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Android Custom Camera Pictures when Captured and saved Picture is Totally Black

Hello to all Android Dev.
I am working with custom camera (Android NDK) where i will apply some filter at live cam. ok for now but when i captured the picture and saved it the pictures goes to totally black image. first i convert captured image to Bitmap and the decode it , for more understanding i am here sending you my Complete code....
#Override
protected void onCreate(#Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_camera);
toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.downloadToolbal);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
context = CameraActivity.this;
toolbar.setNavigationOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
finish();
}
});
cameraEngine = new CameraEngine(this);
MagicEngine.Builder builder = new MagicEngine.Builder();
magicEngine = builder.build((MagicCameraView) findViewById(R.id.gl_surface_camera));
camera_image = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.cameraImg);
cameraSurface = (RelativeLayout)findViewById(R.id.camera_surface);
cameraSurface.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
cameraEngine.takePicture(mPicture);
}
});
mFilterListView = (RecyclerView) findViewById(R.id.filter_listView);
LinearLayoutManager linearLayoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
linearLayoutManager.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.HORIZONTAL);
mFilterListView.setLayoutManager(linearLayoutManager);
mAdapter = new FilterAdapter(this, types);
mFilterListView.setAdapter(mAdapter);
mAdapter.setOnFilterChangeListener(new FilterAdapter.onFilterChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onFilterChanged(MagicFilterType filterType) {
magicEngine.setFilter(filterType);
}
});
}
also See here
private Camera.PictureCallback mPicture = new Camera.PictureCallback() {
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
dir_image2 = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+
File.separator+"My Custom Folder");
dir_image2.mkdirs();
File tmpFile = new File(dir_image2,"TempImage.jpg");
try {
fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
fos.write(data);
fos.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} catch (IOException e) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;
bmp1 = decodeFile(tmpFile);
bmp=Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bmp1,cameraSurface.getWidth(), cameraSurface.getHeight(),true);
camera_image.setImageBitmap(bmp);
tmpFile.delete();
savePicture();
}
};
private static Bitmap decodeFile(File f) {
Bitmap b = null;
try {
// Decode image size
o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
fis = new FileInputStream(f);
BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fis, null, o);
fis.close();
int IMAGE_MAX_SIZE = 1000;
int scale = 1;
if (o.outHeight > IMAGE_MAX_SIZE || o.outWidth > IMAGE_MAX_SIZE) {
scale = (int) Math.pow(
2,
(int) Math.round(Math.log(IMAGE_MAX_SIZE
/ (double) Math.max(o.outHeight, o.outWidth))
/ Math.log(0.5)));
}
// Decode with inSampleSize
o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o2.inSampleSize = scale;
fis = new FileInputStream(f);
b = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fis, null, o2);
fis.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return b;
}
If you wanted to know MagicEngine Class then here is Bellow
public class MagicEngine {
private static MagicEngine magicEngine;
public static MagicEngine getInstance(){
if(magicEngine == null)
throw new NullPointerException("MagicEngine must be built first");
else
return magicEngine;
}
private MagicEngine(Builder builder){
}
public void setFilter(MagicFilterType type){
MagicParams.magicBaseView.setFilter(type);
}
public void savePicture(File file, SavePictureTask.OnPictureSaveListener listener){
SavePictureTask savePictureTask = new SavePictureTask(file, listener);
MagicParams.magicBaseView.savePicture(savePictureTask);
}
public void startRecord(){
if(MagicParams.magicBaseView instanceof MagicCameraView)
((MagicCameraView)MagicParams.magicBaseView).changeRecordingState(true);
}
public void stopRecord(){
if(MagicParams.magicBaseView instanceof MagicCameraView)
((MagicCameraView)MagicParams.magicBaseView).changeRecordingState(false);
}
public void setBeautyLevel(int level){
if(MagicParams.magicBaseView instanceof MagicCameraView && MagicParams.beautyLevel != level) {
MagicParams.beautyLevel = level;
((MagicCameraView) MagicParams.magicBaseView).onBeautyLevelChanged();
}
}
public void switchCamera(){
CameraEngine.switchCamera();
}
public static class Builder{
public MagicEngine build(MagicBaseView magicBaseView) {
MagicParams.context = magicBaseView.getContext();
MagicParams.magicBaseView = magicBaseView;
return new MagicEngine(this);
}
public Builder setVideoPath(String path){
MagicParams.videoPath = path;
return this;
}
public Builder setVideoName(String name){
MagicParams.videoName = name;
return this;
}
}
}
Also see the .xml
<RelativeLayout
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:id="#+id/camera_surface"
android:layout_below="#+id/downloadToolbal"
android:layout_weight="1">
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/cameraImg"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
<com.seu.magicfilter.widget.MagicCameraView
android:id="#+id/gl_surface_camera"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</RelativeLayout>
<android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
android:id="#+id/filter_listView"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="100dp"
android:background="#android:color/white"
android:padding="#dimen/margin_small"
android:scrollbars="none" />

Try this one. This is working code of my google play application.
Camera.PictureCallback mPicture = new Camera.PictureCallback() {
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
File pictureFile = new File(photoPath.toString());
byte[] pictureBytes;
Bitmap thePicture;
Matrix m;
ByteArrayOutputStream bos;
BitmapFactory.Options opt;
if (pictureFile == null) {
return;
}
try {
opt = new BitmapFactory.Options();
opt.inTempStorage = new byte[16 * 1024];
Camera.Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
Camera.Size size = parameters.getPictureSize();
int height11 = size.height;
int width11 = size.width;
float mb = (width11 * height11) / 1024000;
if (mb > 4f)
opt.inSampleSize = 2;
thePicture = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, data.length, opt);
if (cameraFront) {
m = new Matrix();
m.postRotate(270);
Utils.freeMemory();
thePicture = Bitmap.createBitmap(thePicture, 0, 0, thePicture.getWidth(), thePicture.getHeight(), m, true);
bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
thePicture.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bos);
pictureBytes = bos.toByteArray();
} else {
m = new Matrix();
m.postRotate(90);
Utils.freeMemory();
thePicture = Bitmap.createBitmap(thePicture, 0, 0, thePicture.getWidth(), thePicture.getHeight(), m, true);
bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
thePicture.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bos);
pictureBytes = bos.toByteArray();
}
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(pictureFile);
fos.write(pictureBytes);
fos.close();
if (thePicture != null) {
if (!thePicture.isRecycled()) {
thePicture.recycle();
}
thePicture = null;
}
bos.close();
m = null;
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
Log.error(getClass().getName(), e.toString());
} catch (IOException e) {
Log.error(getClass().getName(), e.toString());
} catch (OutOfMemoryError e) {
Log.error(getClass().getName(), e.toString());
}
}
};

Capture screen of SurfaceView

In above image i have one SurfaceView and one Button named Capture. SurfaceView is showing camera preview. So, I want screenshot of surfaceview when i click on Capture button. I had tried many examples and answers but none of them works. I just get Black Screenshot image.
In some posts i also found it is impossible to take screenshot of surfaceview. So please help me any alternative solution with example.
Here are some answers I already seen:
how to create and save a screenshot from a surfaceview?
Taking screenshot programmatically doesnt capture the contents of surfaceVIew
How to capture screenshot of surfaceview with background
and many more.
This is my activity call code:
public class CamView extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
protected static final int CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE = 0;
private SurfaceView SurView;
private SurfaceHolder camHolder;
private boolean previewRunning;
final Context context = this;
public static Camera camera = null;
private RelativeLayout CamView;
private Bitmap bmp1;
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_cam_view);
CamView = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.camview);
SurView = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.sview);
camHolder = SurView.getHolder();
camHolder.addCallback(this);
camHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1);
btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
camera.takePicture(null, null, mPicture);
}
});
}
#Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width, int height) {
if (previewRunning) {
camera.stopPreview();
}
Camera.Parameters camParams = camera.getParameters();
Camera.Size size = camParams.getSupportedPreviewSizes().get(0);
camParams.setPreviewSize(size.width, size.height);
camera.setParameters(camParams);
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
camera.startPreview();
previewRunning = true;
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
try {
camera = Camera.open();
}
catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
finish();
}
}
#Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
camera.stopPreview();
camera.release();
camera = null;
}
public void TakeScreenshot() {
Random num = new Random();
int nu = num.nextInt(1000);
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
CamView.buildDrawingCache(true);
Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(CamView.getDrawingCache());
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bmp.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bos);
byte[] bitmapdata = bos.toByteArray();
ByteArrayInputStream fis = new ByteArrayInputStream(bitmapdata);
String picId = String.valueOf(nu);
String myfile = "anand" + picId + ".jpeg";
File dir_image = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "anand");
dir_image.mkdirs();
try {
File tmpFile = new File(dir_image, myfile);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = fis.read(buf)) > 0) {
fos.write(buf, 0, len);
}
fis.close();
fos.close();
bmp1 = null;
camera.startPreview();
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private PictureCallback mPicture = new PictureCallback() {
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
File dir_image2 = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "anand");
dir_image2.mkdirs();
File tmpFile = new File(dir_image2, "TempPic.jpg");
try {
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
fos.write(data);
fos.close();
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
}
catch (IOException e) {
}
String path = (Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "anand" + File.separator + "TempPic.jpg");
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;
bmp1 = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);
tmpFile.delete();
TakeScreenshot();
}
};
public Bitmap decodeFile(File f) {
Bitmap b = null;
try {
BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fis, null, o);
fis.close();
int IMAGE_MAX_SIZE = 1000;
int scale = 1;
if (o.outHeight > IMAGE_MAX_SIZE || o.outWidth > IMAGE_MAX_SIZE) {
scale = (int) Math.pow(2, (int) Math.round(Math.log(IMAGE_MAX_SIZE / (double) Math.max(o.outHeight, o.outWidth)) / Math.log(0.5)));
}
BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o2.inSampleSize = scale;
fis = new FileInputStream(f);
b = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fis, null, o2);
fis.close();
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return b;
}
}
This is my layout code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/camview">
<SurfaceView
android:id="#+id/sview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

The code i use to capture a picture;
buttonClick = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnBasicCamTakePic);
buttonClick.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
preview.camera.takePicture(shutterCallback, rawCallback,jpegCallback);
}
});
ShutterCallback shutterCallback = new ShutterCallback() {
public void onShutter() {
Log.d(TAG, "onShutter'd");
}
};
/** Handles data for raw picture */
PictureCallback rawCallback = new PictureCallback() {
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
Log.d(TAG, "onPictureTaken - raw");
}
};
/** Handles data for jpeg picture */
PictureCallback jpegCallback = new PictureCallback() {
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
File myExternalFile = new File(BasicCam.this.getExternalFilesDir("/MyFileStorage/qrscans/"), fileName);
myExternalFile.delete();
myExternalFile.createNewFile();
FileOutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(myExternalFile);
output.write(data2);
output.flush();
output.close();
}
});

how to create and save a screenshot from a surfaceview?

I have an app that I want to be able to capture a screenshot
Here is my code :
public class Screenshot {
private final View view;
/** Create snapshots based on the view and its children. */
public Screenshot(View root) {
this.view = root;
}
/** Create snapshot handler that captures the root of the whole activity. */
public Screenshot(Activity activity) {
final View contentView = activity.findViewById(android.R.id.content);
this.view = contentView.getRootView();
}
/** Take a snapshot of the view. */
public Bitmap snap() {
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(this.view.getWidth(), this.view.getHeight(), Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
view.draw(canvas);
return bitmap;
}
}
but the contents of the surfaceView is saved as black.!!!
Please help me, Thanks...

I hope you have used this solution which was posted here Get screenshot of surfaceView in Android
this thing is explained here Take Screenshot of SurfaceView
The SurfaceView's surface is independent of the surface on which View elements are drawn. So capturing the View contents won't include the SurfaceView.........
I hope this Taking screenshot programmatically doesnt capture the contents of surfaceVIew code can help you out more
public class Cam_View extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
protected static final int CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE = 0;
private SurfaceView SurView;
private SurfaceHolder camHolder;
private boolean previewRunning;
final Context context = this;
public static Camera camera = null;
private RelativeLayout CamView;
private Bitmap inputBMP = null, bmp, bmp1;
private ImageView mImage;
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.camera);
CamView = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.camview);//RELATIVELAYOUT OR
//ANY LAYOUT OF YOUR XML
SurView = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.sview);//SURFACEVIEW FOR THE PREVIEW
//OF THE CAMERA FEED
camHolder = SurView.getHolder(); //NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
camHolder.addCallback(this); //NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
camHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);//NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
camera_image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.camera_image);//NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); //THE BUTTON FOR TAKING PICTURE
btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { //THE BUTTON CODE
public void onClick(View v) {
camera.takePicture(null, null, mPicture);//TAKING THE PICTURE
//THE mPicture IS CALLED
//WHICH IS THE LAST METHOD(SEE BELOW)
}
});
}
#Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,//NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
int height) {
if(previewRunning) {
camera.stopPreview();
}
Camera.Parameters camParams = camera.getParameters();
Camera.Size size = camParams.getSupportedPreviewSizes().get(0);
camParams.setPreviewSize(size.width, size.height);
camera.setParameters(camParams);
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
camera.startPreview();
previewRunning=true;
} catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) { //NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
try {
camera=Camera.open();
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
finish();
}
}
#Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) { //NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
camera.stopPreview();
camera.release();
camera=null;
}
public void TakeScreenshot(){ //THIS METHOD TAKES A SCREENSHOT AND SAVES IT AS .jpg
Random num = new Random();
int nu=num.nextInt(1000); //PRODUCING A RANDOM NUMBER FOR FILE NAME
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true); //CamView OR THE NAME OF YOUR LAYOUR
CamView.buildDrawingCache(true);
Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(CamView.getDrawingCache());
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false); // clear drawing cache
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bmp.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bos);
byte[] bitmapdata = bos.toByteArray();
ByteArrayInputStream fis = new ByteArrayInputStream(bitmapdata);
String picId=String.valueOf(nu);
String myfile="Ghost"+picId+".jpeg";
File dir_image = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+//<---
File.separator+"Ultimate Entity Detector"); //<---
dir_image.mkdirs(); //<---
//^IN THESE 3 LINES YOU SET THE FOLDER PATH/NAME . HERE I CHOOSE TO SAVE
//THE FILE IN THE SD CARD IN THE FOLDER "Ultimate Entity Detector"
try {
File tmpFile = new File(dir_image,myfile);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = fis.read(buf)) > 0) {
fos.write(buf, 0, len);
}
fis.close();
fos.close();
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"The file is saved at :SD/Ultimate Entity Detector",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
bmp1 = null;
camera_image.setImageBitmap(bmp1); //RESETING THE PREVIEW
camera.startPreview(); //RESETING THE PREVIEW
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private PictureCallback mPicture = new PictureCallback() { //THIS METHOD AND THE METHOD BELOW
//CONVERT THE CAPTURED IMAGE IN A JPG FILE AND SAVE IT
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
File dir_image2 = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+
File.separator+"Ultimate Entity Detector");
dir_image2.mkdirs(); //AGAIN CHOOSING FOLDER FOR THE PICTURE(WHICH IS LIKE A SURFACEVIEW
//SCREENSHOT)
File tmpFile = new File(dir_image2,"TempGhost.jpg"); //MAKING A FILE IN THE PATH
//dir_image2(SEE RIGHT ABOVE) AND NAMING IT "TempGhost.jpg" OR ANYTHING ELSE
try { //SAVING
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
fos.write(data);
fos.close();
//grabImage();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} catch (IOException e) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
String path = (Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+
File.separator+"Ultimate EntityDetector"+
File.separator+"TempGhost.jpg");//<---
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();//<---
options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;//<---
bmp1 = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);//<--- *********(SEE BELOW)
//THE LINES ABOVE READ THE FILE WE SAVED BEFORE AND CONVERT IT INTO A BitMap
camera_image.setImageBitmap(bmp1); //SETTING THE BitMap AS IMAGE IN AN IMAGEVIEW(SOMETHING
//LIKE A BACKGROUNG FOR THE LAYOUT)
tmpFile.delete();
TakeScreenshot();//CALLING THIS METHOD TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT
//********* THAT LINE MIGHT CAUSE A CRASH ON SOME PHONES (LIKE XPERIA T)<----(SEE HERE)
//IF THAT HAPPENDS USE THE LINE "bmp1 =decodeFile(tmpFile);" WITH THE METHOD BELOW
}
};
public Bitmap decodeFile(File f) { //FUNCTION BY Arshad Parwez
Bitmap b = null;
try {
// Decode image size
BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fis, null, o);
fis.close();
int IMAGE_MAX_SIZE = 1000;
int scale = 1;
if (o.outHeight > IMAGE_MAX_SIZE || o.outWidth > IMAGE_MAX_SIZE) {
scale = (int) Math.pow(
2,
(int) Math.round(Math.log(IMAGE_MAX_SIZE
/ (double) Math.max(o.outHeight, o.outWidth))
/ Math.log(0.5)));
}
// Decode with inSampleSize
BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o2.inSampleSize = scale;
fis = new FileInputStream(f);
b = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fis, null, o2);
fis.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return b;
}
}
try out this also
public static Bitmap overlay(Bitmap bmp1,Bitmap bmp2) {
Bitmap bmOverlay = Bitmap.createBitmap(bmp1.getWidth(), bmp1.getHeight(), bmp1.getConfig());
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bmOverlay);
canvas.drawBitmap(bmp1, 0,0, null);
canvas.drawBitmap(bmp2, 0, 0, null);
Log.i("bmOverlay.......",""+bmOverlay);
bmp3=bmOverlay;
return bmOverlay;
}
private void getScreen() {
Toast.makeText(BookType1.this, "saved", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
File myDir=new File("/sdcard/saved_images");
myDir.mkdirs();
Random generator = new Random();
int n = 10000;
n = generator.nextInt(n);
String fname = "Image-"+ n +".png";
File file = new File (myDir, fname);
try
{
FileOutputStream ostream = new FileOutputStream(file);
bmp3.compress(CompressFormat.PNG, 100, ostream);
ostream.close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
and you can also go through these references which gives you more idea
How to capture screenshot of surfaceview with background
Taking screen shot of a SurfaceView in android
How to take a screenshot of Android's Surface View?
How to programmatically take a screenshot in Android?

Picture Callback (doesn't enter its loop)

I am creating a program that uses twice the takepicture function, like this:
mCamera.takePicture(null, null, mPicture);
But only once it enter the PictureCallback loop:
private PictureCallback mPicture = new PictureCallback(){
// Bitmap readyToGo;
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera){
Log.d(TAG, "entrei no picture callback");
//-----OUT OF MEMORY ERROR
pictureFile = getOutputMediaFile(MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE);
mPreview.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
mPreview.setDrawingCacheQuality(View.DRAWING_CACHE_QUALITY_AUTO);
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
//options.inPurgeable = true;
//options.inInputShareable = true;
options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
options.inSampleSize = 5;
options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
Bitmap bitmap = mPreview.getDrawingCache();
//---------------------------------------------------
bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, data.length);
//combine the two bitmaps!!!!-------------
Log.d("main", "antes overlay");
combination = overlay(bmp, bitmap);
Log.d("main", "depois overlay");
//------------------ROTATION---------------------
if(pictureFile == null)
{
Log.d(TAG, "Error creating media file, check storages permissions. ");
return;
}
try
{
ExifInterface exif = new ExifInterface(pictureFile.getAbsolutePath()); //Since API Level 5
String exifOrientation = exif.getAttribute(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION);
Log.d("main", "exif orientation= "+exifOrientation);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(pictureFile);
Log.d(TAG, "ALO!!!");
combination.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, fos);//troquei bitmap por combination
fos.flush();
fos.close();
//------------------------------
clearBitmap(combination);
clearBitmap(bmp);
//------------------------------
}
catch(FileNotFoundException e)
{
Log.d(TAG, "File not found: "+e.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException e)
{
Log.d(TAG, "Error accessing file: "+e.getMessage());
}
}
};
Does anyobody know what happen, can I call it twice?

call thread to pause for 2 seconds and then recall it
or You can use your above code with this picture callback
public void takeSnapPhoto() {
camera.setOneShotPreviewCallback(new Camera.PreviewCallback() {
#Override
public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
Camera.Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
int format = parameters.getPreviewFormat();
//YUV formats require more conversion
if (format == ImageFormat.NV21 || format == ImageFormat.YUY2 || format == ImageFormat.NV16) {
int w = parameters.getPreviewSize().width;
int h = parameters.getPreviewSize().height;
// Get the YuV image
YuvImage yuv_image = new YuvImage(data, format, w, h, null);
// Convert YuV to Jpeg
Rect rect = new Rect(0, 0, w, h);
ByteArrayOutputStream output_stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
yuv_image.compressToJpeg(rect, 100, output_stream);
byte[] byt = output_stream.toByteArray();
FileOutputStream outStream = null;
try {
// Write to SD Card
File file = createFileInSDCard(FOLDER_PATH, "Image_"+System.currentTimeMillis()+".jpg");
//Uri uriSavedImage = Uri.fromFile(file);
outStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
outStream.write(byt);
outStream.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
}
}
}
}); }

Taking screenshot programmatically doesnt capture the contents of surfaceVIew

I have an app that I want to be able to capture a screenshot. The background of the layout is a surfaceView that shows video from the rear camera. The following code is able to take a screenshot but the contents of the surfaceView is saved as black. Here is the code :
btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(View v)
{
Random num = new Random();
int nu=num.nextInt(1000);
Bitmap bmp;
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
CamView.buildDrawingCache(true);
Bitmap bmp2 = Bitmap.createBitmap(CamView.getDrawingCache()); //Screenshot of the layout
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
SurView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
SurView.buildDrawingCache(true);
Bitmap bmp1 = Bitmap.createBitmap(SurView.getDrawingCache()); //Screenshot of the surfaceView
SurView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
Bitmap bmOverlay = Bitmap.createBitmap(bmp1.getWidth(), bmp1.getHeight(),bmp1.getConfig());
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bmOverlay); //Overlaying the 2 bitmaps
canvas.drawBitmap(bmp1, 0,0, null);
canvas.drawBitmap(bmp2, 0,0, null);
bmp=bmOverlay;
//saving the file
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bmp.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bos);
byte[] bitmapdata = bos.toByteArray();
ByteArrayInputStream fis = new ByteArrayInputStream(bitmapdata);
String picId=String.valueOf(nu);
String myfile="Ghost"+picId+".jpeg";
File dir_image = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+
File.separator+"Ultimate Entity Detector");
dir_image.mkdirs();
try {
File tmpFile = new File(dir_image,myfile);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = fis.read(buf)) > 0) {
fos.write(buf, 0, len);
}
fis.close();
fos.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
I updated the code. Now i create 2 bitmaps, 1 for the layout xml and 1 for the surfaceView and then i overlay them into a single bitmap. But the surfaceView bitmap is still black

I finally solved this . Below i give some code for anyone who wants to know how to take screenshots of a layout ,pictures from the camera without intent, screenshots(sort of) of the content of a surfaceView and save the screen shot in a folder :
public class Cam_View extends Activity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
protected static final int CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE = 0;
private SurfaceView SurView;
private SurfaceHolder camHolder;
private boolean previewRunning;
final Context context = this;
public static Camera camera = null;
private RelativeLayout CamView;
private Bitmap inputBMP = null, bmp, bmp1;
private ImageView mImage;
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.camera);
CamView = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.camview);//RELATIVELAYOUT OR
//ANY LAYOUT OF YOUR XML
SurView = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.sview);//SURFACEVIEW FOR THE PREVIEW
//OF THE CAMERA FEED
camHolder = SurView.getHolder(); //NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
camHolder.addCallback(this); //NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
camHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);//NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
camera_image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.camera_image);//NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
Button btn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); //THE BUTTON FOR TAKING PICTURE
btn.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { //THE BUTTON CODE
public void onClick(View v) {
camera.takePicture(null, null, mPicture);//TAKING THE PICTURE
//THE mPicture IS CALLED
//WHICH IS THE LAST METHOD(SEE BELOW)
}
});
}
#Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width,//NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
int height) {
if(previewRunning) {
camera.stopPreview();
}
Camera.Parameters camParams = camera.getParameters();
Camera.Size size = camParams.getSupportedPreviewSizes().get(0);
camParams.setPreviewSize(size.width, size.height);
camera.setParameters(camParams);
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
camera.startPreview();
previewRunning=true;
} catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) { //NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
try {
camera=Camera.open();
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
finish();
}
}
#Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) { //NEEDED FOR THE PREVIEW
camera.stopPreview();
camera.release();
camera=null;
}
public void TakeScreenshot(){ //THIS METHOD TAKES A SCREENSHOT AND SAVES IT AS .jpg
Random num = new Random();
int nu=num.nextInt(1000); //PRODUCING A RANDOM NUMBER FOR FILE NAME
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true); //CamView OR THE NAME OF YOUR LAYOUR
CamView.buildDrawingCache(true);
Bitmap bmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(CamView.getDrawingCache());
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false); // clear drawing cache
ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bmp.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bos);
byte[] bitmapdata = bos.toByteArray();
ByteArrayInputStream fis = new ByteArrayInputStream(bitmapdata);
String picId=String.valueOf(nu);
String myfile="Ghost"+picId+".jpeg";
File dir_image = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+//<---
File.separator+"Ultimate Entity Detector"); //<---
dir_image.mkdirs(); //<---
//^IN THESE 3 LINES YOU SET THE FOLDER PATH/NAME . HERE I CHOOSE TO SAVE
//THE FILE IN THE SD CARD IN THE FOLDER "Ultimate Entity Detector"
try {
File tmpFile = new File(dir_image,myfile);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
byte[] buf = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = fis.read(buf)) > 0) {
fos.write(buf, 0, len);
}
fis.close();
fos.close();
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"The file is saved at :SD/Ultimate Entity Detector",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
bmp1 = null;
camera_image.setImageBitmap(bmp1); //RESETING THE PREVIEW
camera.startPreview(); //RESETING THE PREVIEW
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private PictureCallback mPicture = new PictureCallback() { //THIS METHOD AND THE METHOD BELOW
//CONVERT THE CAPTURED IMAGE IN A JPG FILE AND SAVE IT
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
File dir_image2 = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+
File.separator+"Ultimate Entity Detector");
dir_image2.mkdirs(); //AGAIN CHOOSING FOLDER FOR THE PICTURE(WHICH IS LIKE A SURFACEVIEW
//SCREENSHOT)
File tmpFile = new File(dir_image2,"TempGhost.jpg"); //MAKING A FILE IN THE PATH
//dir_image2(SEE RIGHT ABOVE) AND NAMING IT "TempGhost.jpg" OR ANYTHING ELSE
try { //SAVING
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(tmpFile);
fos.write(data);
fos.close();
//grabImage();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
} catch (IOException e) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Error",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
String path = (Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+
File.separator+"Ultimate EntityDetector"+
File.separator+"TempGhost.jpg");//<---
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();//<---
options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;//<---
bmp1 = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);//<--- *********(SEE BELOW)
//THE LINES ABOVE READ THE FILE WE SAVED BEFORE AND CONVERT IT INTO A BitMap
camera_image.setImageBitmap(bmp1); //SETTING THE BitMap AS IMAGE IN AN IMAGEVIEW(SOMETHING
//LIKE A BACKGROUNG FOR THE LAYOUT)
tmpFile.delete();
TakeScreenshot();//CALLING THIS METHOD TO TAKE A SCREENSHOT
//********* THAT LINE MIGHT CAUSE A CRASH ON SOME PHONES (LIKE XPERIA T)<----(SEE HERE)
//IF THAT HAPPENDS USE THE LINE "bmp1 =decodeFile(tmpFile);" WITH THE METHOD BELOW
}
};
public Bitmap decodeFile(File f) { //FUNCTION BY Arshad Parwez
Bitmap b = null;
try {
// Decode image size
BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(f);
BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fis, null, o);
fis.close();
int IMAGE_MAX_SIZE = 1000;
int scale = 1;
if (o.outHeight > IMAGE_MAX_SIZE || o.outWidth > IMAGE_MAX_SIZE) {
scale = (int) Math.pow(
2,
(int) Math.round(Math.log(IMAGE_MAX_SIZE
/ (double) Math.max(o.outHeight, o.outWidth))
/ Math.log(0.5)));
}
// Decode with inSampleSize
BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
o2.inSampleSize = scale;
fis = new FileInputStream(f);
b = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(fis, null, o2);
fis.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return b;
}
}
If you want to take a simple screenshot(no camera feed is needed) the you can use the TakeScreenshot method alone.
If you want to take a screenshot of a surfaceView with is not possible to do from the surfaceview directly the use the mPicture, set the picture you capture as backgroung , and then call TakeScreenshot to take your screenshot.(as seen above)
If you want to take a picture with the camera without calling an other camera app with an intent the use the takePicture with the mPicture and the surfaceView stuff from the code above.
What the previous code does if used "as is" is to take a screenshot of the layout contents(buttons,imageviews etc) and set as backgroung an image from the camera.
Below i also provide a basic layout xml for the previous code :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:id="#+id/camview">
<SurfaceView
android:id="#+id/sview"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
<ImageView
android:id="#+id/camera_image"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:contentDescription="#string/app_name" />
<Button
android:id="#+id/button1"
style="?android:attr/buttonStyleSmall"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true" />
</RelativeLayout>
Dont forget to import what needs to be imported

According to the comment (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-developers/jYjvm7ItpXQ) by an Android Framework engineer, SurfaceView isn't treated like a normal view:
The surface view is actually BEHIND your window, and a hole punched in
the window for you to see it. You thus can put things on top of it in
your window, but nothing in your window can appear behind it.
Since it's "BEHIND" the app window, consequently the drawing for the window's view wouldn't contain it. I suppose the only way then is to provide a method in your SurfaceView class to draw its own content to the provided Canvas/Bitmap.