Android Capturing An Image From Camera Returns Empty Data

While Capturing image in android app intent return null each time. Please see below the code which I am using. I have tried multiple ways to get the permission as well as intent se

Solution 1:

Try to use the following code for getting the image in all APIs -

publicvoidtakePicture() {
            Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
            file = FileProvider.getUriForFile(mContext,
                    BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + ".provider",
                    getOutputMediaFile());
            intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, file);
            startActivityForResult(intent, TAKE_IMAGE_REQUEST);
        }

 private File getOutputMediaFile() {
        File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
                Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), getString(R.string.app_folder_name));

        if (!mediaStorageDir.exists()) {
            if (!mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()) {
                returnnull;
            }
        }


        returnnew File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator +
                PROFILE_PIC + getString(R.string.pic_type));
    }

And on your onActivityResult -

@OverrideprotectedvoidonActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        switch (requestCode) {
            case TAKE_IMAGE_REQUEST:
                if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                    imageView.setImageURI(file);
                }
                break;

            default:
                break;

        }
    }

Also, you need to define the Provider in your Manifest.xml file -

<providerandroid:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"android:exported="false"android:grantUriPermissions="true"><meta-dataandroid:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"android:resource="@xml/provider_paths"/></provider>

And finally the provider_paths.xml will be as follows -

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><pathsxmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"><external-pathname="external_files"path="."/></paths>

Let me know in case you need any clarification.