How to move image captured with the phone camera from one activity to an image view in another activity?

Question

The first activity has a button which when clicked, opens the inbuilt camera. Now when the picture is taken, a new activity opens with the image captured in an imageVi

Answer 1

Here are my solution, I have tested in my environment. Hope this helps!

If using emulator to test, make sure camera supported like this

UPDATE WIH FULL SOURCE CODE (NEW PROJECT):

MainActivity.java:

package com.example.photocapture;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;

import java.io.File;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

    private Uri mFileUri;
    private final Context mContext = this;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

        mFileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(1);

        intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, mFileUri);

        // start the image capture Intent
        startActivityForResult(intent, 100);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent imageReturnedIntent) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, imageReturnedIntent);

        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            if (mFileUri != null) {
                String mFilePath = mFileUri.toString();
                if (mFilePath != null) {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(mContext, SecondActivity.class);
                    intent.putExtra("filepath", mFilePath);
                    startActivity(intent);
                }
            }
        }               
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }

    private Uri getOutputMediaFileUri(int type) {
        return Uri.fromFile(getOutputMediaFile(type));
    }

    // Return image / video
    private static File getOutputMediaFile(int type) {

        // External sdcard location
        File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "DCIM/Camera");

        // Create the storage directory if it does not exist
        if (!mediaStorageDir.exists()) {
            if (!mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()) {
                return null;
            }
        }

        // Create a media file name
        String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", Locale.getDefault()).format(new Date());
        File mediaFile;
        if (type == 1) { // image
            mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator + "IMG_" + timeStamp + ".jpg");
        } else if (type == 2) { // video
            mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator + "VID_" + timeStamp + ".mp4");
        } else {
            return null;
        }

        return mediaFile;
    }
}

SecondActivity.java:

package com.example.photocapture;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.ImageView;

import java.io.File;

public class SecondActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_second);

        Intent intent = getIntent();
        String filepath = intent.getStringExtra("filepath");
        BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inSampleSize = 8; // down sizing image as it throws OutOfMemory Exception for larger images
        filepath = filepath.replace("file://", ""); // remove to avoid BitmapFactory.decodeFile return null
        File imgFile = new File(filepath);
        if (imgFile.exists()) {
            ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView);
            Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imgFile.getAbsolutePath(), options);
            imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_second, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

activity_main.xml:

activity_second.xml:

AndroidManifest.xml:

END OF NEW PROJECT

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FirstActivity:

    private final Context mContext = this;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
       super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
       setContentView(R.layout.activity_first);

       buttonCapturePicture.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

           @Override
           public void onClick(View v) {                   
               captureImage();
           }
        });
    }

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent imageReturnedIntent) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, imageReturnedIntent);

        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            if (mFileUri != null) {
                mFilePath = mFileUri.toString();
                if (mFilePath != null) {                    
                    Intent intent = new Intent(mContext, SecondActivity.class);
                    intent.putExtra("filepath", mFilePath);
                    startActivity(intent);
                }
            }
        }

        // refresh phone's folder content
        sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED, Uri.parse("file://" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory())));
    }

    private void captureImage() {
        Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

        mFileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(1);

        intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, mFileUri);

        // start the image capture Intent
        startActivityForResult(intent, 100);
    }


    private Uri getOutputMediaFileUri(int type) {
        return Uri.fromFile(getOutputMediaFile(type));
    }

    private static File getOutputMediaFile(int type) {
        // External sdcard location
        File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "DCIM/Camera");

        // Create the storage directory if it does not exist
        if (!mediaStorageDir.exists()) {
            if (!mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()) {
                return null;
            }
        }

        // Create a media file name
        String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", Locale.getDefault()).format(new Date());
        File mediaFile;
        if (type == 1) {
            mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator + "IMG_" + timeStamp + ".jpg");
        } else if (type == 2) {
            mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator + "VID_" + timeStamp + ".mp4");
        } else {
            return null;
        }

        return mediaFile;
    }

SecondActivity:

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        super.addContentView(R.layout.activity_second);

        Intent intent = getIntent();
        mFilePath = intent.getStringExtra("filepath");
        previewMedia();
        ...
    }

    private void previewMedia() {              
            BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();            
            options.inSampleSize = 8; // down sizing image as it throws OutOfMemory Exception for larger images
            mFilePath = mFilePath.replace("file://", ""); // remove to avoid BitmapFactory.decodeFile return null
            File imgFile = new File(mFilePath);
            if (imgFile.exists()) {
                final Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imgFile.getAbsolutePath(), options);
                mImagePreview.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
            }
        }