/** Creates an intents to open the camera application and initiates it */
protected void takeImageWithCamera() {
// create Intent to take a picture and return control to the calling application
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
// create a file to save the image
cameraFileUri = Utils.getNewCameraFileUri();
// set the image file name
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, cameraFileUri);
// trigger activity
startActivityForResult(intent, Constants.REQUEST_CODE_CAMERA);
}
/**
* Enables the preview image, first by trying to decode the URI natively into a bitmap If this
* fails then the image will be loaded from the uri handled by the system
*
* @param cameraFileUri - path to the image
*/
private void setPreviewImageOn(Uri cameraFileUri) {
Log.d(toString(), "setPreviewImageOn: ");
try {
Bitmap b = Utils.getAppFriendlyBitmap(cameraFileUri, getContentResolver());
Log.d(toString(), "bitt.. " + b);
if (b == null) throw new IOException("Bitmap returned is null");
setPreviewBitmapImageOn(b);
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.e(toString(), "bitmap failed to decode : " + e);
setPreviewURIImageOn(cameraFileUri);
}
}
