CODEWITHSUNDEEP
android
tirenweb
tirenweb

Reputation: 31739

Take a picture and saved it in /data/data

I have this code to take a picture and save the picture in /data/data/..., but after taking the picture I get Image saved to: /media/external/images/media/a_number. I have checked the /data/data/... directory and the picture file is not there.

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    context = this;

    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    File fileUri = new File(context.getFilesDir(), "INSTALLATION.jpg");

    Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);


    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); // set the image file name


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


protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE) {
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

            // Image captured and saved to fileUri specified in the Intent
            Toast.makeText(this, "Image saved to:\n" + data.getData(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        } else if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
            // User cancelled the image capture
        } else {
            // Image capture failed, advise user
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 55

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007399

Third-party camera apps have no rights to write to your portion of internal storage.

You are welcome to try writing a ContentProvider that supports the streaming API and supports writing to your internal storage, then use a content:// Uri for ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE. I haven't tried this, so I don't know how well it works, and I suspect many camera apps won't expect a content:// Uri there.

Otherwise, your options are:

  • Give the third-party camera app a location on external storage, then copy the file yourself to internal storage, or

  • Do not use ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE, but instead use the Camera and/or camera2 APIs to take a picture directly in your app

Upvotes: 1

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