Get Path and Filename from Camera intent result

Question

I want to make a picture with the camera intent and save it to the default DCIM folder. Then I want to get the path/filename where the picture is stored.

I am trying

Answer 1

When you are starting the ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE you can pass an extra MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT as the URI of the file where you want to save the picture.

Here is a simple example:

   File file = new File(path);
   Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile(file);

   Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
   intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);

   startActivityForResult(intent, TAKE_PICTURE); 

EDIT: I just tried on my device and file.createNewFile() solved the problem for me.

Answer 2

The picture will be stored twice, first on gallery folder, and after on the file you especified on putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, path) method.

You can obtain the last picture taken doing that:

/**
 * Gets the last image id from the media store
 * @return
 */
private int getLastImageId(){
    final String[] imageColumns = { MediaStore.Images.Media._ID, MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
    final String imageOrderBy = MediaStore.Images.Media._ID+" DESC";
    Cursor imageCursor = managedQuery(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, imageColumns, null, null, imageOrderBy);
    if(imageCursor.moveToFirst()){
        int id = imageCursor.getInt(imageCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID));
        String fullPath = imageCursor.getString(imageCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA));
        Log.d(TAG, "getLastImageId::id " + id);
        Log.d(TAG, "getLastImageId::path " + fullPath);
        imageCursor.close();
        return id;
    }else{
        return 0;
    }
}

This sample was based on post: Deleting a gallery image after camera intent photo taken

Answer 3

you can use like this in onActivityResult()

if(requestCode==CAMERA_CAPTURE)
    {

        Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, new String[]{Media.DATA, Media.DATE_ADDED, MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.ORIENTATION}, Media.DATE_ADDED, null, "date_added ASC");
        if(cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst())
        {
            do 
            {
                String picturePath =cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(Media.DATA));
               Uri selectedImage = Uri.parse(picturePath);

            }
            while(cursor.moveToNext());
                cursor.close();
            File out = new File(picturePath);
            try 
            {
                mOriginal = decodeFile(out);
            }
            catch (IOException e)
            {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }


            mSelected.setImageBitmap(mOriginal);
        }
    }