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Xamarin Android Player : Camera error Cant connect to Camera

I am trying to use the camera capability in my xamarin android app using the below code.
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ActionImageCapture);
StartActivityForResult(intent, 0);
I have enabled camera in the Android Manifest and followed all that is mentioned in this tutorial.
However on running the code I get this error
Camera Error : Cant connect to the Camera.
Also I get the same error when opening the standard camera app in the emulator
I tried out enabling camera using this link & variations of it, but no luck
Finally I noticed this on www.xamarin.com/android-player,
"Use your computer’s webcam to simulate a back and front-facing camera on your device. (Coming soon)"
So my question is does xamarin android player support using camera, if yes how do I fix this issue to see emulated camera if not my pc webcam ?
AVD - android 4.4.2 - API 19

I use Xamarin and just faced the same problem, when I was following this same tutorial.
I fixed it by going to Tools > Google Emulator Manager, then selected the device I was emulating and then clicked "Edit...".
In the new window Edit Android Virtual Device (AVD) I went to hardware section at the bottom and changed 'Configures Camera facing front' option to "Emulated".
It worked for me so I thought I should post here in case that helps.

Using Laptop Webcam as Android Emulator's Cameta

I am trying to use my laptop webcam as my back camera of my emulator for sdk version 10 and 16, but in both case the emulator does not found my webcam though the emulator does not show any shortage of SD cart memory or also request permission for using webcam. When I run emulator's default camera app, it shows grid of gray and black with a greed rectangle moving here and there, when capturing photos it capture the same thing at that time on screen. Can anyone give me any solution please. My complete emulator configuration is:

This link can be helpful Android: How to use webcam in emulator?
Short story is:
Go to AVD manager
Select your device
Go to device properties
Change back facing camera dropdown value to "webcam0"
If it all not working you can try to use genymotion emulator http://www.genymotion.com/
It works much more faster and it easy to use your laptop webcam as back camera of the device

Android does not start my Webcam in the emulator

I have a webcam on my machine and want to use this in the android emulator as camera replacement. I configured it in the settings of the emulator, to use the webcam0 as camera device. But it wont start when I starting the camera on the emulator. Does someone know how to enable the webcam correctly?
Thanks

This Tutorial will be useful for doing it.please check it.

Camera on Android Eclipse emulator:

I don't have an embedded camera in the lid of my notebook. I'd be hooking up through an external USB camera.
The emulator runtime can pick this up right? I'll get the image displayed inside the AVD skin's screen in real time?

In the current release of the emulator (Ice Cream Sandwich, API14;Linux), web camera support is available. Google's documentation and most answers available on the web do not yet reflect this. The emulator itself does:
emulator -help
...
-fake-camera <mode> set fake camera emulation mode
-webcam name=<name>[,dir=<direction>] setup web camera emulation
...
emulator -help-all
and further:
help for option -fake_camera
Use -fake-camera <mode> to control fake camera emulation.
Valid values for <mode> are:
off -> disable fake camera emulation
back -> fake camera is facing back
front -> fake camera is facing front
help for option -webcam
-webcam off to disable web camera emulation.
-webcam list to list web cameras available for emulation.
-webcam name=[,dir=<direction>] to setup parameters for web camera emulation.
<name> platform-independent name identifying emulated camera device.
<direction> defines direction the camera is facing. Valid values are:
front -> emulate camera as facing front
back -> emulate camera as facing back
Default direction value for emulated web camera is 'front'

Afaik the emulator wont show a realtime camera regardless.
If you need a live camera-source to use in your own app for debugging, there is a sollution at
http://www.tomgibara.com/android/camera-source
Updated for newer android versions:
http://www.inter-fuser.com/2009/09/live-camera-preview-in-android-emulator.html

Time to upgrade your ADK!
As of Android SDK version 14, the emulator supports webcams to simulate a camera:
General notes - Added webcam support to Android 4.0 or later platforms to emulate rear-facing cameras when one webcam is present, and to emulate both rear-facing and front-facing cameras when two webcams are present. Webcam suport is for Windows and Linux only. Mac support will come in a later release.
from: Android SDK Tools, SDK Tools, Revision 14
It works! I've tried this myself.

From the android documentation:
Emulator Limitations
In this release, the limitations of
the emulator include:
...
No support for camera/video capture
...
In other words, no, you cannot access or preview the camera in the emulator.

How to use my local computer camera in android emulator?

How to use my local computer camera in android emulator?

At the moment it's not possible in the emulator itself, but Tom Gibara has written a small component to do it anway, check his article "Live Camera Previews in Android" about the temporary solution.
A feature request is already made for this functionality to be added to the emulator.

There is an option to use your computer webcam to use as android emulator camera.You just need to set these options to webcam.