Android data.getData() returns null from CameraActivity for some phones

Question

I have a fatal error occurring in my onActivityResult coming back from a camera activity. What has me scratching my head is that the error is only happening on a handful of

Answer 1

Uri imageUri = data.getData(); //The trouble is here

There is no requirement for a camera app to return a Uri pointing to the photo, as that is not part of the ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE Intent protocol. Either:

• Supply EXTRA_OUTPUT in your ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE Intent, in which case you know where the image should be stored, and do not need to rely upon getData(), or

• Use the data extra in the response Intent, which will be a Bitmap of a thumbnail of the image

Your next bug is here:

String realPath = Image.getPath(this, imageUri);

There is no requirement that the image be stored as a file that you can access, unless you provide a path to that location via EXTRA_OUTPUT.