Android : Camera.recordAsync() doesn't work on front camera

Calling Camera.recordAsync() on the back camera works fine. Calling it on the front camera resulting in error : recordAsync: Expected a Camera component

[Unhandled promise rejection: Error: recordAsync: Expected a Camera component]

• node_modules\react-native\Libraries\BatchedBridge\NativeModules.js:123:42 in createErrorFromErrorData
• node_modules\react-native\Libraries\BatchedBridge\NativeModules.js:80:57 in <unknown>
• …

Environment

I am testing it on actual devices, in the Expo app Expo 25.0.0 React-native 0.52.0

OnePlus One Android 7.1.2 (Lineage OS)

Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 6.0.1 (Lineage OS)

Steps to Reproduce

startVideo = async () => {
    if ( !this.camera ) return;
    try {
        const data = await this.camera.recordAsync({ });
        console.log( data);
    } catch ( error) {
        throw error;
    }
}

// Back : Works
<Camera
    ref   = { (cam) => { this.camera = cam; } }
    style = { styles.preview }
    type  = { Camera.Constants.Type.back }/>
<Text style={ styles.capture } onPress={ this.startVideo.bind(this) }>[START]</Text>

// Front : Error "Expected a Camera component"
<Camera
    ref   = { (cam) => { this.camera = cam; } }
    style = { styles.preview }
    type  = { Camera.Constants.Type.front}/>
<Text style={ styles.capture } onPress={ this.startVideo.bind(this) }>[START]</Text>

The only difference is the camera type In both case, the preview frame is working properly, I can see what the front camera see, but video recording not working from front camera

Snack

Press “Start” to start recording Press “Stop” to stop recording At the end, the message “Good” appear below the camera preview

Back Camera : OK https://snack.expo.io/SyB-LVZLG

Front Camera : Error (App Crash) when “Start” is pressed https://snack.expo.io/SyJaLEWIM

The only diffrence is on line 54

[aalices]

Sorry for that, looking into the issue 🤔

[FrederickEngelhardt]

Bump…I have the same issue with Android Front facing camera calling a error: camera is not running.