MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage is returning null when trying to save the image

Question

I am using an custom view and in that i am using an canvas in which a user can draw anything and after that i want to save that image in sd card bt was not able to do that.

Answer 1

I had this issue in the Emulator (Android 4.4) and turns out it's due to an Android bug, where it happens when the user hasn't taken a photo on the device before (i.e. gallery is empty and hasn't been initialized.). The workaround is to initialize the photo directory manually:

void fixMediaDir() {
    File sdcard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
    if (sdcard != null) {
        File mediaDir = new File(sdcard, "DCIM/Camera");
        if (!mediaDir.exists()) {
            mediaDir.mkdirs();
        }
    }
}

Not sure if this is fixed in later versions of Android.