media.useCamera('back') crashes on tablet when no back-camera available

[SuperUserNameMan]

Hello again,

I'm testing the new Phonk 1.2.7 on my Acer B7-A71 tablet (Android 4.1.2).

Problem description PHONK 1.2.x crashes when running example media/camera.

media.useCamera('back') crashes PHONK because there is no back-camera.

media.useCamera('front') works.

Device model Acer B7-A71 tablet

CPU : MT6517 armv7l GPU : PowerVR SGX 531 RAM : 512 MB Display : 600x1024 @ 169 dpi

Android version Android 4.1.2 API Level 16 OpenGL ES 2.0

[victordiaz]

Hello @SuperUserNameMan

1) Did it work before? 2) Did you update the examples 3) Do you get any error?

Thanks

[SuperUserNameMan]

No it never worked on this tablet. I thought I told you already, but I might have forgot.

[SuperUserNameMan]

Oh wait ! useCamera('front') instead of back works this time.

It did not work at all with previous version.

So it only crash when useCamera('back').

And it displays no error. PHONK just close.

[victordiaz]

Thanks @SuperUserNameMan I will add a camara availabilty check before you can use it :)

[SuperUserNameMan]

@victordiaz : I've tested this example again with the new 1.2.8. It does not crash, but it does not work anymore. It displays this error : ~~[ :-( problem! ] Wrapped java.lang.NullPointerException (Camera#12) ~~

edit : nevermind, forgot to save the script after i replaced "back" with "front" into the code (since this tablet does not have back camera)

[victordiaz]

@SuperUserNameMan What is your expected behavior? I will have a deeper look these days

[SuperUserNameMan]

@SuperUserNameMan What is your expected behavior? I will have a deeper look these days

Oh sorry, nevermind ... my bad. I tested again and it works. I must have forgot to save the script before running it again into the webeditor after i replaced "back" with "front" (as my tablet does not have back camera).

Though, what do you think of this behavior for media.useCamera() :

• if the requested camera is not available, automatically try with the other one ?

  public PCamera useCamera(String camera) {
      PCamera pCamera = new PCamera(getAppRunner(), camera);
      if ( pCamera == NULL ) pCamera = new PCamera( getAppRunner(), camera == "front" ? "back" : "front" );
      return pCamera;
  }