How to take photos and saving them to the custom destination in android

Taking photo is a very basic feature of the android. But if you want to add this feature to your app then?

So in this blog, we have shown you how to click the picture and save it to your custom directory.

Take the Photos from your App

There are some basic steps to add this functionality to your app,

Step 1: Add Request Camera Permission to your manifest.xml

    <uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera"                   android:required="true" />

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Step 2: Add the below code,

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); // ------- add below lines to store the photos to custom directory ------- File imagesFolder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "My Images"); imagesFolder.mkdirs(); mUri = Uri.fromFile(new File(imagesFolder, "IMG_" + String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()) + ".jpg")); intent.putExtra(android.provider.MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, mUri); startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CAMERA);

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Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); // ------- add below lines to store the photos to custom directory ------- File imagesFolder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "My Images"); imagesFolder.mkdirs(); mUri = Uri.fromFile(new File(imagesFolder, "IMG_" + String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()) + ".jpg")); intent.putExtra(android.provider.MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, mUri); startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CAMERA);

By above code, your all the photos will be stored in the My Images folder.

Note: Above Lollipop version you have to add the permission check here.

Step 3: Get the bitmap and set it to the ImageView,

@Override public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data); if (requestCode == REQUEST_CAMERA) { if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) { Bitmap clickedImage; String filename = ""; String path = mUri.getPath(); if (path.length() > 0) { filename = path.substring(path.lastIndexOf("/") + 1, path.length()); clickedImage = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path); setImageAndName(clickedImage, filename); } } } }

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@Override     public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {         super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);         if (requestCode == REQUEST_CAMERA) {             if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {                 Bitmap clickedImage;                 String filename = "";                 String path = mUri.getPath();                 if (path.length() > 0) {                     filename = path.substring(path.lastIndexOf("/") + 1, path.length());                     clickedImage = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path);                     setImageAndName(clickedImage, filename);                 }             }         } }

set the image,

public void setImageAndName(Bitmap clickedImage, String displayName) { ImageView eachOptionImage = (ImageView) mMainView.findViewById(R.id.all_options).findViewWithTag(mClickedButtonTag).findViewById(R.id.each_option_image_preview); eachOptionImage.setImageBitmap(clickedImage); TextView eachOptionName = (TextView) mMainView.findViewById(R.id.all_options).findViewWithTag(mClickedButtonTag).findViewById(R.id.each_option_name_tv); eachOptionName.setText(displayName); }

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public void setImageAndName(Bitmap clickedImage, String displayName) {         ImageView eachOptionImage = (ImageView) mMainView.findViewById(R.id.all_options).findViewWithTag(mClickedButtonTag).findViewById(R.id.each_option_image_preview);         eachOptionImage.setImageBitmap(clickedImage);           TextView eachOptionName = (TextView) mMainView.findViewById(R.id.all_options).findViewWithTag(mClickedButtonTag).findViewById(R.id.each_option_name_tv);         eachOptionName.setText(displayName);   }

Maybe this blog is helpable to you.

Thanks.