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Thread: Simply error; can't quite fix it.

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    Default Simply error; can't quite fix it.

    Making a simple strobe light out of my camera's flash feature.
    I can't figure out why I'm getting an error on lines 31 and 32 for the
    cam.stopPreview(); 
    cam.release();
    Here's my activity;
    package com.Strobe; 
     
    import android.app.Activity; 
    import android.content.pm.PackageManager; 
    import android.hardware.Camera; 
    import android.hardware.Camera.Parameters; 
    import android.os.Bundle; 
     
    public class MainActivity extends Activity 
    { 
        /** Called when the activity is first created. */ 
        @Override 
        public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
        { 
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
            setContentView(R.layout.main); 
     
            getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA_FLASH); 
     
            for (int i=1;i<1000;i++) 
            { 
                for (int j=1;j<2;j++) 
                { 
                    Camera cam = Camera.open();      
                    Parameters p = cam.getParameters(); 
                    p.setFlashMode(Parameters.FLASH_MODE_TORCH); 
                    cam.setParameters(p); 
                    cam.startPreview(); 
                } 
     
                    cam.stopPreview(); 
                    cam.release(); 
            } 
        } 
    }
    Here's my layout.xml file;
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
    <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
        android:screenOrientation="portrait" 
        android:layout_width="fill_parent" 
        android:layout_height="fill_parent" > 
    <TextView   
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"  
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
        android:text="Hello World, MainActivity" /> 
    </LinearLayout> 
    <permission android:name="android.permission.FLASHLIGHT" 
                 android:permissionGroup="android.permission-group.HARDWARE_CONTROLS" 
                 android:protectionLevel="normal" 
                 android:label="@string/permlab_flashlight" 
                 android:description="@string/permdesc_flashlight" />
    Thanks in advance!


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    Default Re: Simply error; can't quite fix it.

    an error
    The specifics are quite important - next time copy and paste the _entire_ error output.

    'cam' is out of scope - you declare it within the curly brackets of the for loop.

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