Google Camera does not work ("Camera has stopped")

[jamuir]

The Google Camera (from opengapps) closes shortly after it is opened on some phh-GSI devices (the Sony XZ1 Compact, in particular). Other Camera apks work correctly (e.g. Open Camera by M Harman).

This may be an opengapps issue, but opening here so that it can be identified as a known issue.

Relevant Logcat output:

04-09 01:43:20.827 D/AndroidRuntime( 4294): Shutting down VM
--------- beginning of crash
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): Process: com.google.android.GoogleCamera, PID: 4294
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not find tag for key 'com.google.nexus.experimental2016.3a.hybrid_ae_enable')
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at dlx.run(PG:2)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:789)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:164)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6541)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at com.android.internal.os.Zygote$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(Zygote.java:240)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:767)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not find tag for key 'com.google.nexus.experimental2016.3a.hybrid_ae_enable')
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraMetadataNative.nativeGetTagFromKeyLocal(Native Method)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraMetadataNative.setBase(CameraMetadataNative.java:978)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraMetadataNative.set(CameraMetadataNative.java:429)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraMetadataNative.set(CameraMetadataNative.java:433)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at android.hardware.camera2.CaptureRequest$Builder.set(CaptureRequest.java:590)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at iia.a(PG:4)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at gfx.a(PG:56)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at doo.a(PG:8)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at efs.a(PG:7)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at dlw.run(PG:7)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:457)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at jvp.b(PG:5)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at juu.run(PG:8)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at jvn.run(PG:11)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1162)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:636)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:764)
04-09 01:43:20.828 E/AndroidRuntime( 4294): 	at avv.run(PG:8)

[jamuir]

it seems like Google Camera is looking for certain values in com.google.nexus.experimental2016.jar, but they are missing.

[jamuir]

the jar itself may be fine. it is actually the native method nativeGetTagFromKeyLocal() that fails.

the key/string com.google.nexus.experimental2016.3a.hybrid_ae_enable comes from the jar:

$ adb pull /system/framework/com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.jar
/system/framework/com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.jar: 1 file pulled. 0.6 MB/s (2161 bytes in 0.003s)
$ unzip -p com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.jar | strings | grep hybrid
5com.google.nexus.experimental2016.3a.hybrid_ae_enable

Note that Google Camera still crashes in permissive-mode.

[jamuir]

I deleted two files from the system image and Google Camera started to work (and the sony green-screen issue also went away!). This was suggested in the following XDA post:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69843893&postcount=184

$ adb root
$ adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system
$ adb shell stop
$ adb shell rm /system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.xml 
$ adb shell rm /system/framework/com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.jar
$ adb reboot

[newyesor]

You use google camera version?

[jamuir]

Yes, I am using Google Camera from OpenGApps in my GSI.

[newyesor]

You can share file Google Camera from OpenGapps.

[jamuir]

https://github.com/opengapps/arm64/tree/master/app/com.google.android.googlecamera

[phhusson]

Should be fixed by phhusson/device_phh_treble@639dd35

[4PERTURE]

I deleted two files from the system image and Google Camera started to work (and the sony green-screen issue also went away!). This was suggested in the following XDA post:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69843893&postcount=184

$ adb root
$ adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system
$ adb shell stop
$ adb shell rm /system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.xml 
$ adb shell rm /system/framework/com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.jar
$ adb reboot

Thanks for this. I was having this problem in a ROM and this did the trick.

[saravanabalagi]

@4PERTURE Hi, I am trying to do adb shell stop from terminal emulator as stop and that command blacks the phone out. I don't know what stop does, but I can't seem to delete /system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.xml or /system/framework/com.google.android.camera.experimental2016.jar as it says device or resource busy. Any ideas?

[saravanabalagi]

Workaround: I rebooted the phone in recovery mode and deleted those two files. Gcam's working now

PS: But I would still want to know what stop does.