From 0f2be13dc691ff087d1705b7ea632654cc06c383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ruben Brunk
- * This error can be produced when opening the camera fails.
+ * This error can be produced when opening the camera fails due to the camera
+ * being used by a higher-priority camera API client.
*
There may still be capture callbacks that are invoked * after this method is called, or new image buffers that are delivered @@ -688,8 +689,9 @@ public abstract class CameraDevice implements AutoCloseable { * about the disconnection.
* *You should clean up the camera with {@link CameraDevice#close} after - * this happens, as it is not recoverable until opening the camera again - * after it becomes {@link CameraManager.AvailabilityCallback#onCameraAvailable available}. + * this happens, as it is not recoverable until the camera can be opened + * again. For most use cases, this will be when the camera again becomes + * {@link CameraManager.AvailabilityCallback#onCameraAvailable available}. *
* * @param camera the device that has been disconnected diff --git a/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraManager.java b/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraManager.java index 1a00a05b231dd..e2d2f61d48c4c 100644 --- a/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraManager.java +++ b/core/java/android/hardware/camera2/CameraManager.java @@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ public final class CameraManager { } /** - * Return the list of currently connected camera devices by - * identifier. + * Return the list of currently connected camera devices by identifier, including + * cameras that may be in use by other camera API clients. * *Non-removable cameras use integers starting at 0 for their * identifiers, while removable cameras have a unique identifier for each @@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ public final class CameraManager { *
The first time a callback is registered, it is immediately called * with the availability status of all currently known camera devices.
* + *{@link AvailabilityCallback#onCameraUnavailable(String)} will be called whenever a camera + * device is opened by any camera API client. As of API level 23, other camera API clients may + * still be able to open such a camera device, evicting the existing client if they have higher + * priority than the existing client of a camera device. See open() for more details.
+ * *Since this callback will be registered with the camera service, remember to unregister it * once it is no longer needed; otherwise the callback will continue to receive events * indefinitely and it may prevent other resources from being released. Specifically, the @@ -259,14 +264,14 @@ public final class CameraManager { } /** - * Helper for openning a connection to a camera with the given ID. + * Helper for opening a connection to a camera with the given ID. * * @param cameraId The unique identifier of the camera device to open * @param callback The callback for the camera. Must not be null. * @param handler The handler to invoke the callback on. Must not be null. * * @throws CameraAccessException if the camera is disabled by device policy, - * or too many camera devices are already open, or the cameraId does not match + * too many camera devices are already open, or the cameraId does not match * any currently available camera device. * * @throws SecurityException if the application does not have permission to @@ -330,7 +335,8 @@ public final class CameraManager { deviceImpl.setRemoteFailure(e); if (e.getReason() == CameraAccessException.CAMERA_DISABLED || - e.getReason() == CameraAccessException.CAMERA_DISCONNECTED) { + e.getReason() == CameraAccessException.CAMERA_DISCONNECTED || + e.getReason() == CameraAccessException.CAMERA_IN_USE) { // Per API docs, these failures call onError and throw throw e.asChecked(); } @@ -369,7 +375,19 @@ public final class CameraManager { *
Use {@link #getCameraIdList} to get the list of available camera * devices. Note that even if an id is listed, open may fail if the device * is disconnected between the calls to {@link #getCameraIdList} and - * {@link #openCamera}.
+ * {@link #openCamera}, or if a higher-priority camera API client begins using the + * camera device. + * + *As of API level 23, devices for which the + * {@link AvailabilityCallback#onCameraUnavailable(String)} callback has been called due to the + * device being in use by a lower-priority, background camera API client can still potentially + * be opened by calling this method when the calling camera API client has a higher priority + * than the current camera API client using this device. In general, if the top, foreground + * activity is running within your application process, your process will be given the highest + * priority when accessing the camera, and this method will succeed even if the camera device is + * in use by another camera API client. Any lower-priority application that loses control of the + * camera in this way will receive an + * {@link android.hardware.camera2.CameraDevice.StateCallback#onDisconnected} callback.
* *Once the camera is successfully opened, {@link CameraDevice.StateCallback#onOpened} will * be invoked with the newly opened {@link CameraDevice}. The camera device can then be set up @@ -401,7 +419,7 @@ public final class CameraManager { * {@code null} to use the current thread's {@link android.os.Looper looper}. * * @throws CameraAccessException if the camera is disabled by device policy, - * or the camera has become or was disconnected. + * has been disconnected, or is being used by a higher-priority camera API client. * * @throws IllegalArgumentException if cameraId or the callback was null, * or the cameraId does not match any currently or previously available @@ -477,8 +495,7 @@ public final class CameraManager { } /** - * A callback for camera devices becoming available or - * unavailable to open. + * A callback for camera devices becoming available or unavailable to open. * *
Cameras become available when they are no longer in use, or when a new * removable camera is connected. They become unavailable when some