java.lang.RuntimeException: startPreview failed

12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989): java.lang.RuntimeException: startPreview failed
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.hardware.Camera.startPreview(Native Method)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at com.jlbank.camera.CameraManager.startPreview(CameraManager.java:38)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at com.jlbank.camera.CameraSurfaceView.surfaceCreated(CameraSurfaceView.java:37)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.SurfaceView.updateWindow(SurfaceView.java:540)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.SurfaceView.dispatchDraw(SurfaceView.java:339)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1646)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1375)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1646)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1375)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewGroup.drawChild(ViewGroup.java:1646)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewGroup.dispatchDraw(ViewGroup.java:1375)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.View.draw(View.java:6742)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.widget.FrameLayout.draw(FrameLayout.java:352)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at com.android.internal.policy.impl.PhoneWindow$DecorView.draw(PhoneWindow.java:1872)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewRoot.draw(ViewRoot.java:1422)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewRoot.performTraversals(ViewRoot.java:1167)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.view.ViewRoot.handleMessage(ViewRoot.java:1744)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:144)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4937)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:868)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:626)
12-04 14:16:55.687: E/AndroidRuntime(6989):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

 

解决方法：

初始化Camera对象时，设置SurfaceHolder对象的类型，如下：

surfaceHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);