Stop saving photos using Android native camera

Question

I am using native Android camera and save file to my application data folder (/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.company.app/files/Pictures/). At the same time anther copy of phot

Answer 1

I am encountering a similar problem with the Moto Z Force (7.1.1). I have the MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT defined on the intent, but a duplicate file is still created in the camera directory.

I need to test on other devices, but here's an approach I took regarding this issue. Rather than trying to find the specific camera directory, I'm using the MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME location.

Here's my code snippet:

private void removeCameraDuplicate() {
    String[] proj = {
        MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA,
        MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns._ID };

    String selection = MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME + " = ? ";
    String[] selectionArgs = new String[] { "Camera" };

    Cursor cursor = mActivity.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, proj, selection, selectionArgs, MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN + " desc");

    if (cursor != null) {
        int idxPath = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA);

        if (cursor.getCount() > 0 && idxPath > -1 && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            File original = new File(mMediaPath);
            File cameraDupe = new File(cursor.getString(idxPath));
            if (original.exists() && cameraDupe.exists()) {
                LogUtils.LOGE("***> camera", "original " + original.length());
                LogUtils.LOGE("***> camera", "original " + original.lastModified());

                LogUtils.LOGE("***> camera", "duplicate " + cameraDupe.length());
                LogUtils.LOGE("***> camera", "duplicate " + cameraDupe.lastModified());

                if (original.length() == cameraDupe.length() && original.lastModified() == cameraDupe.lastModified()) {
                    if (cameraDupe.delete()) {
                        LogUtils.LOGE("***> camera", "duplicate deleted");
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        cursor.close();
    }
}