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

I also used the answer from Vicky but I had to save the uri to a bundle to avoid loss of it on orientation change. So if you don't get a result from your intent after tilting the device it might be because your uri did not survive the orientation change.

static final int CAMERA_CAPTURE_REQUEST = 1;
static final String ARG_CURRENT_PIC_URI = "CURRENT_PIC_URI";


String pictureImagePath = folderName + "/" + imageFileName;
File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), pictureImagePath);
Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile(file);

mCurrentPicUri = outputFileUri.getPath();

Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
cameraIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);
startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, CAMERA_CAPTURE_REQUEST);

Activity Result code:

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

  if (requestCode == CAMERA_CAPTURE_REQUEST && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) 
  {
    File imgFile = new  File(mCurrentPicUri);
    // do something with your image
    // delete uri
    mCurrentPicUri = "";
  }
}

save the uri to the bundle:

@Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
  super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
  // save uri to bundle
  outState.putString(ARG_CURRENT_PIC_URI, mCurrentPicUri);
}

retrieve it from your saved bundle during on create:

if (bundle.containsKey(ARG_CURRENT_PIC_URI))
  mCurrentPicUri = bundle.getString(ARG_CURRENT_PIC_URI);