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Use Android cam app in our Application

Postby bins1984 » Tue May 04, 2010 6:59 am

Hi,

We can take Picture using android Default Camera Application in androids and use the captured image in our application Using Media Store Content provider API.
Here I am i will mention the Code to start the Camera Intent using MediaStore Content Provider.

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  1.     @Override
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  3.                                 public void onClick(View v) {
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  5.                                         Intent intent2= new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
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  7.                                         startActivityForResult(intent2,INTENTCODE);
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  11.                                 }
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And write code to receive the Captured image in OnActiviy Result


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  3.     protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
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  5.         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
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  7.         super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
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  11.         if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
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  13.                         return;
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  15.                 }else{
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  17.                 Bitmap temp= (Bitmap)data.getExtras().get("data");
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  19.                 mImageView.setImageBitmap(leftImage);
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  21.                 }
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  23.     }
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If You need to Name your Image you can use this method to satrt Acivity

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  1. Intent intent2= new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
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  3.                                         Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(new File("tempImage"));
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  5.                                         intent2.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,uri);
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  7.                                         startActivityForResult(intent2,INTENTCODE);
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Cheers..

Bins.......... :)
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Postby bins1984 » Tue May 04, 2010 12:16 pm

Hi

If we use this in Android 1.6 onwards we have to keep data like this

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  1. Intent intent2= new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
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  3. uri=Uri.fromFile(new File("/sdcard/TempPicture.jpg"));
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  5. intent2.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,uri);
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  7. startActivityForResult(intent2,0);
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On Activity result we can get image like this way

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  1.  protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
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  5.         super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
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  7.        
  8.  
  9.         if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
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  11.                         return;
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  13.                 }else{
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  15.                         Bitmap Image = null;
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  17.                         try {
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  19.                                 Image = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(getContentResolver(),uri);
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  21.                         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
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  25.                                 e.printStackTrace();
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  27.                         } catch (IOException e) {
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  29.                                 // TODO Auto-generated catch block
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  31.                                 e.printStackTrace();
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  33.                         }
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  35.                        
  36.  
  37.                 mImageView.setImageBitmap(Image);
  38.  
  39.                 }
  40.  
  41.     }
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cheers

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Postby Boni2k » Wed May 05, 2010 5:26 pm

Hello,

I tried the second method some months ago and found it to be very unstable. Sometimes it didn't resolve in a result so onActivityResult() was never called. But I'll try again... Using the first method you would only get a picture with reduced quality, which is not what the user wants. While the resolution in 2.1 is quite okay it was very bad on older android versions. The Facebook app e.g. ignored this.
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Re: Use Android cam app in our Application

Postby theblang » Tue May 18, 2010 11:10 pm

Thanks a lot for posting this! I am currently able to call the default camera app no problem; however, when I take a picture two buttons pop up (attach and cancel). Were you able to send the picture data back immediately after taking a picture rather than having to click a confirmation button?
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Re: Use Android cam app in our Application

Postby Boni2k » Tue May 18, 2010 11:41 pm

theblang wrote:Thanks a lot for posting this! I am currently able to call the default camera app no problem; however, when I take a picture two buttons pop up (attach and cancel). Were you able to send the picture data back immediately after taking a picture rather than having to click a confirmation button?

No, that doesn't work using this method.
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