apply some of the changes suggested by natario1

cameraview/src/main/java/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/CameraController.java

@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ abstract class CameraController implements CameraPreview.SurfaceCallback {
             LOG.i("Stop immediately. Stopped. State is:", ss());
         } catch (Exception e) {
             // Do nothing.
+            LOG.i("Stop immediately. Exception while stopping.", e);
             mState = STATE_STOPPED;
-            mCameraCallbacks.onError("Stop immediately. Exception while stopping.", e);
         }
     }
 

cameraview/src/main/java/com/otaliastudios/cameraview/CameraView.java

@@ -1569,11 +1569,16 @@ public class CameraView extends FrameLayout {
             LOG.e(message, cause);
 
             // redirect
-            CameraException cameraException = new CameraException(message, cause);
+            final CameraException cameraException = new CameraException(message, cause);
+            mUiHandler.post(new Runnable() {
+                @Override
+                public void run() {
                     for (CameraListener listener : mListeners) {
                         listener.onError(cameraException);
                     }
                 }
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     //endregion