Taking pictures with camera on Android programmatically
Look at following demo code.
Here is your XML file for UI,
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent"
android:orientation="vertical" >
<Button
android:id="@+id/btnCapture"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Camera" />
</LinearLayout>
And here is your Java class file,
public class CameraDemoActivity extends Activity {
int TAKE_PHOTO_CODE = 0;
public static int count = 0;
/** Called when the activity is first created. */
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
// Here, we are making a folder named picFolder to store
// pics taken by the camera using this application.
final String dir = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES) + "/picFolder/";
File newdir = new File(dir);
newdir.mkdirs();
Button capture = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnCapture);
capture.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
// Here, the counter will be incremented each time, and the
// picture taken by camera will be stored as 1.jpg,2.jpg
// and likewise.
count++;
String file = dir+count+".jpg";
File newfile = new File(file);
try {
newfile.createNewFile();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
}
Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile(newfile);
Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
cameraIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);
startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, TAKE_PHOTO_CODE);
}
});
}
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode == TAKE_PHOTO_CODE && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
Log.d("CameraDemo", "Pic saved");
}
}
}
Note:
Specify the following permissions in your manifest file,
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
There are two ways to take a photo:
1 - Using an Intent to make a photo
2 - Using the camera API
I think you should use the second way and there is a sample code here for two of them.
You can use Magical Take Photo library.
1. try with compile in gradle
compile 'com.frosquivel:magicaltakephoto:1.0'
2. You need this permission in your manifest.xml
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>
3. instance the class like this
// "this" is the current activity param
MagicalTakePhoto magicalTakePhoto = new MagicalTakePhoto(this,ANY_INTEGER_0_TO_4000_FOR_QUALITY);
4. if you need to take picture use the method
magicalTakePhoto.takePhoto("my_photo_name");
5. if you need to select picture in device, try with the method:
magicalTakePhoto.selectedPicture("my_header_name");
6. You need to override the method onActivityResult of the activity or fragment like this:
@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
magicalTakePhoto.resultPhoto(requestCode, resultCode, data);
// example to get photo
// imageView.setImageBitmap(magicalTakePhoto.getMyPhoto());
}
Note: Only with this Library you can take and select picture in the device, this use a min API 15.