android surfaceview is no longer visible after back from other activity

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i have a question in developing some android program...

i use surfaceview for camera preview. it works fine, but has one problem when i start other activity (by clicking something) and then back from that activity. after that, surfaceview is no longer visible. (but onclicklistener is working)

but when i occur surfacecreated/destoryed by visible/invisible surfaceview in single activity, it works very good.

plz give me any help.

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