Picture coming from camera or gallery?

Question

I have an intent chooser that allows me to pick image from gallery or camera like this:

    Intent galleryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT,null)         


        

Answer 1

Although the current piece of code is a neat way of presenting options to choose from, I found that it was severely difficult to manage. At least in my use case it was. I need to store images taken off the Camera to process further in the Aviary SDK (if the user so chooses).

To that end, I would like to propose a workaround.

This does not address your question per se. But offers an alternative considering you need to know where the Image is coming from (Camera / Gallery).

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(StatusUpdate.this);
builder.setTitle("Choose Image Source");
builder.setItems(new CharSequence[] {"Gallery", "Camera"}, 
        new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

    @Override
    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
        switch (which) {
        case 0:

            // GET IMAGE FROM THE GALLERY
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
            intent.setType("image/*");

            Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(intent, "Choose a Picture");
            startActivityForResult(chooser, ACTION_REQUEST_GALLERY);

            break;

        case 1:
            Intent getCameraImage = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");

            File cameraFolder;

            if (android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals
                    (android.os.Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED))
                cameraFolder = new File(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),
                        "some_directory_to_save_images/");
            else
                cameraFolder= StatusUpdate.this.getCacheDir();
            if(!cameraFolder.exists())
                cameraFolder.mkdirs();

            SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss");
            String timeStamp = dateFormat.format(new Date());
            String imageFileName = "picture_" + timeStamp + ".jpg";

            File photo = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), 
                    "some_directory_to_save_images/" + imageFileName);
            getCameraImage.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(photo));
            initialURI = Uri.fromFile(photo);

            startActivityForResult(getCameraImage, ACTION_REQUEST_CAMERA);

            break;

        default:
            break;
        }
    }
});

builder.show();

This is the result (I still maintain that you code gives a much better selection set, but again, not the simplest thing in your use case or in mine either):

Now you can process the result based on the source of the selection:

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK)    {

        switch (requestCode) {
        case ACTION_REQUEST_GALLERY:

            break;

        case ACTION_REQUEST_CAMERA:

            break;          
        }

    }
};

UPDATED:

Found it!! There is an answer here on SO that addresses exactly what you need. It is still a * workaround of sorts*. In the sense that it does not rely on different requestCodes. But works nonetheless.

Strange I missed it when I was stuck with this. :-(

NOTE: I am not posting the code here and am linking to it instead. All props go to the original author. :-)