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NullPointerException when using inner camera on Android Pixel 3 XL  #73922

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Description

@najeira

Crash when trying to use the inner camera on Android Pixel 3 XL.

  • camera: 0.6.4+5
  • Pixel 3 XL android-arm64 Android 11 (API 30)

with 0.6.3+2 works, with 0.6.4+3 crashes.

Steps to Reproduce

  1. Run following code on Pixel 3 XL

Then it crashes.

code
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:camera/camera.dart';

List<CameraDescription> cameras;

void main() {
  runApp(MaterialApp(home: MyApp()));
}

class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyApp({
    Key key,
  }) : super(key: key);

  @override
  State<StatefulWidget> createState() => _MyAppState();
}

class _MyAppState extends State<MyApp>
    with WidgetsBindingObserver, TickerProviderStateMixin {
  final GlobalKey<ScaffoldState> _scaffoldKey = GlobalKey<ScaffoldState>();

  CameraController controller;

  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    WidgetsBinding.instance.addObserver(this);
    Future.microtask(() {
      availableCameras().then((value) {
        cameras = value;
        if (controller == null) {
          final camera = _selectDefaultCamera(cameras);
          onNewCameraSelected(camera);
        }
      });
    });
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    WidgetsBinding.instance.removeObserver(this);
    super.dispose();
  }

  @override
  void didChangeAppLifecycleState(AppLifecycleState state) {
    // App state changed before we got the chance to initialize.
    if (controller == null || !controller.value.isInitialized) {
      return;
    }
    if (state == AppLifecycleState.inactive) {
      controller?.dispose();
    } else if (state == AppLifecycleState.resumed) {
      if (controller != null) {
        onNewCameraSelected(controller.description);
      }
    }
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
      key: _scaffoldKey,
      appBar: AppBar(
        title: const Text('Camera example'),
      ),
      body: Column(
        children: <Widget>[
          Expanded(
            child: Container(
              color: Colors.black,
              padding: const EdgeInsets.all(1.0),
              child: Center(
                child: _cameraPreviewWidget(),
              ),
            ),
          ),
        ],
      ),
    );
  }

  Widget _cameraPreviewWidget() {
    if (controller == null) {
      return const CircularProgressIndicator();
    }else if (!controller.value.isInitialized) {
      return const CircularProgressIndicator();
    } else {
      return CameraPreview(controller);
    }
  }

  void showInSnackBar(String message) {
    // ignore: deprecated_member_use
    _scaffoldKey.currentState.showSnackBar(SnackBar(content: Text(message)));
  }

  Future<void> onNewCameraSelected(CameraDescription cameraDescription) async {
    if (controller != null) {
      final ctrl = controller;
      setState(() {
        controller = null;
      });
      await ctrl.dispose();
    }

    controller = CameraController(
      cameraDescription,
      ResolutionPreset.medium,
      enableAudio: false,
    );

    // If the controller is updated then update the UI.
    controller.addListener(() {
      if (mounted) {
        setState(() {});
      }
      if (controller.value.hasError) {
        showInSnackBar('Camera error ${controller.value.errorDescription}');
      }
    });

    try {
      await controller.initialize();
    } on CameraException catch (e) {
      print(e);
    }

    if (mounted) {
      setState(() {});
    }
  }
}

CameraDescription _selectDefaultCamera(List<CameraDescription> cameras) {
  for (final camera in cameras) {
    if (camera.lensDirection == CameraLensDirection.front) {
      return camera;
    }
  }
  return cameras[0];
}
Info
D/AndroidRuntime(21322): Shutting down VM
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): Process: com.example.myapp, PID: 21322
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'java.lang.Object android.hardware.camera2.CaptureRequest$Builder.get(android.hardware.camera2.CaptureRequest$Key)' on a null object reference
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at io.flutter.plugins.camera.Camera.getRegionBoundaries(Camera.java:794)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at io.flutter.plugins.camera.Camera.access$300(Camera.java:69)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at io.flutter.plugins.camera.Camera$2.onOpened(Camera.java:203)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at android.hardware.camera2.impl.CameraDeviceImpl$1.run(CameraDeviceImpl.java:151)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7660)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
E/AndroidRuntime(21322): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
I/Process (21322): Sending signal. PID: 21322 SIG: 9
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