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How to display an image from the Gallery in an ImageView?

I created a button that lets the user choose between "Take picture with camera" and "Select picture from gallery".
When the picture is taken/chosen, I then display it in an ImageView of the next activity which I do by passing the URI of the file created to store the taken/selected picture.
It works as expected when the user takes a picture with his camera but when he selects an image from gallery, no image is shown in the next activity despite both intents (take a picture and select a picture) being coded the same.
My question(s): Why isn't the image displayed in the next activity ONLY when picked from the gallery ? Or how should I proceed to display it ?
Intent to open camera (working fine):
private void openCameraToTakePictureIntent() {
Log.d(TAG, "Method for Intent Camera started");
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
// Ensure that there's a camera activity to handle the intent
if (takePictureIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
// Create the File where the photo should go
File photoFile = null;
try {
photoFile = createImageFile();
} catch (IOException ex) {
// Error occurred while creating the File
}
if (photoFile != null) {
Uri photoURI = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this,
"com.emergence.pantherapp.fileprovider", photoFile);
takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, photoURI);
startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
}
}
}
Intent to access gallery and pick an image:
private void openGalleryIntent() {
Log.d(TAG, "Method for Intent Gallery started");
Intent galleryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
if (galleryIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
File photoFile = null;
try {
photoFile = createImageFile();
} catch (IOException ex) {
// Error occurred while creating the File
}
if (photoFile != null) {
Uri photoURI = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this,
"com.emergence.pantherapp.fileprovider", photoFile);
galleryIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, photoURI);
startActivityForResult(galleryIntent, PICK_IMAGE);
}
}
}
Then here's the onActivityResult: (currentPhotoPath is the absolute path of the file created to store the image)
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, #Nullable Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && requestCode == 1) {
Log.d(TAG, currentPhotoPath);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, ModifyPictureActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("USER_IMAGE", currentPhotoPath);
startActivity(intent);
} else if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK && requestCode == 2) {
Log.d(TAG, currentPhotoPath);
Intent intent = new Intent(this, ModifyPictureActivity.class);
intent.putExtra("USER_IMAGE", currentPhotoPath);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
Below is how the image is displayed in the following activity:
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_modify_picture);
Intent intent = getIntent();
String imageUri = intent.getStringExtra("USER_IMAGE");
if (imageUri != null) {
Log.d(TAG, imageUri);
} else {
Log.d(TAG, "imageUri was null");
}
image = findViewById(R.id.picture);
image.setImageURI(Uri.parse(imageUri));
}
I made sure to have the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE in the manifest and the xml layout is just set to "match_parent" for height and width but I can add them if it's relevant.

Few Intent actions use EXTRA_OUTPUT. Mostly, that is an ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE thing.
More typically, an Intent for getting a piece of content (ACTION_PICK, ACTION_GET_CONTENT, ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT, ACTION_CREATE_DOCUMENT, ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE, etc.) return a Uri from the content supplier in the Intentdelivered toonActivityResult(). Given your implementation, that would be data.getData()to get thatUri`.
You can then use a ContentResolver and openInputStream() to get an InputStream on the content identified by the Uri. In your case, for example, you could use that InputStream to copy the bytes to a FileOutputStream to make your own local copy of the content.
Note that you only have short-term access to the content identified by the Uri.

Issue with an intent working on Lollipop and older, but not on newer

I am currently working on an activity that will let the user select an image from the gallery, and then put that image's URI into an SQLite database.
I have another activity where I take that URI and display it on an ImageView. I have this working perfectly on Lollipop and older. But anything newer it crashes when I pull up the activity that displays the image.
Here is the LOGCAT line of the crash:
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.google.android.apps.photos.contentprovider.MediaContentProvider from ProcessRecord{8193e94 13574:jeremy.com.wineofmine/u0a97} (pid=13574, uid=10097) that is not exported from uid 10044
This makes it seem like a permissions thing, but I am requesting the WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and READ_EXTERNAL STORAGE in the manifest, as well as requesting those permissions on run-time on the activity where it displays the image.
And here is the exact line where it's crashing (this is in the activity where it displays the image:)
bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(this.getContentResolver(), imageURI);
And this is imageURI:
imageURI = Uri.parse(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(WineContract.WineEntry.COLUMN_WINE_IMAGE)));
//This code returns this: content://com.google.android.apps.photos.contentprovider/-1/1/content%3A%2F%2Fmedia%2Fexternal%2Fimages%2Fmedia%2F62/ACTUAL/860591124
Here is the code to the relevant bits.
This is the intent to open up the gallery:
Intent intentGallery = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(intentGallery, SELECT_IMAGE);
And this is the onActivityResult method. The main goal of this method is to set the imageThumbail ImageView as the thumbnail, and also to set "photoURI" as the selected image's URI.
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
//This is if they choose an image from the gallery
if (requestCode == SELECT_IMAGE && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
if (requestCode == SELECT_IMAGE) {
// Get the url from data
Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();
if (null != selectedImageUri) {
// Get the path from the Uri
String path = getPathFromURI(selectedImageUri);
Log.i("ADDACTIVITY", "Image Path : " + path);
bitmap = null;
try {
bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(this.getContentResolver(), selectedImageUri);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
bitmapThumbnail = ThumbnailUtils.extractThumbnail(bitmap,175,175);
ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bitmapThumbnail.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, stream);
byteArray = stream.toByteArray();
// Set the image in ImageView
imageThumbnail.setImageBitmap(bitmapThumbnail);
//Setting photoURI (which gets put into the database) as the gallery's image URI
photoURI = data.getData();
}
}
}
}
Any pointers to what I could be doing wrong, would be great.

Avoiding FAILED BINDER TRANSACTION error using intent

In my costum camera app I need to transfer a bitmap and a Uri from one activity to another. For some reason I'm getting the FAILED BINDER TRANSACTION error on most phones(I get the error on newer phones but don't on Nexus4 and Galaxy3). I get the same error even when I only try to transfer the Bitmap through an intent(I also tried transfering only the Uri and got the error). From what I've read online the error comes from a memory problem but I don't know how to fix it. I would appreciate any kind of help.
My first Activity:
...
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
if (requestCode == SELECT_PICTURE) {
tv.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
btn.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
selectedImageUri = data.getData();
selectedImagePath = getPath(selectedImageUri);
System.out.println("Image Path : " + selectedImagePath);
img.setImageURI(selectedImageUri);
ok.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
}
}
public String getPath(Uri uri) {
String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, projection, null, null, null);
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(v.getId()==btn.getId())
{
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setType("image/*");
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), SELECT_PICTURE);
}
if(v.getId()==ok.getId())
{
String stringUri;
stringUri = selectedImageUri.toString();
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent .setClass(MainActivity.this, SecondMain.class);
intent .putExtra("KEY", stringUri);
startActivity(intent );
}
}
}
Second Activity:
public static Camera isCameraAvailiable(){
Camera object = null;
try {
object = Camera.open();// attempt to get a Camera instance
}
catch (Exception e){
// Camera is not available (in use or does not exist)
}
return object; // returns null if camera is unavailable
}
private Camera.PictureCallback capturedIt = new Camera.PictureCallback() {
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, data.length);
if(bitmap==null){
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "not taken", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "taken", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
cameraObject.release();
}
};
...
String stringUri = null;
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
if (extras != null && extras.containsKey("KEY")) {
stringUri= extras.getString("KEY");
}
selectedImageUri = Uri.parse(extras.getString("KEY"));
float alpha=(float)1/2;
img.setAlpha(alpha);
img.setImageURI(selectedImageUri);
cameraObject = isCameraAvailiable();
showCamera = new ShowCamera(this, cameraObject);
frame.addView(showCamera);
}
public void snapIt(View view){
redo.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
ok.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
snap.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
cameraObject.takePicture(null, null, capturedIt);
}
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
if(v.getId()==ok.getId())
{
Intent intent = new Intent(SecondMain.this, Blend.class);
ByteArrayOutputStream stream=new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, stream);
byte[]byteArray=stream.toByteArray();
intent.putExtra("image", byteArray);
String stringUri;
stringUri = selectedImageUri.toString();
intent .putExtra("KEY", stringUri);
startActivity(intent);

It is not a memory problem, it's a problem with transferring your image with your intent. You see, Bundle has a limit of how much data it can transfer from one end to the other, currently it's only 1MB. You will problems on all modern phones with a decent camera, as the image exceeds 1MB limit, some old phones with low end camera will work. You need to rethink on how you are going to be transfering the image.
You can
Save it to a file first, send the only the path to it (that's how selecting an image from the gallery works)
Save it to SQL and retrive it on the other end
Make a hodler class with a static variable of image (the most simple)
Make a custom class of Application and put it there for the time being.
Downscale and compress the image before it's transferred

Capturing Image from camera and displaying it in another activity in android

I am developing an application in which i want to capture the image from the camera and display it in another activity in an image view, my problem is that able to capture the image but after capturing i am redirected to first activity instead to second one.
Here is my Code..
PictureOptions.java
public void buttonCameraOpen(View view)
{
// create Intent to take a picture and return control to the calling application
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE); // create a file to save the image
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); // set the image file name
// start the image capture Intent
startActivityForResult(intent, CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE);
}
private static Uri getOutputMediaFileUri(int type){
return Uri.fromFile(getOutputMediaFile(type));
}
/** Create a File for saving an image or video */
private static File getOutputMediaFile(int type){
// To be safe, you should check that the SDCard is mounted
// using Environment.getExternalStorageState() before doing this.
File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), "Easy Heal");
// This location works best if you want the created images to be shared
// between applications and persist after your app has been uninstalled.
// Create the storage directory if it does not exist
if (! mediaStorageDir.exists()){
if (! mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()){
Log.d("MyCameraApp", "failed to create directory");
return null;
}
}
// Create a media file name
String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
File mediaFile;
if (type == MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE){
mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator +
"IMG_"+ timeStamp + ".jpg");
} else {
return null;
}
return mediaFile;
}
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
Bitmap selectedphoto = null;
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode == CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE && resultCode == RESULT_OK && null!=data) {
// Image captured and saved to fileUri specified in the Intent
//selectedphoto = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
String [] filePathColumn = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage, filePathColumn, null, null, null);
cursor.moveToFirst();
int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
String filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
File f =new File(filePath);
String filename = f.getName();
cursor.close();
selectedphoto = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(filePath);
Intent intent = new Intent(PictureOptions.this,ShowImage.class);
//intent.putExtra("data", selectedphoto);
intent.setData( selectedImage );
startActivity(intent);
} else if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
// User cancelled the image capture
} else {
// Image capture failed, advise user
}
}
PictureOptions.xml
<Button
android:id="#+id/buttonCameraOpen"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="72dp"
android:layout_weight="0.35"
android:onClick="buttonCameraOpen"
android:text="#string/button_camera_open" />
ShowImage.java
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_show_image);
ImageView imageview = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.ImageShow);
Uri imageUri = getIntent().getData();
//Bitmap selectedphoto =(Bitmap)this.getIntent().getParcelableExtra("data");
imageview.setImageURI(imageUri);
}
ShowImage.xml
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/ImageShow"
android:layout_width="fill_parent"
android:layout_height="fill_parent" />

I finally found an awesome solution
This library is used to capture image from camera or select from gallery and return back image in File format in onActivityResult method, which can be used further in the application.
Use
EasyImage Library

Uri uriSavedImage=Uri.fromFile(new File("/sdcard/flashCropped.png"));
camera.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, uriSavedImage);
startActivityForResult(camera, 1);
After clicking the image, check whether it exists or not. Then send the path to the image file to the next activity and display it via Bitmap.

Call the camera intent
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
if (takePictureIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
}
then on activity for result use this
'case REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE:
Bundle extras = data.getExtras();
Bitmap imageBitmap = (Bitmap) extras.get("data");
saveBitmap(imageBitmap);
mimageView1.setImageBitmap(imageBitmap);
mIntent.putExtra("ACTIVITY_CODE", 1);
startActivity(mIntent);
break;
the add this method in ur same class
public void saveBitmap(Bitmap bmp)
{
String file_path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() +"/DCIM";
try
{
File dir = new File(file_path);
if(!dir.exists())
dir.mkdirs();
File file = new File(dir, "time");
cameraUrl=file.getAbsolutePath();
FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(file);
bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fOut);
fOut.flush();
fOut.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("errr in ","inserting the image at parictular location");
}
}
then call this in ur another activity where u want the image
String valueC = getIntent().getExtras().getString("CAMERA");
Log.v("imageBitmap", ""+valueC);
Bitmap yourSelectedImageC = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(valueC);
mImgV_image.setImageBitmap(yourSelectedImageC);

I have same problem after spending 2 days finally i got the anwer
First activity
if (requestCode == CAMERA_REQUEST && resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null) {
Uri uri = data.getData();
Intent intent= new Intent(this,SecondActivity.class);
selfiSrc.putExtra("imgurl", uri );
startActivity(intent);
}
SecondActivity
Imageview iv_photo=(ImageView)findViewById(R.id.iv_photo);
Bundle extras= getIntent().getExtras();
if(extras!=null)
{
path = (Uri) extras.get("imgurl");
iv_photo.setImageURI(path);
}
Another way see my answer
Android - how can i transfer ImageView from one activity to another activity?

How can i select an image from gallery and display that in another activity..?

i have created the code to select image from gallery,but i can not pass that value to another activity through bundle..please help me
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
if (requestCode == SELECT_PICTURE) {
Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();
selectedImagePath = getPath(selectedImageUri);
System.out.println("Image Path : " + selectedImagePath);
img.setImageURI(selectedImageUri);
enter code here
i need to pass the SelectedImageUri to another activity as bundle

Use this
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
if (requestCode == SELECT_PICTURE) {
Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();
selectedImagePath = getPath(selectedImageUri);
System.out.println("Image Path : " + selectedImagePath);
img.setImageURI(selectedImageUri);
Intent intent = new Intent(this , Second_activity.class );
intent.putExtra("image_path", selectedImagePath);
startActivity(intent);
}
it will start the Second Activity, then on the second Activity receive those values by this
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
if (extras != null) {
String value = extras.getString("image_path");
//use value
}

I know is not exactly what you were looking for but if you pass selectedImagePath using i.putExtra("photoPath", selectedImagePath);, you can later load the image using only the path.

I need to pass the SelectedImageUri to another activity as bundle
=> FYI, Uri class itself implement Parcelable, so you can add and get value into/from Intent directly.
// Add a Uri instance to an Intent
intent.putExtra("SelectedImageUri", SelectedImageUri);
// Get a Uri from an Intent
Uri uri = intent.getParcelableExtra("SelectedImageUri");