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ethan123
ethan123

Reputation: 1084

Why is camera intent automatically saving images to disk?

I'm using a simple camera intent following the basic tutorial from Android. In this section it talks about saving the image file to disk. However, I haven't yet configured any of these steps, but after capturing the image and returning to my activity, it's still automatically saving my image to disk in /storage/emaulated/0/DCIM/Camera. This doesn't seem to be what's implied by the tutorial - I don't even have the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission in my manifest so I'm not sure why it's even allowed to write to disk. I don't want the image to automatically save to this directory, but rather to a directory of my choosing. I know how to save the image to a custom directory, but how can I prevent the default behavior of saving the image to the directory above?

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3138

Answers (4)

swati kapoor
swati kapoor

Reputation: 131

comment this line if have

MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(),file.getAbsolutePath(),file.getName(),file.getName());

Upvotes: 0

panonski
panonski

Reputation: 555

Here is a method that creates a folder with the name for your app in the "pictures" folder on your SD card. You can change it so that it reflects your needs.

    // Create a File for saving an image or video
    private static File getOutputMediaFile(int type){
        // To be safe, you should check that the SDCard is mounted
        // using Environment.getExternalStorageState() before doing this.

        File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
                  Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), "MyAppDirectory");
        // This location works best if you want the created images to be shared
        // between applications and persist after your app has been uninstalled.

        // Create the storage directory if it does not exist
        if (! mediaStorageDir.exists()){
            if (! mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()){
                Log.d("MyAppDirectory", "failed to create directory");
                return null;
            }
        }
            // Create a media file name
            String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
            File mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator +
                "IMG_"+ timeStamp + ".jpg");

            return mediaFile;
}

You can call this method when you need it:

        File file = getOutputMediaFile(MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE);

Upvotes: 0

SilentKnight
SilentKnight

Reputation: 14021

When you try to take a phto, actually you are start calling Camera App installed in your device. You didn't set WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Oh yes, but the App of Camera is set. And when you try to take a picture but want to store the photo into your file, you could try this:

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
intent.putExtra("return-data", false);
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,
                Uri.fromFile(AVATAR_FILE_TMP));
intent.putExtra("outputFormat",
                Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG.toString());
intent.putExtra("noFaceDetection", true);
startActivityForResult(intent, TAKING_PICTURE_INDEX);

And filePath is the path of the image file you take by Camera. Taking a photo uses Camera App.

Upvotes: 1

Dinesh T A
Dinesh T A

Reputation: 2097

If you use the following code, It will not save the default camera roll.

Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, receiptUri);
startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, 1);

But you need WRITE permission in your manifest.

Upvotes: 0

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