Google Camera App crashing since update

Photoguy

Google Camera App crashing since update.
Is anyone experiencing the same on a Pixel 6 Pro? App downloaded anonymously from Aurora Store. Since latest update it will not open at all. Error type: Crash.
Thanks in advance.

MetropleX

Photoguy for GCam to work without issue you need to install GSF (Google Services Framework) from our GrapheneOS 'Apps' app in your app drawer. Do you have it installed?

Removed the Camera tag as this is to reference the GrapheneOS first party camera app.

Kryptos

Photoguy Try uninstalling and reinstalling. My GCam works fine now.

Fhggyy5767

I would look up what version of the app you have in settings = apps = Camera then look up what version is on the Play Store. If you don't have the Play Store installed on your device then do a Google search for it. This is the version I have and it's working. version 8.6.263.463689965.13

Kryptos

Fhggyy5767 I have P6a with GSF installed and the latest GCam. Running the latest GOS beta. GCam hasn't opened for me in quite some time. Wonder what the incompatibility is?

Fhggyy5767

MetropleX Ahh, true. If the author doesn't want Google apps can he/she still use GCam Provider app?

lberrymage

Fhggyy5767 You can use Gcam service provider instead of GSF but there isn't really a good reason to. It conflicts with the GSF app ID, preventing you from installing GSF in any of your profiles. GSF also works with no permissions and provides better compatabiity than Gcam service provider does.

GrapheneOS

Fhggyy5767 Google Camera is a Google app. Use the official GSF release mirrored in our app repository. It's a regular app and it doesn't make sense to avoid it. It's not a good recommendation to use something else since it will cause problems for users.

Fhggyy5767

GrapheneOS I use the Google apps provided by GOS. I wasn't sure so I asked. Makes sense.

batshitlazy

I am unable to install Google Camera either. As soon as I install and try opening it, it crashes with the following stack trace:

type: crash
osVersion: google/raven/raven:13/<user>/release-keys
package: com.google.android.GoogleCamera:65822832
process: com.google.android.GoogleCamera
processUptime: 107 + 186 ms

java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to create application com.pairip.application.Application: java.lang.SecurityException: Failed to find provider com.google.android.gsf.gservices for user 0; expected to find a valid ContentProvider for this authority
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6770)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.-$$Nest$mhandleBindApplication(Unknown Source:0)
	at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2134)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
	at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:201)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:288)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7878)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:548)
	at com.android.internal.os.ExecInit.main(ExecInit.java:49)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
	at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:355)
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Failed to find provider com.google.android.gsf.gservices for user 0; expected to find a valid ContentProvider for this authority
	at android.os.Parcel.createExceptionOrNull(Parcel.java:3021)
	at android.os.Parcel.createException(Parcel.java:3005)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2981)
	at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:2923)
	at android.content.IContentService$Stub$Proxy.registerContentObserver(IContentService.java:1032)
	at android.content.ContentResolver.registerContentObserver(ContentResolver.java:2754)
	at android.content.ContentResolver.registerContentObserver(ContentResolver.java:2696)
	at jjt.g(PG:3)
	at jjt.c(PG:1)
	at jjt.a(PG:1)
	at com.google.android.apps.camera.legacy.app.app.CameraApp.onCreate(PG:43)
	at android.app.Instrumentation.callApplicationOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1282)
	at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:6765)
	... 11 more

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batshitlazy Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Failed to find provider com.google.android.gsf.gservices for user 0; expected to find a valid ContentProvider for this authority

https://grapheneos.org/usage#google-camera

matchboxbananasynergy

batshitlazy Make sure you install Google Services Framework at a minimum from the "Apps" app in GrapheneOS, and then install Google Camera (uninstall and re-install if you have it installed at the moment).

If you've already done that and it still doesn't work, go to Settings > Apps > Google Camera and enable Exploit Protection Compatibility Mode and try again. It's possible that it has a memory corruption bug that hardened_malloc is catching.

abcZ

If you don't want to use google binaries, you can always use gcam services provider. Just install it as a regular application alongside gcam and you're off to the races.

Note: You can't have gcam services provider installed on any device that also has google services installed, even in a different profile. Pick one or the other.

https://github.com/lukaspieper/Gcam-Services-Provider/releases