Android Camera Intent: how to get full sized photo?

Question

I am using intent to launch camera:

Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(
    android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
getParent().startActivityForResu         


        

Answer 1

Even though this is an old question and it has an accepted answer,
I would like to share my solution.
In this case you don't have to create a temporary file.
Additionally we creating a chooser which offers to user both: take a picture with the camera or pick an existing one from a gallery.

    Intent galleryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
    Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    Intent chooser = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CHOOSER);
    chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INTENT, galleryIntent);
    chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, getString(R.string.chooseaction));
    Intent[] intentArray = {cameraIntent};
    chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, intentArray);
    startActivityForResult(chooser, RESULT_LOAD_IMAGE);

and here we retrieving results:

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    // todo use appropriate resultCode in your case
    if (requestCode == RESULT_LOAD_IMAGE && resultCode == FragmentActivity.RESULT_OK) {
        if (data.getData() != null) {
            // this case will occur in case of picking image from the Gallery,
            // but not when taking picture with a camera
            try {
                Bitmap bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(getActivity().getContentResolver(), data.getData());

                // do whatever you want with the Bitmap ....           

            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        } else {
            // this case will occur when taking a picture with a camera
            Bitmap bitmap = null;
            Cursor cursor = getActivity().getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
                    new String[]{MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA, MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_ADDED,
                            MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.ORIENTATION}, MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_ADDED,
                    null, "date_added DESC");
            if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                Uri uri = Uri.parse(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA)));
                String photoPath = uri.toString();
                cursor.close();
                if (photoPath != null) {
                    bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(photoPath);
                }
            }

            if (bitmap == null) {
                // for safety reasons you can
                // use thumbnail if not retrieved full sized image
                bitmap = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
            }
            // do whatever you want with the Bitmap ....
        }

        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    }
}