I am following this link http://www.vogella.com/articles/AndroidCamera/article.html#tutorial_cameraapi
only I changed cameraId = findFrontFacingCamera(); line to cameraId = findBackFacingCamera();
and write the method like this:
private int findBackFacingCamera() {
int cameraId = -1;
// Search for the back facing camera
int numberOfCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfCameras; i++) {
CameraInfo info = new CameraInfo();
Camera.getCameraInfo(i, info);
if (info.facing == CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK) {
Log.d(DEBUG_TAG, "back Camera found");
cameraId = i;
break;
}
}
return cameraId;
}
And I modify this line camera.takePicture(null, null, new PhotoHandler(getApplicationContext()));
to
try {
camera.takePicture(null, null, new PhotoHandler(getApplicationContext()));
} catch (Throwable e) {
Log.d("error",""+e);
}
I HAD CHANGED NOTHING
Device I am checking on Galaxy Fit
Giving error
07-05 07:09:06.159: D/error(26994): java.lang.NullPointerException