Android ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE Intent

Question

We are trying to use the native camera app to let the user take a new picture. It works just fine if we leave out the EXTRA_OUTPUT extra and returns the small B

Answer 1

I had the same issue and i fixed it with the following:

The problem is that when you specify a file that only your app has access to (e.g. by calling getFileStreamPath("file");)

That is why i just made sure that the given file really exists and that EVERYONE has write access to it.

Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
File outFile = getFileStreamPath(Config.IMAGE_FILENAME);
outFile.createNewFile();
outFile.setWritable(true, false);
intent.putExtra(android.provider.MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,Uri.fromFile(outFile));
startActivityForResult(intent, 2);

This way, the camera app has write access to the given Uri and the OK button works fine :)