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Android 4.4: Camera Flashlight Blinks Only Few Number of Times

The document is a question posted on Stack Overflow asking for help with an Android camera flashlight app that blinks the flashlight only a few times before crashing. The code for the app is provided in links. Responses suggest modifying the code to wrap the blinking logic in a new thread to improve performance and prevent crashing. A sample blinking flashlight app is also provided as a reference.

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Android 4.4: Camera Flashlight Blinks Only Few Number of Times

The document is a question posted on Stack Overflow asking for help with an Android camera flashlight app that blinks the flashlight only a few times before crashing. The code for the app is provided in links. Responses suggest modifying the code to wrap the blinking logic in a new thread to improve performance and prevent crashing. A sample blinking flashlight app is also provided as a reference.

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Android4.4:CameraFlashlightblinksonlyfewnumberoftimes

Ihavelookedintoothercameraflashlightrelatedproblemsinstackoverflow,butcouldn'tfindananswerthatsolvesmyissue.Theflashlight
flashesfor68timesandthentheappcrashes.HereIhavea blink() methodthatcalls cameraon() and cameraoff() inaloop.Couldyou
pleaseletmeknowwhereIwentwrong?Mycodecanbefoundhere:http://pastebin.com/3LRMwd1J Thelogcatoutputcanbeseehere:
http://pastebin.com/2GTpn8Ux
Ihavetriedusingsurfacetextures,triedtoinclude Thread.sleep() inbetween cameraon() and cameraoff() butsofarnoluck.
IuseAndroid4.4withlatestsdkandjdkversions.Iusenexus5fortesting.
Thanksinadvance!
android flashlight

editedJul30'14at13:51

askedJul30'14at13:19
user3891554
1

Pleasepostyourcodeinyourquestionaswell,someareunabletogettopastebinduetoproxies JBires
Jul30'14at13:52

3Answers

Seeifmycodehelpsany:https://github.com/wolfhorse/SimpleFlashlight
Itdoesn'tblinkbutitmaybeagoodreferenceforyou.
EDIT:ImodifiedtheonClick()eventofthetogglebuttonintheSimpleFlashlightappreferenced
abovebyaddingthecodebelowanditblinks/flashesfineonmySamsungGalaxyS5without
error.
Threadthread=newThread(newRunnable(){
@Override
publicvoidrun(){
booleanflashOn=false;
for(inti=0;i<20;i++){
flashOn=!flashOn;
toggleFlash(flashOn);
try{
Thread.sleep(300);
}catch(InterruptedExceptione){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
});
thread.start();

WrappedinnewThreadlikeotherssuggestedherebetterperformance.
editedAug5'14at20:13

answeredJul30'14at14:28
wolfhorse
46

Thankswillcheckthatout! user3891554 Jul31'14at10:13


SeemslikeyoushouldbeabletomodifythatprojectandcallthetoggleFlash(booleanturnLightOn)[located
intheSimpleFlashlight/app/src/main/java/com/wolfhorse/simpleflashlight/FlashlightActivity.java
file]usingaBlink()methodlikeyouareattemptingabove.Letmeknowifitworks.wolfhorseJul31'14at
20:28
Itdoesn'twork:(Iwasnotabletofindouttheerror user3891554 Aug1'14at9:52

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