[android] Capture Image from Camera and Display in Activity

Capture photo from camera + pick image from gallery and set it into the background of layout or imageview. Here is sample code.

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.graphics.drawable.BitmapDrawable;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;

    import android.provider.MediaStore;
    import android.util.Log;
    import android.view.View;
    import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
    import android.widget.AdapterView;
    import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
    import android.widget.GridView;
    import android.widget.ImageView;
    import android.widget.LinearLayout;

    public class Post_activity extends Activity
    {
        final int TAKE_PICTURE = 1;
        final int ACTIVITY_SELECT_IMAGE = 2;

        ImageView openCameraOrGalleryBtn,cancelBtn;
        LinearLayout backGroundImageLinearLayout;

        public void onCreate(Bundle savedBundleInstance) {
            super.onCreate(savedBundleInstance);
            overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_up,0);
            setContentView(R.layout.post_activity);

            backGroundImageLinearLayout=(LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.background_image_linear_layout);
            cancelBtn=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.cancel_icon);

            openCameraOrGalleryBtn=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.camera_icon);



            openCameraOrGalleryBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub

                    selectImage();
                }
            });
            cancelBtn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(View v) {
                    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_down,0);
                finish();
                }
            });

        }

    public void selectImage()
        {
             final CharSequence[] options = { "Take Photo", "Choose from Gallery","Cancel" };
             AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(Post_activity.this);
                builder.setTitle("Add Photo!");
                builder.setItems(options,new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                    @Override
                    public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                        if(options[which].equals("Take Photo"))
                        {
                            Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE); 
                            startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, TAKE_PICTURE);
                        }
                        else if(options[which].equals("Choose from Gallery"))
                        {
                            Intent intent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
                            startActivityForResult(intent, ACTIVITY_SELECT_IMAGE);
                        }
                        else if(options[which].equals("Cancel"))
                        {
                            dialog.dismiss();
                        }

                    }
                });
                builder.show();
        }
        public void onActivityResult(int requestcode,int resultcode,Intent intent)
        {
            super.onActivityResult(requestcode, resultcode, intent);
            if(resultcode==RESULT_OK)
            {
                if(requestcode==TAKE_PICTURE)
                {
                    Bitmap photo = (Bitmap)intent.getExtras().get("data"); 
                    Drawable drawable=new BitmapDrawable(photo);
                    backGroundImageLinearLayout.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);

                }
                else if(requestcode==ACTIVITY_SELECT_IMAGE)
                {
                    Uri selectedImage = intent.getData();
                    String[] filePath = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
                    Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,filePath, null, null, null);
                    c.moveToFirst();
                    int columnIndex = c.getColumnIndex(filePath[0]);
                    String picturePath = c.getString(columnIndex);
                    c.close();
                    Bitmap thumbnail = (BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath));
                    Drawable drawable=new BitmapDrawable(thumbnail);
                    backGroundImageLinearLayout.setBackgroundDrawable(drawable);


                }
            }
        }

        public void onBackPressed() {
            super.onBackPressed();
            //overridePendingTransition(R.anim.slide_down,0);
        }
    }

Add these permission in Androidmenifest.xml file

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA"/>

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