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Media volume either 0% or 100%

I have a custom android AOSP ROM with a peculiar problem: The volume can only be set to either 0% or 100%. As a result, the volume buttons just turn the sound on or off. If I use the volume slider instead, and the volume is not muted, it jumps immediately to 100%. The volume is not reduced even momentarily.
Interestingly, the volume for ringtones and alarms is not affected and can be set as usual.
The problem occurs via headphones, internal speakers, and HDMI out.
I tried setprop ro.config.media_vol_steps 30, and that does work in that it changes the number of volume steps in the slider - but it does not affect the output volume. I found nothing in logcat, this is the only suspicious thing (I set the volume via slider to a low value):
02-08 06:18:43.117 1813 2298 V audio_hw_primary: out_set_parameters: routing=1024
02-08 06:18:43.670 22493 22493 I vol.Events: writeEvent touch_level_changed STREAM_MUSIC 3
02-08 06:18:44.127 22493 22493 I vol.Events: writeEvent touch_level_done STREAM_MUSIC 3
02-08 06:18:46.575 22493 22493 I vol.Events: writeEvent dismiss_dialog touch_outside
02-08 06:18:46.581 22493 24066 I vol.Events: writeEvent active_stream_changed UNKNOWN_STREAM_-1
02-08 06:18:46.695 1813 2298 V audio_hw_primary: out_set_parameters: routing=1024
02-08 06:18:49.842 1813 2298 D audio_hw_primary: out_standby
What could cause this? E.g. does the hardware report the current volume back to the UI (then it could be a driver problem)?

In your ROM, a fixed-volume (full) is set. Its a resource configuration. Usually done for HDMI devices.

Why is Account Picker in Android application getting canceled?

Following the "Five minute quick start" documentation for uploading a file from an Android device to Google Drive, I've written a test application that successfully uploads a file but my attempt at copying the relevant code to a larger application doesn't upload a file because its Google Account Picker is always getting canceled:
the onActivityResult() result code is 0 (i.e.,
RESULT_CANCELED),
the onActivityResult() intent argument is null, and
the logcat (shown below) reveals that "Activity is launching as a new task, so
cancelling activity result."
04-22 02:04:25.098: D/alsa_ucm(162): snd_use_case_set(): uc_mgr 0x40e59388 identifier _verb value HiFi Lowlatency
04-22 02:04:25.098: D/alsa_ucm(162): Set mixer controls for Speaker enable 1
04-22 02:04:25.098: D/ACDB-LOADER(162): ACDB -> send_afe_cal
04-22 02:04:25.098: I/ActivityManager(526): START u0 {act=com.google.android.gms.common.account.CHOOSE_ACCOUNT cmp=com.google.android.gms/.common.account.AccountPickerActivity (has extras)} from pid 3484
04-22 02:04:25.098: W/ActivityManager(526): Activity is launching as a new task, so cancelling activity result.
04-22 02:04:25.108: D/alsa_ucm(162): Set mixer controls for HiFi Lowlatency enable 1
04-22 02:04:25.108: D/ALSAModule(162): Device value returned is hw:0,14
04-22 02:04:25.118: D/ALSAModule(162): setHardwareParams: reqBuffSize 1024 channels 2 sampleRate 48000
04-22 02:04:25.118: D/ALSAModule(162): setHardwareParams: buffer_size 2048, period_size 1024, period_cnt 2
04-22 02:04:25.188: D/dalvikvm(526): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 565K, 15% free 18562K/21684K, paused 71ms, total 71ms
04-22 02:04:25.248: D/overlay(159): Unset pipe=VG0 dpy=0; Unset pipe=VG1 dpy=0; Unset pipe=RGB1 dpy=0
04-22 02:04:25.248: W/InputMethodManagerService(526): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy#41ebd7e0 attribute=null, token = android.os.BinderProxy#42018140
04-22 02:04:27.991: D/dalvikvm(526): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 422K, 15% free 18564K/21684K, paused 65ms, total 66ms
04-22 02:04:28.011: I/ActivityManager(526): No longer want com.google.android.marvin.talkback (pid 5301): empty #17
04-22 02:04:28.241: D/overlay(159): Set pipe=RGB1 dpy=0; Set pipe=VG0 dpy=0; Set pipe=VG1 dpy=0;
04-22 02:04:28.672: D/overlay(159): Unset pipe=VG0 dpy=0; Unset pipe=VG1 dpy=0; Unset pipe=RGB1 dpy=0;
The code that launches the Google Account Picker is exactly the same in both applications but the picker gets canceled only in the larger application.
// Handle item selection
case R.id.action_select_account:
mCredential = GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(this, DriveScopes.DRIVE);
Intent intent2 = mCredential.newChooseAccountIntent();
showToast("intent extra: " + intent2.getStringExtra(AccountManager.KEY_ACCOUNT_NAME)); // TODO: remove after test
startActivityForResult(intent2, REQUEST_ACCOUNT_PICKER);
return true;
default:
return false;
The test application and the larger application are both debug versions, including the same jars (shown below), and running on the same device (Nexus 4, OS 4.2.2) but, as suggested in the five minute quickstart, each application has its own client ID generated by Google APIs Console.
The result of this cancellation is that the onActivityResult() runs as soon as the Google Account Picker gets drawn, well before an account is selected.
UPDATE:
After an approximately equal amount of trial and error, it turns out that removing the following from AndroidManifest.xml fixed the problem.
android:launchMode="singleInstance"
My initial question of why now shifts to why does the Google Account Picker in Android need to create multiple instances?
Thanks,
Greg

If you use singleInstance you permit no other activities to be part of its task. Use singleTask instead.
As stated on http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/manifest/activity-element.html#lmode
a few paragraphs down.
The "singleTask" and "singleInstance" modes also differ from each other in only one respect: A "singleTask" activity allows other activities to be part of its task. It's always at the root of its task, but other activities (necessarily "standard" and "singleTop" activities) can be launched into that task. A "singleInstance" activity, on the other hand, permits no other activities to be part of its task. It's the only activity in the task. If it starts another activity, that activity is assigned to a different task — as if FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK was in the intent.

As described in the question's update, the account picker started working when I removed singleInstance launchMode from AndroidManifest.xml. I don't know if this single instance launch mode behavior is a bug or a lack of documentation, but I submitted it to the Android Issue Tracker: issue 54656

For some reason, the intent returned by account manager has singleTop set, which always causes your onActivityResult to fail immediately and return a 0 resultCode (Activity.RESULT_CANCELLED) or whatever. I had to zero-out the intent flags to prevent this
// prevent running AccountPicker as SingleTop which fails and calls onActivityResult immediately otherwise
intent.setFlags(0);
startActivityForResult(intent, AccountManagerUtils.GOOGLE_AUTH_REQUEST_CODE);

App takes too long to start-up

I have and android app which takes >=5 seconds to show up after it's icon is clicked.
As soon as I click the icon, I get the black screen with name of the app in status bar. After 5+ seconds, the home screen appears.
I referred this post on SO which and I got following result from stack trace
16:13:14.915: I/ActivityManager(59): Starting activity: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10200000 cmp=packageName/.SelectType }
16:13:14.954: I/SurfaceFlinger(59):
16:13:14.954: I/SurfaceFlinger(59): SurfaceFlinger::createSurface() : layer->mIdentity=176, LayerName= Starting packageName
16:13:14.954: I/SurfaceFlinger(59): SurfaceFlinger::createSurface() : layer->clientIndex=2, surfaceHandle->mToken=0x2
16:13:16.026: D/AnrParser(184): Waiting kernel log . . .
16:13:16.614: D/dalvikvm(6890): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 12274 objects / 785016 bytes in 135ms
16:13:17.784: D/dalvikvm(133): GC_EXTERNAL_ALLOC freed 415 objects / 21624 bytes in 1285ms
16:13:17.914: D/dalvikvm(6890): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 5762 objects / 339024 bytes in 90ms
16:13:18.174: D/AnrParser(184): Waiting kernel log . . .
16:13:18.344: E/keystore(6966): chdir: /data/misc/keystore: Permission denied
16:13:19.693: D/dalvikvm(6890): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 5994 objects / 372624 bytes in 93ms
16:13:20.173: D/AnrParser(184): Waiting kernel log . . .
16:13:22.173: D/AnrParser(184): Waiting kernel log . . .
16:13:22.743: I/SurfaceFlinger(59):
16:13:22.743: I/SurfaceFlinger(59): SurfaceFlinger::createSurface() : layer->mIdentity=177, LayerName= packageName/packageName.SelectType
16:13:22.743: I/SurfaceFlinger(59): SurfaceFlinger::createSurface() : layer->clientIndex=0, surfaceHandle->mToken=0x0
16:13:22.983: D/dalvikvm(6890): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 21467 objects / 1097728 bytes in 119ms
16:13:23.403: E/keystore(6973): chdir: /data/misc/keystore: Permission denied
16:13:24.173: D/AnrParser(184): Waiting kernel log . . .
16:13:24.923: W/ActivityManager(59): Launch timeout has expired, giving up wake lock!
16:13:25.264: W/ActivityManager(59): Activity idle timeout for HistoryRecord{47f56388 packageName/.SelectType}
16:13:25.403: I/ActivityManager(59): Displayed activity packageName/.SelectType: 10206 ms (total 10206 ms)
As you can see in above log, 1st statement is 16:13:14.915: I/ActivityManager(59): Starting activity and last one is 16:13:25.403: I/ActivityManager(59): Displayed activity.
So there is a gap of approx. 10 to 11 seconds.
Any help appreciated.

You might be executing something heavy on the onCreate() or onResume() of the activity...try to debug it to see if you are performing database or I/O operations in these methods directly. You can also activate the StrictMode for a better overview of what is slowing your app down.

In my case, this happens when I use the custom theme in the application tag and with app launcher Activity in Manifest File
Such that i use this custom theme
android:theme="#style/Theme.MyAppTheme"
But when I remove the theme from the application tag and change the app launcher Activity theme to the default theme my problem is Solve
I Change the app launcher Activity theme with
android:theme="#style/Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar"

Android Testing - App works on one phone, but crashes on others

I created an app and it worked just fine on my phone, so I put it up on the market. My friend tried downloading it first, and it does not work on her phone. After the Splash Screen, it force closes.
I don't understand why this is happening. I was under the impression that the market only allowed users with the correct devices to download the app, so figured this wouldn't be an issue.
Has anyone had this happen? Also is there any way for me to test my app on all different phones to ensure that it will not crash again before re-posting it on the market?
**UPDATE - i had her run aLogCat and here is the result. It was too many characters, so I copied from the first E/
E/CameraService( 166): Invalid Burst Count setting burst count to 1
V/CameraHal( 166): camera_set_parameters
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:311 setParameters - White balance set auto
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:321 setParameters - Antibanding set auto
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:337 setParameters - Exposure compensation set 0
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:343 setParameters - Scene mode set auto
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:363 setParameters - Flash mode set on
D/CameraHalM( 166): Current battery Level, 3425000 uv
D/CameraHalM( 166): flashIntensity = 50
E/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:374 setParameters - Setting KEY_MOT_LEDFLASH--50
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:384 setParameters - Effect set none
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:402 setParameters - Jpeg quality set 90
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:409 setParameters - Thumbnail width set 160
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:416 setParameters - Thumbnail width set 120
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:423 setParameters - Thumbnail quality set 60
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:470 setParameters - Zoom set 0
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:483 setParameters - Auto Exposure Lock set false
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:492 setParameters - Auto WhiteBalance Lock set false
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:507 setParameters - Focus mode set auto
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHalM.cpp:124 setMotParameters - Checking Image Stabilization param, off
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHalM.cpp:144 setMotParameters - Disabling Image Stabilization capturing
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHalM.cpp:189 setMotParameters - Led Torch : 0
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHalM.cpp:289 setMotTcmdParametersIfNeeded - Checking Mot Test Mode param, off
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHalM.cpp:300 setMotTcmdParametersIfNeeded - Disabling Test Mode
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:566 setParameters - PreviewFormat set yuv420sp
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:578 setParameters - VNF true
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:596 setParameters - VSTAB false
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:617 setParameters - IPP mode set ldc-nsf
D/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:652 setParameters - Sensor Orientation is set to 0
E/CameraHal( 166): (12785a0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:662 setParameters - Invalid preview resolution 960 x 540
V/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onInitialize : 6579
D/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onSetOnInfoListener : 6579
D/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onOpenDecryptSession by fd : 11
D/ ( 165): filename = /system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
V/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onTerminate : 6579
V/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onInitialize : 6579
D/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onSetOnInfoListener : 6579
D/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onOpenDecryptSession by fd : 11
D/ ( 165): filename = /system/media/audio/ui/multishot_click.ogg
D/AndroidRuntime( 4594): Shutting down VM
W/dalvikvm( 4594): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40ac7210)
V/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onTerminate : 6579
V/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onInitialize : 6579
D/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onSetOnInfoListener : 6579
D/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onOpenDecryptSession by fd : 11
D/ ( 165): filename = /system/media/audio/ui/VideoRecord.ogg
I/OMXCodec( 166): isAudio=1, mMIME=audio/vorbis
V/MotDrmPlugIn( 165): MotDrmPlugIn::onTerminate : 6579
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): java.lang.RuntimeException: setParameters failed
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.hardware.Camera.native_setParameters(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.hardware.Camera.setParameters(Camera.java:1414)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity.surfaceChanged(ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity.java:425)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.view.SurfaceView.updateWindow(SurfaceView.java:544)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.view.SurfaceView.access$000(SurfaceView.java:81)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.view.SurfaceView$3.onPreDraw(SurfaceView.java:169)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.view.ViewTreeObserver.dispatchOnPreDraw(ViewTreeObserver.java:590)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:1662)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.view.ViewRootImpl.handleMessage(ViewRootImpl.java:2558)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:137)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4697)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:787)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:554)
E/AndroidRuntime( 4594): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
W/ActivityManager( 375): Force finishing activity sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity
I/OMXCodec( 166): isAudio=1, mMIME=audio/vorbis
I/OMXCodec( 166): isAudio=1, mMIME=audio/vorbis
I/AudioPlayer( 166): read from audio source returned: -1011
I/AudioPlayer( 166): read from audio source returned: -1011
I/AudioPlayer( 166): read from audio source returned: -1011
W/ApplicationContext( 375): Unable to create files directory files
D/ExtDispService( 667): onRotationChanged - rotation = 0
D/ExtDispService( 667): onRotationChanged! - PORTRAIT!!!
D/IExtDispIpcCB( 163): BnExtDispIpcCB NOTIFYCB: type:101; ext1:1; ext2:0;
D/HWC_HDMI_MOT( 163): IpcCB notifyCallback: type:101; ext1:1; ext2:0;
D/HWC_HDMI_MOT( 163): IpcCB notifyCallback: UI Orientation state change - rotation = 0
D/ti_hwc ( 163): hdmi_callback: UI Rotation = 0
I/InputReader( 375): Reconfiguring input devices. changes=0x00000004
I/InputReader( 375): Device reconfigured: id=2, name='atmxt-i2c', surface size is now 540x960, mode is 1
I/ActivityManager( 375): Config changed: {1.0 311mcc480mnc en_US layoutdir=0 sw360dp w360dp h614dp nrml long port finger -keyb/v/h -nav/h s.6}
D/Swype ( 703): checkEditorShowsCompletions(): shows: false
I/PortalService( 817): onConfigurationChanged
D/OpenGLRenderer( 498): Flushing caches (mode 0)
V/RecentsPanelView( 498): onVisibilityChanged(com.android.systemui.recent.RecentsPanelView#41c57358, 8)
I/SystemUIService( 498): onConfigurationChanged reached.
I/SystemUIService( 498): isLayoutXLarge = false
D/EvbridgeService( 817): handleIntent() android.intent.action.CONFIGURATION_CHANGED handled by com.android.portal.EvbridgeService#413f4738
D/RecentsPanelView( 498): panelHeight=0
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 498): Intent.ACTION_CONFIGURATION_CHANGED Received
D/ConnectivityService( 375): getMobileDataEnabled returning true
D/ConnectivityService( 375): getMobileDataEnabled returning true
D/OpenGLRenderer( 874): Flushing caches (mode 0)
D/OpenGLRenderer( 874): Flushing caches (mode 1)
D/Launcher.Model( 874): onReceive intent=Intent { act=android.intent.action.CONFIGURATION_CHANGED flg=0x60000010 }
W/ActivityManager( 375): Activity pause timeout for ActivityRecord{414bfdd8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity}
D/Launcher.Model( 874): onReceive intent=Intent { act=android.intent.action.CONFIGURATION_CHANGED flg=0x60000010 }
W/InputManagerService( 375): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy#41af34d0
W/Launcher( 874): localizable app group not found: Verizon Wireless
W/Launcher( 874): localizable app group not found: Verizon Wireless
W/Launcher( 874): localizable app group not found: Verizon Wireless
W/Launcher( 874): localizable app group not found: Verizon Wireless
I/ActivityManager( 375): No longer want com.google.android.talk (pid 4266): hidden #21
I/AlarmManager( 375): sending alarm Alarm{41ae30a0 type 2 com.android.phone}, PendingIntent{41b402e8: PendingIntentRecord{41d51cb8 com.android.phone broadcastIntent}}
V/AlarmManager( 375): sending alarm OnFinished PendingIntent{41b402e8: PendingIntentRecord{41d51cb8 com.android.phone broadcastIntent}}
D/AudioHardwareMot( 166): AudioStreamOutMot::standby called for 0x129c140
D/AudioHardwareMot( 166): Changed Min CPU Frequency to 300000 KHz
D/AudioHardwareMot( 166): Output 0x129c140 standby complete
D/dalvikvm( 375): GC_EXPLICIT freed 445K, 33% free 17236K/25635K, paused 9ms+7ms
I/Process ( 4594): Sending signal. PID: 4594 SIG: 9
W/InputManagerService( 375): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy#420a4e80
W/InputDispatcher( 375): channel '420f92e8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity (server)' ~ Consumer closed input channel or an error occurred. events=0x8
E/InputDispatcher( 375): channel '420f92e8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity (server)' ~ Channel is unrecoverably broken and will be disposed!
W/InputDispatcher( 375): Attempted to unregister already unregistered input channel '420f92e8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity (server)'
W/AudioFlinger( 166): session id 16 not found for pid 166
I/ActivityManager( 375): Process sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid (pid 4594) has died.
I/WindowManager( 375): WIN DEATH: Window{419c0168 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid.SplashScreen paused=false}
I/WindowManager( 375): WIN DEATH: Window{420f92e8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity paused=false}
W/WindowManager( 375): Force-removing child win Window{417dc440 SurfaceView paused=false} from container Window{420f92e8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity paused=false}
V/CameraHal( 166): camera_disable_msg_type
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/CameraHal.cpp:225 disableMsgType - Disabling Preview Callback
V/CameraHal( 166): camera_stop_preview
V/CameraHal( 166): camera_cancel_picture
E/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/BaseCameraAdapter.cpp:1791 setState - Adapter state switch INTIALIZED_STATE Invalid Op! event = 0x5
V/CameraHal( 166): camera_release
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/SensorListener.cpp:223 disableSensor - orientation = 0x12e1518 (LIS3DH 3-axis Accelerometer)
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/SensorListener.cpp:108 ~SensorListener - Kill looper thread
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/SensorListener.cpp:120 ~SensorListener - Kill looper
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/SensorListener.cpp:126 ~SensorListener - SensorListener destroyed
I/CameraService( 166): Destroying camera 0
V/CameraHal( 166): camera_device_close
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/AppCallbackNotifier.cpp:1797 stop - --> AppCallbackNotifier NOTIFIER_STOPPED
D/CameraHal( 166): (12e35b8) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/AppCallbackNotifier.cpp:287 notificationThread - Notification Thread received message from Camera HAL
D/CameraHal( 166): (12e35b8) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/AppCallbackNotifier.cpp:1236 processMessage - +Msg get...
D/CameraHal( 166): (12e35b8) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/AppCallbackNotifier.cpp:1238 processMessage - -Msg get...
I/CameraHal( 166): Received NOTIFIER_EXIT command from Camera HAL
D/CameraHal( 166): (12e35b8) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/AppCallbackNotifier.cpp:290 notificationThread - Notification Thread exiting.
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/AppCallbackNotifier.cpp:1301 ~AppCallbackNotifier - Stopping Event Provider
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/AppCallbackNotifier.cpp:1309 ~AppCallbackNotifier - Stopping Frame Provider
D/CameraHal( 166): (12ca020) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/OMXCameraAdapter/OMXCameraAdapter.cpp:1389 switchToLoaded - Already in OMX_Loaded state or OMX_StateInvalid state
W/WindowManager( 375): Failed looking up window
W/WindowManager( 375): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Requested window android.os.BinderProxy#41af7900 does not exist
W/WindowManager( 375): at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerService.windowForClientLocked(WindowManagerService.java:7606)
W/WindowManager( 375): at com.android.server.wm.WindowManagerService.windowForClientLocked(WindowManagerService.java:7597)
W/WindowManager( 375): at com.android.server.wm.WindowState$DeathRecipient.binderDied(WindowState.java:1579)
W/WindowManager( 375): at android.os.BinderProxy.sendDeathNotice(Binder.java:433)
W/WindowManager( 375): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method)
I/WindowManager( 375): WIN DEATH: null
I/WindowManager( 375): WINDOW DIED Window{420f92e8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity paused=false}
D/CameraHal( 166): (12d76d0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/OMXCameraAdapter/OMXCameraAdapter.cpp:3571 Handler - msg.command = -1
D/CameraHal( 166): (12d76d0) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/OMXCameraAdapter/OMXCameraAdapter.cpp:3585 Handler - Exiting command handler
D/CameraHal( 166): (12d2c40) hardware/ti/omap4xxx/camera/OMXCameraAdapter/OMXCameraAdapter.cpp:3628 Handler - Exiting OMX callback handler
I/AlarmManager( 375): sending alarm Alarm{41b2e7d8 type 3 android}, PendingIntent{42116fc0: PendingIntentRecord{421063c0 android broadcastIntent}}
V/AlarmManager( 375): sending alarm OnFinished PendingIntent{42116fc0: PendingIntentRecord{421063c0 android broadcastIntent}}
D/PortalService( 817): Portal onReceive:
I/PortalService( 817): onHandleIntent() action android.intent.action.CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS
I/ActivityManager( 375): START {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.HOME] flg=0x10200000 cmp=com.motorola.blur.home/.Launcher} from pid 375
I/ActivityManager( 375): START {act=android.intent.action.MAIN cat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] flg=0x10000000 pkg=org.jtb.alogcat cmp=org.jtb.alogcat/.LogActivity bnds=[8,65][137,245]} from pid 874
D/OpenGLRenderer( 874): Flushing caches (mode 1)
D/Swype ( 703): checkEditorShowsCompletions(): shows: false
I/ActivityManager( 375): Resumed Activity: org.jtb.alogcat/.LogActivity totalTime: 91 ms
W/IInputConnectionWrapper( 874): showStatusIcon on inactive InputConnection
D/OpenGLRenderer( 874): Flushing caches (mode 0)
D/dalvikvm( 4564): GC_CONCURRENT freed 666K, 5% free 11986K/12579K, paused 1ms+17ms
D/Swype ( 703): checkEditorShowsCompletions(): shows: false
W/ActivityManager( 375): Activity destroy timeout for ActivityRecord{414930d8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/.SplashScreen}
W/ActivityManager( 375): Activity destroy timeout for ActivityRecord{414bfdd8 sillyfidget.com.shakeitpolaroid/.ShakeItLikeAPolaroidActivity}

The problem is that you're passing invalid parameters in Camera.setParameters, not all cameras support the same features so you should be querying the camera for it's capabilities before calling that method. However if I were you I'd maybe start a bit smaller because it appears that you are a little over your head here. At the very least you should know how to recognize relevant log info and debug basic problems like this.
FYI: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.Parameters.html

May be your friend mobile android level is different with your mobile android level.
Some times the app does not work in all Android phones. If you want to check it you must follow these steps
1) Change your app target in manifest as minsdkversion 8 and target sdk version 15.
2) test your app in all emulators.
3) test each module (working of each activity) in all emulators.
You will definitely find some errors if you do like this. Good luck

Strange Behavior of Android VideoView - "Can't Play Video"

In my application,showing video from sdcard folder or new taken video from Video intent in a VideoView in different Activity by passing file path of the video selected.
Now the problem is,
I have tested this app in my 2 devices LG Optimus Black and LG Optimus Me and it works like charm not problem no force close.
Now when i test this app in Samsung Fascinate 2.1 the video view shows the message "Can't Play Video" no matter i select existing video or take new one.
Remember the app is working fine with the above 2 devices.
In the ShowVideo activity i have button to upload the video, when i got the message "Can't Play Video" i been able to take video from the same path and upload it and can check that video at server side but video view didn't played that video.
So, the Video Path of the SDCard is not the problem thats for sure.
also the Video are of .3gp or .mp4 format only so the format is also supported by android
.
My Questions Are :
1)When the message "Can't Play Video" occurs?
2)What are the Solution for that?
and 3) What could be possible mistakes in my application?
here is the logcat output while i got that message but don't see any error/exception in that.
I/ActivityManager( 2227): Starting activity: Intent { cmp=com.zoodigapp.zoodig/com.zoodigapp.media.ShowVideo (has extras) }
V/SettingsProvider( 2227): system <- value=1.0 name=font_scale
V/SettingsProvider( 2227): property: sys.settings_system_version=26
V/SettingsProvider( 2227): notifying: content://settings/system/font_scale
D/HardwareService( 2227): Brightness NATIVE setBacklightBrightness running. light: 2bightness ==> 30 mode: 1
D/NetworkLocationProvider( 2227): onDataConnectionStateChanged 6
D/MobileDataStateTracker( 2227): default Received state= CONNECTING, old= CONNECTING, reason= (unspecified), apnTypeList= *
D/AGPSManagerService( 2227): state: CONNECTING apnName: Verizon reason: null
D/dalvikvm( 3326): GC freed 2472 objects / 140504 bytes in 73ms
I/File ( 3326): /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/video-2011-10-17-10-40-54.mp4
V/MediaStore( 3326): We probably run out of space, so create the thumbnail in memory.
I/MediaPlayerService( 2182): Use PV_PLAYER for url:/sdcard/DCIM/Camera/video-2011-10-17-10-40-54.mp4
E/MetadataDriver( 2182): MetadataDriver::setDataSource url file type is isAudiofile(0)
D/ ( 2182): SISO TEST registering PVMFRecognizerPluginFactory
D/ ( 2182): SISO TEST registering PVMFRecognizerPluginFactory success
E/MetadataDriver( 2182): isCommandSuccessful: Command id(0 and expected 0) and status (-17 and expected 1), data corruption (false) at state (4).
E/MetadataDriver( 2182): isCommandSuccessful: Command id(1 and expected 1) and status (-14 and expected 1), data corruption (false) at state (5).
E/MetadataDriver( 2182): captureFrame : time = 0
E/MetadataDriver( 2182): captureFrame : inputWidth = 0, inputHeight =0, bAspectratio=0, bResize=0
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadsQueue.getAllPending: elapsed msec=449
I/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.uploadPendingItems: Found 1 items in queue.
I/Selected( 3326): =============Second
D/MediaUploader( 2492): isGphotosSynced: FALSE -- starting gphotos update refresh for -5709461173740324808
W/IInputConnectionWrapper( 3505): showStatusIcon on inactive InputConnection
I/copybit ( 2227): [createPP] fimc version : 50
I/MediaPlayerService( 2182): Use PV_PLAYER for url:/DCIM/Camera/video-2011-10-17-10-40-54.mp4
D/ ( 2182): SISO TEST registering PVMFRecognizerPluginFactory
D/ ( 2182): SISO TEST registering PVMFRecognizerPluginFactory success
D/ ( 2182): SISO TEST PVOMA1FFRecognizerFactory::CreateRecognizerPlugin()
D/ ( 2182): SISO TEST PVOMA1FFRecognizerFactory::CreateRecognizerPlugin() plugin found
D/ ( 2182): SISO TEST PVOMA1FFRecognizerFactory::DestroyRecognizerPlugin()
E/OsclDirectFileIO( 2182): [LargeFileSupport] OsclDirectFileIO::OpenFileOrSharedFd Error = -1
W/MediaPlayer( 3326): info/warning (1, 26)
E/PlayerDriver( 2182): Command PLAYER_SET_DATA_SOURCE completed with an error or info -4
E/MediaPlayer( 3326): SISO TEST MEDIA_ERROR
E/MediaPlayer( 3326): error (-4, -4)
W/PlayerDriver( 2182): PVMFInfoErrorHandlingComplete
V/MediaProvider( 2349): stopThumbWorkerSuspendTimer
V/MediaProvider( 2349): Resuming ThumbWorker
W/MediaProvider( 2349): Have message but no request?
I/System.out( 2647): interface name: null
I/MediaPlayer( 3326): Info (1,26)
E/MediaPlayer( 3326): Error (-4,-4)
D/VideoView( 3326): Error: -4,-4
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.uploadPendingItems: Waiting for GPhotos sync
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadsQueue.getAllPending: elapsed msec=5
I/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.uploadPendingItems: Found 1 items in queue.
I/POWER_OFF_TEST( 2227): mBatteryLevel = 38 mBatteryDecimalPoint = 1
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadsAsyncQueryHandler.notifiyDatabaseChangeListeners
D/MediaUploader( 2492): isGphotosSynced: FALSE -- update is in progress for -5709461173740324808
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.uploadPendingItems: Waiting for GPhotos sync
D/MediaUploader( 2492): updateQueueState: RUNNING
I/GooglePlusOne( 2492): Starting new CAMERA_SYNC_CREATED request 1
I/ActivityManager( 2227): Displayed activity com.zoodigapp.zoodig/com.zoodigapp.media.ShowVideo: 1251 ms (total 1251 ms)
V/InputDevice( 2227): ID[0]=0 Dn (0=>1)
V/WindowManager( 2227): Dsptch >Window{47a67278 com.zoodigapp.zoodig/com.zoodigapp.media.ShowVideo paused=false}
D/dalvikvm( 2227): GC freed 4009 objects / 210024 bytes in 155ms
V/InputDevice( 2227): ID[0]=0 Up (1=>0)
V/WindowManager( 2227): Dsptch >Window{47a67278 com.zoodigapp.zoodig/com.zoodigapp.media.ShowVideo paused=false}
W/InputManagerService( 2227): Window already focused, ignoring focus gain of: com.android.internal.view.IInputMethodClient$Stub$Proxy#47d89250
D/dalvikvm( 2492): GC freed 11952 objects / 682568 bytes in 171ms
D/dalvikvm( 2647): GC freed 7435 objects / 656456 bytes in 26ms
D/dalvikvm( 2647): GC freed 3079 objects / 498304 bytes in 60ms
I/System.out( 2647): interface name: null
I/GooglePlusOne( 2492): CAMERA_SYNC_CREATED request 1 completed with code=200
D/MediaUploader( 2492): onGphotosChange: sawError=false; errs=0; retry=Wed Dec 31 17:00:00 America/Boise 1969; expiry=Mon Oct 17 10:56:20 America/Boise 2011
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadsQueue.getAllPending: elapsed msec=17
I/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.uploadPendingItems: Found 1 items in queue.
D/MediaUploader( 2492): isGphotosSynced: TRUE for -5709461173740324808
D/MediaUploader( 2492): existsInGphotos: false info=name=video-2011-10-17-10-40-54.mp4 fileUri=content://media/external/video/media/37 fileSize=2477915;
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.uploadPendingItems: starting upload...
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.upload: info=name=video-2011-10-17-10-40-54.mp4 fileUri=content://media/external/video/media/37 fileSize=2477915
I/NetworkStat( 2678): Network type: MOBILE
I/NetworkStat( 2678): -------- mobile data network is NOT available as of now
D/NotificationService( 2227): enqueueNotification :: notification.defaults = 0, Notification.DEFAULT_SOUND = 1, notification.sound = null
D/dalvikvm( 2492): GC freed 4032 objects / 238248 bytes in 49ms
I/dalvikvm-heap( 2492): Grow heap (frag case) to 6.708MB for 524304-byte allocation
D/dalvikvm( 2492): GC freed 291 objects / 13392 bytes in 58ms
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadsAsyncQueryHandler.notifiyDatabaseChangeListeners
D/MediaUploader( 2492): GlsAuthorizer.getAuthToken: authTokenType=lh2; account=dprichards#gmail.com;
D/MediaUploader( 2492): executeWithAuthRetry: starting httpClient.execute #1
D/dalvikvm( 2870): GC freed 555 objects / 24144 bytes in 269ms
I/System.out( 2492): interface name: null
V/InputDevice( 2227): ID[0]=0 Dn (0=>1)
V/WindowManager( 2227): Dsptch >Window{47cf6308 com.zoodigapp.zoodig/com.zoodigapp.media.ShowVideo paused=false}
V/InputDevice( 2227): ID[0]=0 Up (1=>0)
V/WindowManager( 2227): Dsptch >Window{47cf6308 com.zoodigapp.zoodig/com.zoodigapp.media.ShowVideo paused=false}
D/dalvikvm( 2647): GC freed 7301 objects / 659064 bytes in 78ms
I/System.out( 2647): interface name: null
I/System.out( 2647): interface name: null
I/System.out( 2647): interface name: null
D/dalvikvm( 2647): GC freed 2654 objects / 324016 bytes in 149ms
I/System.out( 2647): interface name: null
D/MediaUploader( 2492): getStatusCode: status=HTTP/1.1 200 OK
D/MediaUploader( 2492): getStatusCode: status=HTTP/1.1 200 OK
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UPLOAD_START: uploadUrl=https://picasaweb.google.com/data/upload/resumable/media/create-session/feed/api/user/default/albumid/camera-sync?xmlerrors=1&upload_id=AEnB2Uqe2bdvyx5p31Ta-sS4ytggj07_6-uiKG_hCOc6sT1u8eqhvr-8oZdUT1uPHxuAxXphUiJXyq-i_8YaJlT2YLholp__Sw
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.onProgress
V/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadManager.progressUpdate: guid=1351689615505998240; bytes=0
D/dalvikvm( 2647): GC freed 920 objects / 202544 bytes in 53ms
D/dalvikvm( 2492): GC freed 7362 objects / 498448 bytes in 73ms
D/MediaUploader( 2492): UploadsAsyncQueryHandler.notifiyDatabaseChangeListeners
D/dalvikvm( 2492): GC freed 658 objects / 129232 bytes in 42ms
I/dalvikvm-heap( 2492): Grow heap (frag case) to 7.250MB for 262160-byte allocation
D/dalvikvm( 2492): GC freed 0 objects / 0 bytes in 41ms
D/dalvikvm( 2492): GC freed 92 objects / 135128 bytes in 30ms
I/dalvikvm-heap( 2492): Grow heap (frag case) to 7.621MB for 524304-byte allocation
D/dalvikvm( 2492): GC freed 0 objects / 0 bytes in 44ms
D/MediaUploader( 2492): executeWithAuthRetry: starting httpClient.execute #1
D/dalvikvm( 2647): GC freed 576 objects / 53240 bytes in 182ms
V/InputDevice( 2227): ID[0]=0 Dn (0=>1)
V/WindowManager( 2227): Dsptch >Window{47cf6308 com.zoodigapp.zoodig/com.zoodigapp.media.ShowVideo paused=false}
V/InputDevice( 2227): ID[0]=0 Up (1=>0)
V/WindowManager( 2227): Dsptch >Window{47cf6308 com.zoodigapp.zoodig/com.zoodigapp.media.ShowVideo paused=false}
I/ActivityManager( 2227): Starting activity: Intent { cmp=com.zoodigapp.zoodig/.WriteMessage (has extras) }
If you find anything not described well please comment below.
Additional details (moved from comments):
They are merely of 1 minutes and the last one I tested and failed on Samsung that was of only 20 seconds. and sizes are mostly in MB not more than 20 MB right now.
The video is taken from the same device and immediately after taking that video I try to show in my activity same way other already stored video are also fine...actually after uploading that video I can see that video and can download also

1)When the message "Can't Play Video" occurs?
Android usually gives out this message, when it is not able to play the media content. The reasons for this to happen can be anything like
Unsupported file format
Unsupported codecs
Erroneous content
to mention a few.
2)What are the Solution for that?
Unless you have your own Media Framework in your app, there is no solution from the application level
3) What could be possible mistakes in my application?
Very unlikely the mistake is in your application. If you read the logs, you will see that the error seems to originate from the DataSource of opencore (Which version of android are you running anyway? It is still using Opencore instead of StageFright). It is recognizing it as a large file (> 2GB) and hence giving out the error "E/OsclDirectFileIO( 2182): [LargeFileSupport] OsclDirectFileIO::OpenFileOrSharedFd Error = -1"
The other thing to note is certain phones have better multimedia capability than the other phones, since OEM's can themselves improve the multimedia capability. So there is no written guarantee that all files can be played on all devices, even though it conforms to the supported formats, codecs mentioned by Android.

Its all about format problem, Some phone record the video in mp4 format and some in 3gp format, but in almost all phones the default mediaplayer support 3gp format. So the solution is you need to convert it into 3gp at the time of playing. This thing is difficult to handle in android, So at server end you can do it easily and hence whatever the format of the video is being uploaded you can download it in one format .3gp and it will work fine.

Make sure that your video is in MP4 format , but if still does not play or shows same error then fault is not with the code. Fault is in the video resolution. just check height and width of you video and match it with you video view component. There are lot of free video compressors Online available. So just compress your video and test it.
It will work.
Cheers!!!

I kept getting the same "Can't Play Video" message while trying to play video from the phone itself. First I didn't input good path to a file but there was anther interesting issue.
I've type path from the root, example /videoFileName.mp4 and I should have type it with sdcard in between like /sdcard/videoFileName.mp4
My Sony Ercisson Xperia Arc was connected as a usb mass device storage at the same time I was running my app through adb, so internal sd card was unmounted and file could not be found. I've discovered this when I tryed same code on Samsung Galaxy S which behaves differently when connected.

If you have mp4 file having H.264 baseline encoding and still you are unable to play video in your android device then it might be problem in .htAccess file on server side. It might be zipping .mp4 file. few devices are able to play video by unzipping it and stream it but not in all device cases. You need to change .htAccess file on server side. Change in output filter and include file format .mp4 to exclude it from being zip at streaming time.
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|swf|mp4)$ \ no-gzip dont-vary

Google recently open-sourced Exoplayer after Google IO 2014.
My experience with video playing with it was good so far.
https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer
I could stream videos from Dropbox/AWS
Stream videos from youtube.
Things still depend upon codecs supported by the device.

I had this same issue while using VideoView, while i tried to check all things regarding the video the issue was in the AndroidManifest.xml File, It was regarding the permission to use EXTERNAL STORAGE give it a shot it might solve the issue.

I came across the same problem and what worked for is adding the Internet permission to the manifest file since I am getting video from url.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
This is how I am populating listview of videos.
//assign video
mVideosListView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.videoListView);
//create videos
Video riverVideo = new Video("https://s3.amazonaws.com/androidvideostutorial/862009639.mp4");
Video carsVideo = new Video("https://s3.amazonaws.com/androidvideostutorial/862013714.mp4");
Video townVideo = new Video("https://s3.amazonaws.com/androidvideostutorial/862014159.mp4");
Video whiteCarVideo = new Video("https://s3.amazonaws.com/androidvideostutorial/862014159.mp4");
Video parkVideo = new Video("https://s3.amazonaws.com/androidvideostutorial/862014834.mp4");
Video busyCityVideo = new Video("https://s3.amazonaws.com/androidvideostutorial/862017385.mp4");
mVideosList.add(riverVideo);
mVideosList.add(carsVideo);
mVideosList.add(townVideo);
mVideosList.add(whiteCarVideo);
mVideosList.add(parkVideo);
mVideosList.add(busyCityVideo);
/***populate video list to adapter**/
mVideoAdapter = new VideoAdapter(this, mVideosList);
mVideosListView.setAdapter(mVideoAdapter);

I faced the same issue once. In My case only issue was fie format. i Just changed the video format to .mp4 and it works like charm on all the devices and emulator i used.
my suggestion is to check your video format first and then try other solutions.

For me was a problem with the codec used by video.
I installed the Any Video Converter and converted the video using the settings for Google Android (x264).
Now I can play on every device.

My problem was I had saved it in .avi format instead of .m4v format, and it worked liked a charm on my Samsung...thanks for everyone's help!