Having problems saving camera images - image

Question

I have been through the contents and cant seem to find an answer to my issue.
I have an imagefile in my app, and a button... I am following the tutorial on android developers https://developer.android.com/training/camera/photobasics#java but am having problems saving the file. At one point, I was able to save to cache, but i would rather save to a folder in pictures.
Here is my code...
static final int REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE = 1;
private void dispatchTakePictureIntent() {
Intent dispatchTakePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
// Ensure that there's a camera activity to handle the intent
if (dispatchTakePictureIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
// Create the File where the photo should go
File photoFile = null;
photoFile = createImageFile();
// Continue only if the File was successfully created
if (photoFile != null) {
Uri photoURI = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this,
"com.example.ConfinedSpaceManagement",
photoFile);
dispatchTakePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, photoURI);
startActivityForResult(dispatchTakePictureIntent, REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO);
}
}
}
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode == REQUEST_IMAGE_CAPTURE && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
Bundle extras = data.getExtras();
Bitmap imageBitmap = (Bitmap) extras.get("data");
imageView.setImageBitmap(imageBitmap);
}
}
String currentPhotoPath;
private File createImageFile(){
// Create an image file name
File storageDir = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
if (!storageDir.exists()) {
if (!storageDir.mkdirs()) {
Log.d("Confined_Space", "failed to create Directory");
return null;
}
}
String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
return new File(storageDir.getPath() + File.separator + "ConSp" + timeStamp + ".jpg");
}
//String imageFileName = "JPEG_" + timeStamp + "_";
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
static final int REQUEST_TAKE_PHOTO = 1;
}
and this is my manifest
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.confinedspacemanagement">
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera"
android:required="false" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
android:maxSdkVersion="18" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/AppTheme">
<meta-data
android:name="com.google.android.actions"
android:resource="#xml/file_paths" />
<activity android:name=".Signature" />
<activity android:name=".AuditWork" />
<activity android:name=".DisplayIndividual" />
<activity android:name=".SecondActivity" />
<activity android:name=".Definition" />
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:screenOrientation="portrait">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<provider
android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="com.example.confinedspacemanagement.fileprovider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="#xml/file_paths"/>
</provider>
</application>
</manifest>
and here is my xml.file_path
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<external-path name="my_images" path="Android/data/com.example.package.name/files/Pictures" />
</paths>
The activity is a sqlite form page. I am trying to take a picture, save it to a specified file, and then save the file path into the database.
Any help out there??? Should I be using camera2???

Answer 1

I found an answer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqgZxiU2knM by Mr. PRABEESH R K.
The image is saving fine, but I am taking the picture from an activity that is not the main activity. When I return the result, the page goes back to main activity, not the page the camera was originally requested from. Is there any way to keep it on the sending page?