camera_error_t

Error codes for the Camera library

Synopsis:

#include <camera/camera_api.h>

typedef enum {
    CAMERA_EOK = EOK,
    CAMERA_EPERM = EPERM,
    CAMERA_EAGAIN = EAGAIN,
    CAMERA_EINVAL = EINVAL,
    CAMERA_ENODEV = ENODEV,
    CAMERA_EMFILE = EMFILE,
    CAMERA_EBADF = EBADF,
    CAMERA_EACCESS = EACCES,
    CAMERA_EBADR = EBADR,
    CAMERA_ENODATA = ENODATA,
    CAMERA_ENOENT = ENOENT,
    CAMERA_ENOMEM = ENOMEM,
    CAMERA_EOPNOTSUPP = EOPNOTSUPP,
    CAMERA_ETIMEDOUT = ETIMEDOUT,
    CAMERA_EALREADY = EALREADY,
    CAMERA_EBUSY = EBUSY,
    CAMERA_ENOSPC = ENOSPC,
    CAMERA_EIO = EIO,
    CAMERA_EEXIST = EEXIST,
    CAMERA_EDEADLK = EDEADLK,
    CAMERA_EUNINIT = 0x1000,
    CAMERA_EREGFAULT,
    CAMERA_EMICINUSE,
    CAMERA_3ALOCKED,
    CAMERA_EOVERFLOW,
    CAMERA_EHARDWARE
} camera_error_t;

Data:

CAMERA_EOK: The function call to the camera completed successfully.
CAMERA_EPERM: The function call failed due to a permission issue.
CAMERA_EAGAIN: The function call failed due to a temporary unavailable condition.; Try to call the function again.
CAMERA_EINVAL: The function call failed because of an invalid argument.
CAMERA_ENODEV: The function call failed because the specified camera was not found.
CAMERA_EMFILE: The function call failed because of a file table overflow.
CAMERA_EBADF: The function call failed because an invalid camera_handle_t value was used.
CAMERA_EACCESS: The function call failed because the necessary permissions to access the camera are not available.
CAMERA_EBADR: The function call failed because an invalid file descriptor was used.
CAMERA_ENODATA: The function call failed because the requested data does not exist.
CAMERA_ENOENT: The function call failed because the specified file or directory does not exist.
CAMERA_ENOMEM: The function call failed because memory allocation failed.
CAMERA_EOPNOTSUPP: The function call failed because the requested operation is not supported.
CAMERA_ETIMEDOUT: The function call failed due to communication problem or time-out with the camera.
CAMERA_EALREADY: The function call failed because an operation on the camera is already in progress.; In addition, this error can indicate that a call could not be completed because it was invalid or completed already. For example, if you called the camera_stop_video() function but the camera had already stopped recording video, this error code would be returned.
CAMERA_EBUSY: The function call failed because the camera is busy.; Typically you receive this error when you try to open a camera while the camera or its required resources are in use.
CAMERA_ENOSPC: The function call failed because the disk is full.; This typically happens when you are trying to start a video recording and less than the system-reserved amount of disk space remains.
CAMERA_EIO: The function call failed because of an Input/Output error.; This typically happens when a file I/O operation failed.
CAMERA_EEXIST: The function call failed because the entity trying to be created already exists.
CAMERA_EDEADLK: The function call failed because the camera is in a bad state.
CAMERA_EUNINIT: The function call failed because the Camera library has not been initialized.
CAMERA_EREGFAULT: The function call failed because the registration of a callback failed.
CAMERA_EMICINUSE: The function call failed because the microphone is already in use.
CAMERA_3ALOCKED: The function call failed because a 3A lock is active.
CAMERA_EOVERFLOW: The function call failed due to an internal overflow.
CAMERA_EHARDWARE: The function call failed due to a hardware fault with the camera.

Library:

libcamapi

Description:

If you receive an error code which is not enumerated in this list, consult the system-wide list of error codes in errno.h.

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