Preview mode must have started before you can take a picture

[DarshanSS16]

I am trying to capture a pic from a phone which has autofocus but as soon as i clicked on de apture button my app is getting crashed.

E/CustomActivityOnCrash: App has crashed, executing CustomActivityOnCrash's UncaughtExceptionHandler
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Preview mode must have started before you can take a picture
at com.commonsware.cwac.camera.CameraView.takePicture(CameraView.java:331)
at com.commonsware.cwac.camera.CameraFragment.takePicture(CameraFragment.java:162)
at nl.changer.polypicker.CwacCameraFragment.takePicture(CwacCameraFragment.java:144)
at nl.changer.polypicker.CwacCameraFragment$DemoCameraHost.onAutoFocus(CwacCameraFragment.java:287)
at com.commonsware.cwac.camera.CameraView.onAutoFocus(CameraView.java:413)
at android.hardware.Camera$EventHandler.handleMessage(Camera.java:1218)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:135)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5416)
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:937)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:732)

[sebbatko]

Did U find solution?