android.hardware.camera2.CameraAccessException: The camera device has encountered a serious error

[FanYimin]

02-14 18:55:46.506 17115-17115/com.example.android.camera2video E/CameraCaptureSession: Session 1: Exception while stopping repeating:
android.hardware.camera2.CameraAccessException: The camera device has encountered a serious error
at android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraDeviceImpl.checkIfCameraClosedOrInError(CameraDeviceImpl.java:1478)
at android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraDeviceImpl.stopRepeating(CameraDeviceImpl.java:677)
at android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraCaptureSessionImpl.close(CameraCaptureSessionImpl.java:328)
at com.example.android.camera2video.Camera2VideoFragment.closePreviewSession(Camera2VideoFragment.java:669)
at com.example.android.camera2video.Camera2VideoFragment.startPreview(Camera2VideoFragment.java:491)
at com.example.android.camera2video.Camera2VideoFragment.stopRecordingVideo(Camera2VideoFragment.java:689)
at com.example.android.camera2video.Camera2VideoFragment.onClick(Camera2VideoFragment.java:313)
at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4851)
at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:20016)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:739)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:95)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5481)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:372)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:952)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:747)

[FanYimin]

xiaomi meizu both get crushed

[fxp]

moto X(2nd generation, 5.0) crashs with the same error

[fxp]

I got a fix from stackoverflow. Basically stopping capturing video before close recorder, but don't know why exactly.

[Barazu]

Answered here: #37
While stopping capturing video does prevent the crash, an error is still thrown and the app sometimes get stuck (not sure if on every phone, but it did on mine). Delaying the stop of the recorder fixes that.

[codingjeremy]

This sample has been migrated to a new location where we can accept Pull Requests (check README for more information).

As recommended by GitHub, we are closing all issues and pull requests now that this older repo will be archived.

If you still see this issue in the updated repo, please reopen the issue/PR there. Thank you!