The action "com.android.camera.NEW_PICTURE" is not documented.
Why should it work on different devices?
On Saturday, January 1, 2011 6:46:54 PM UTC+2, androidman wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm trying to make an app that detects when a user takes a photo.
> I set up a broadcast receiver class and registered it in the manifest
> file by:
>
> <receiver android:name="photoReceiver" >
> <intent-filter>
> <action android:name="com.android.camera.NEW_PICTURE"/>
> <data android:mimeType="image/*"/>
> </intent-filter>
> </receiver>
> No matter what I try to do the program won't receive the broadcast.
> Here is my receiver class:
>
> public class photoReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
> private static final String TAG = "photoReceiver";
>
> @Override
> public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
> CharSequence text = "caught it";
> int duration = Toast.LENGTH_LONG;
> Log.d(TAG, "Received new photo");
>
> Toast toast = Toast.makeText(context, text, duration);
> toast.show();
> }
> }
> If I remove the mimeType line in the manifest and in my activity I
> send my own broadcast using
>
> Intent intent = new Intent("com.android.camera.NEW_PICTURE");
> sendBroadcast(intent);
> then I successfully receive the broadcast and can see the log and
> toast window. Am I approaching this the right way? Is there any thing
> that I need to add? Thanks in advance for the help!
>
> Also, the NEW_PICTURE is defined in the camera source, see a thread
> here: stackoverflow.com/questions/3015448/…, when a picture is taken
> it calls sendBroadcast(new Intent("com.android.camera.NEW_PICTURE",
> mLastContentUri));
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