[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-09 Thread BoD
Just FYI, this bug might be relevant: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1480 Basically, the existing MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE intent is probably all what you need, the only problem is the returned image is not full-sized. BoD On May 7, 4:37 pm, Anna PS

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-09 Thread Wouter
Is it possible to share the code! I am creating also such application where i wanted to take a picture and upload this picture to my website! Can I take a picture with the emulator? Thank you, Wouter On May 8, 12:30 am, Anna PS annapowellsm...@googlemail.com wrote: 1. Thumbnail display.

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-07 Thread Anna PS
Hi Mark, I've used the camera code from the Advanced Android book and it's working nicely. Thank you. Just a couple of basic questions (for Mark, or anyone else) about the retrieval/URI issue, both assuming the photo is saved on the SD card as photo.jpg. 1. Thumbnail display. When I go back to

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-07 Thread Mark Murphy
1. Thumbnail display. When I go back to the first screen of the application, I want to show an ImageView of the jpeg that the user has just taken. Current code, which doesn't work because it's not looking in the SD card: bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(openFileInput(photo.jpg));

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-07 Thread Anna PS
1. Thumbnail display. When I go back to the first screen of the application, I want to show an ImageView of the jpeg that the user has just taken. Current code, which doesn't work because it's not looking in the SD card:    bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(openFileInput(photo.jpg));

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-06 Thread Mark Murphy
Anna PS wrote: I need to start the Camera activity from within my application, take a picture, and return the photo URI to another activity. Surely this should be straightforward? But the Camera API sample code doesn't show how to get the URI. I can't find the answer on this forum, either.

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-06 Thread Anna PS
I need to start the Camera activity from within my application, take a picture, and return the photo URI to another activity. Ugh. The more I search for answers, the more baffled I get... Here's what I need to do: - From the home screen, have a big button saying Click here to take a photo -

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-06 Thread Mark Murphy
Anna PS wrote: Ugh. The more I search for answers, the more baffled I get... Here's what I need to do: - From the home screen, have a big button saying Click here to take a photo You might be able to do that with an AppWidget in 1.5, but otherwise, there is no means of doing a big button

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-06 Thread Mark Murphy
Anna PS wrote: Thanks Mark. I've tried to intercept the Camera class's onKeyDown event to save a picture and take the URI back to my home activity - code below. There is no onKeyDown() in the Camera class. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/hardware/Camera.html Unfortunately,

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-06 Thread Anna PS
- From the home screen, have a big button saying Click here to take a photo You might be able to do that with an AppWidget in 1.5, but otherwise, there is no means of doing a big button on the home screen. Sorry, my fault, I'm not being clear. What I mean is that I want to start my

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-06 Thread Anna PS
Thanks Mark (sorry to have two separate threads going on here). I'll take a look at the code in your book. If I succeed, I'll post my code here for others to use. Links from other readers also much appreciated. Best wishes, Anna On May 7, 1:03 am, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote:

[android-developers] Re: Get image URI from camera?

2009-05-06 Thread Mark Murphy
Anna PS wrote: What I don't know is what to launch when the user clicks on it. A modified version of the Camera class, or something like MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE? I haven't used the latter, so I can't comment on it. I need to (a) display the photo as a thumbnail on the activity's