androidnullpointerexceptionuriandroid-cameranexus-one

Android camera capture activity returns null Uri


This code worked on samsung before but now that i'm using Nexus One with Android 2.3.6, it's crashing as soon as I take a picture and click ok or choose a photo from gallery. Stacktrace shows a null pointer exception on the Uri.
My code for the activating the camera is as follows:

public void activateCamera(View view){      
    Intent i = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    // start the image capture Intent
    startActivityForResult(i, CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE);
}

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

    if ((requestCode == CHOOSE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE  || requestCode == CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE) 
        && resultCode == RESULT_OK && null != data) {

        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 picturePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);

        cursor.close();

        Bitmap bits = null;

        BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();

        options.inSampleSize = inSampleSize;

        try {
            bits = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(picturePath),null,options);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
        }

Any idea what could be the problem? Thanks!


Solution

  • You have to tell the camera, where to save the picture and remeber the uri yourself:

    private Uri mMakePhotoUri;
    
    private File createImageFile() {
        // return a File object for your image.
    }
    
    private void makePhoto() {
        try {
            File f = createImageFile();
            Intent i = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
            mMakePhotoUri = Uri.fromFile(f);
            i.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, mMakePhotoUri);
            startActivityForResult(i, REQUEST_MAKE_PHOTO);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "IO error", e);
            Toast.makeText(getActivity(), R.string.error_writing_image, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
    
    @Override
    public void onActivityResult(final int requestCode, final int resultCode, final Intent data) {
        switch (requestCode) {
            case REQUEST_MAKE_PHOTO:
                if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                    // do something with mMakePhotoUri
                }
                return;
            default: // do nothing
                super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        }
    }
    

    You should save the value of mMakePhotoUri over instance states withing onCreate() and onSaveInstanceState().