resource) this.getApplication()).getplantId();
journ_id = journalid;
buttonClick = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonClick);
buttonClick.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) { // <5>
// preview.camera.takePicture(shutterCallback, rawCallback, jpegCallback);
preview.camera.autoFocus(new Camera.AutoFocusCallback() {
Camera.ShutterCallback shutterCallback = new Camera.ShutterCallback() {
public void onShutter() {
// Play your sound here.
} };
public void onAutoFocus(boolean success, Camera camera) {
preview.camera.takePicture(null, null, jpegCallback);
} } );
} } );
Log.d(TAG, "onCreate'd");
} // Called when shutter is opened
ShutterCallback shutterCallback = new ShutterCallback() { // <6>
public void onShutter() { Log.d(TAG, "onShutter'd");
} };
// Handles data for raw picture
PictureCallback rawCallback = new PictureCallback() { // <7>
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
Log.d(TAG, "onPictureTaken - raw");
} };
// Handles data for jpeg picture
PictureCallback jpegCallback = new PictureCallback() { // <8>
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
FileOutputStream outStream = null;
try { android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageState();
// create a File object for the parent directory
File PhotoDirectory = new File(
android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+
"/GrowJournalPhotos/"+journ_id+"/"+plant_id+"/");
// have the object build the directory structure, if needed.
PhotoDirectory.mkdirs();
// create a File object for the output file
File outputFile = new File(PhotoDirectory, "photo.jpg");
// now attach the OutputStream to the file object, instead of a String representation
outStream = new FileOutputStream(outputFile);
outStream.write(data);
outStream.close();
Log.d(TAG, "onPictureTaken - wrote bytes: " + data.length);
setResult(RESULT_OK);
finish();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) { // <10> e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) { e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
} Log.d(TAG, "onPictureTaken - jpeg");
} };
}
Preview surfaceview:
public class Preview extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
private static final String TAG = "Preview";
SurfaceHolder mHolder; // <2>
public Camera camera; // <3>
Preview(Context context) {
super(context);
// Install a SurfaceHolder.Callback so we get notified when the
// underlying surface is created and destroyed.
mHolder = getHolder(); // <4>
mHolder.addCallback(this); // <5>
mHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS); // <6>
} // Called once the holder is ready
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) { // <7>
// The Surface has been created, acquire the camera and tell it where
// to draw.
camera = Camera.open(); // <8>
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder); // <9>
camera.setPreviewCallback(new PreviewCallback() { // <10>
// Called for each frame previewed
public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] data, Camera camera) { // <11>
Log.d(TAG, "onPreviewFrame called at: " + System.currentTimeMillis());
Preview.this.invalidate(); // <12>
} } );
} catch (IOException e) { // <13>
e.printStackTrace();
} }
// Called when the holder is destroyed
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) { // <14>
camera.stopPreview();
camera.release();
camera = null;
}
// Called when holder has changed
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int w, int h) { // <15>
camera.startPreview();
} }
I've added a wake lock to prevent the phone from dimming, I feel this is a temporary solution though as there is still a force close when the device is forced to sleep via power button.
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I have included camera functionality in my application. I have also launched the app in the market. I got an error message from one of the users that he is getting an error while opening the camera...
I have tested the app on the device on 2.1. The error i got from the user is using nexus one which will mostly run 2.2...Here's the logcat error that i received...
java.lang.RuntimeException: setParameters failed
CODE:............
I ran the app on 2.2 emulator also to check it. But it worked fine. can anyone please tell me why the error is occuring?
Here is the class which i mentioned in the comments :
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Based on the video I'm doing things the wrong way, which is not surprising given how hard the right way is. Anyway, having been shown the promised land in the video I'm having a bit of a problem figuring out how to get there.
I have most of it nailed but the one thing that's defeating me is the Binder Callback that Virgil references in the slides (see link above), on page 43 it shows step 2 as starting the service with startService( intent ) and step 10 as returning status information using a Binder Callback. There is no example code anywhere in the presentation which is rather frustrating. There is talk of open sourcing the Twitter client which apparently uses this approach but nothing yet and the announcement was in April.
In the video he states: "What is a binder callback? A binder callback, think of it as an interface that was passed in the request intent."
I have searched all over the place but have not been able to find any doc or examples that show how to pass a callback as part of an intent. Nor can I figure out any other way of passing in a callback.
I thought he may be referring to binding to the service and implementing the callback that way. However, he is specifically referring to a local service and using strarSerice() and not bindService(). Also with bindService() the service will be destroyed if the activity is destroyed which defeats the idea. The workaround is to use startService() and then bindService() and leave the service running for the duration. The other problem with bindService() is that the callback can not be use until onServiceConnected() completes which complicates the code even further as the action instructions can not be passed in the intent because the return callback may not be in place in time to return the results.
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A client side is an Activity based on the above sample, and just added the following code:
CODE:.......
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CODE:...............
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Here's the code I am using...
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CODE:.................
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CODE:..........
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