Capture Image from Camera and Display in Activity

Question

I want to write a module where on a click of a button the camera opens and I can click and capture an image. If I don\'t like the image I can delete it and click one more i

Answer 1

I know it's a quite old thread, but all these solutions are not completed and don't work on some devices when user rotates camera because data in onActivityResult is null. So here is solution which I have tested on lots of devices and haven't faced any problem so far.

First declare your Uri variable in your activity:

private Uri uriFilePath;

Then create your temporary folder for storing captured image and make intent for capturing image by camera:

PackageManager packageManager = getActivity().getPackageManager();
if (packageManager.hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA)) {
    File mainDirectory = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "MyFolder/tmp");
         if (!mainDirectory.exists())
             mainDirectory.mkdirs();

          Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();

          uriFilePath = Uri.fromFile(new File(mainDirectory, "IMG_" + calendar.getTimeInMillis()));
          intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
          intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, uriFilePath);
          startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
}

And now here comes one of the most important things, you have to save your uriFilePath in onSaveInstanceState, because if you didn't do that and user rotated his device while using camera, your uri would be null.

@Override
protected void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
     if (uriFilePath != null)
         outState.putString("uri_file_path", uriFilePath.toString());
     super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
}

After that you should always recover your uri in your onCreate method:

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    if (savedInstanceState != null) {
         if (uriFilePath == null && savedInstanceState.getString("uri_file_path") != null) {
             uriFilePath = Uri.parse(savedInstanceState.getString("uri_file_path"));
         }
    } 
}

And here comes last part to get your Uri in onActivityResult:

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {    
    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
         if (requestCode == 1) {
            String filePath = uriFilePath.getPath(); // Here is path of your captured image, so you can create bitmap from it, etc.
         }
    }
 }

P.S. Don't forget to add permissions for Camera and Ext. storage writing to your Manifest.

Answer 2

You need to read up about the Camera. (I think to do what you want, you'd have to save the current image to your app, do the select/delete there, and then recall the camera to try again, rather than doing the retry directly inside the camera.)

Answer 3

Use the following code to capture picture using your mobile camera. If you are using android having version higher than Lolipop, You should add the permission request also.

private void cameraIntent()
    {
          Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
          startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CAMERA);
    }

@override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {  
     if (requestCode == CAMERA_REQUEST && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {  
            Bitmap photo = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data"); 
            imageView.setImageBitmap(photo);
     }  
} 

Answer 4

Capture photo + Choose from Gallery:

        a = (ImageButton)findViewById(R.id.imageButton1);

        a.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

            @Override

            public void onClick(View v) {

                selectImage();

            }

        });
    }
    private File savebitmap(Bitmap bmp) {
      String extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
      OutputStream outStream = null;
     // String temp = null;
        File file = new File(extStorageDirectory, "temp.png");
      if (file.exists()) {
       file.delete();
       file = new File(extStorageDirectory, "temp.png");

      }

      try {
       outStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
       bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, outStream);
       outStream.flush();
       outStream.close();

      } catch (Exception e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
       return null;
      }
      return file;
     }
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
        return true;
    }
     private void selectImage() {



            final CharSequence[] options = { "Take Photo", "Choose from Gallery","Cancel" };



            AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);

            builder.setTitle("Add Photo!");

            builder.setItems(options, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                @Override

                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {

                    if (options[item].equals("Take Photo"))

                    {

                        Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

                        File f = new File(android.os.Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "temp.jpg");

                        intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(f));
                        //pic = f;

                        startActivityForResult(intent, 1);


                    }

                    else if (options[item].equals("Choose from Gallery"))

                    {

                        Intent intent = new   Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

                        startActivityForResult(intent, 2);



                    }

                    else if (options[item].equals("Cancel")) {

                        dialog.dismiss();

                    }

                }

            });

            builder.show();

        }



        @Override

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

            super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

                if (requestCode == 1) {
                    //h=0;
                    File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString());

                    for (File temp : f.listFiles()) {

                        if (temp.getName().equals("temp.jpg")) {

                            f = temp;
                            File photo = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "temp.jpg");
                           //pic = photo;
                            break;

                        }

                    }

                    try {

                        Bitmap bitmap;

                        BitmapFactory.Options bitmapOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();



                        bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(f.getAbsolutePath(),

                                bitmapOptions); 



                        a.setImageBitmap(bitmap);




                        String path = android.os.Environment

                                .getExternalStorageDirectory()

                                + File.separator

                                + "Phoenix" + File.separator + "default";
                        //p = path;

                        f.delete();

                        OutputStream outFile = null;

                        File file = new File(path, String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()) + ".jpg");

                        try {

                            outFile = new FileOutputStream(file);

                            bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 85, outFile);
    //pic=file;
                            outFile.flush();

                            outFile.close();


                        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

                            e.printStackTrace();

                        } catch (IOException e) {

                            e.printStackTrace();

                        } catch (Exception e) {

                            e.printStackTrace();

                        }

                    } catch (Exception e) {

                        e.printStackTrace();

                    }

                } else if (requestCode == 2) {



                    Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
                   // h=1;
    //imgui = selectedImage;
                    String[] filePath = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };

                    Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,filePath, null, null, null);

                    c.moveToFirst();

                    int columnIndex = c.getColumnIndex(filePath[0]);

                    String picturePath = c.getString(columnIndex);

                    c.close();

                    Bitmap thumbnail = (BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath));


                    Log.w("path of image from gallery......******************.........", picturePath+"");


                    a.setImageBitmap(thumbnail);

                }

            }