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.
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I'm try to implement Take a Screenshot form my camera Surface view through code. I able to do of those things, however the screenshot always appears black. Here is the Code. i have searched many links and implement my code. but still screenshot appear black. how to resolve this. please guide me. thanks
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,camera_image;
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.testscreenshot);
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;
}
}
i have tesed your code. this i my screenshot.
this is screenshot my mobile screen shot.. home button is a screenshot button.
once button clicked. that screenshot will be black background
updated coding:
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,camera_image;
#SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.testscreenshot);
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)
}
});
}
public Bitmap screenShot(View view) {
Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.getWidth(),
view.getHeight(), Config.ARGB_8888);
Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
view.draw(canvas);
return bitmap;
}
private void openScreenshot(File imageFile) {
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(imageFile);
intent.setDataAndType(uri, "image/*");
startActivity(intent);
}
#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
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
CamView.buildDrawingCache(true);
Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(CamView.getDrawingCache());
System.out.println("b====================="+b);
CamView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
//Save bitmap to ur sdcard
File mFolder = new File( Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString()+ "/xxx");
File mCapture = new File( mFolder.getAbsolutePath()+ "/Captured");
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss_SSS");
String dateString = formatter.format(new java.util.Date());
String fileName = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss_SSS'_xxx.jpg'").format(new Date());
File imgFile = new File(mCapture.getAbsolutePath(), fileName);
String extr = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + File.separator + "xxx/Captured";
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
if (!mFolder.exists()) {
mFolder.mkdir();
}
if (!mCapture.exists()) {
mCapture.mkdir();
}
if (!imgFile.exists()) {
imgFile.createNewFile();
}
fos = new FileOutputStream(imgFile);
b.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fos);
fos.flush();
fos.close();
MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(Cam_View.this.getContentResolver(), b, "Screen", "screen");
}catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
final Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("image/jpg");
final File photoFile = new File(extr,fileName);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(photoFile));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share image using"));
}
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;
}
}
mContentView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);
mContentView.buildDrawingCache(true);
Bitmap b = Bitmap.createBitmap(mContentView.getDrawingCache());
mContentView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);
//Save bitmap to ur sdcard
File mFolder = new File( Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString()+ "/xxx");
File mCapture = new File( mFolder.getAbsolutePath()+ "/Captured");
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss_SSS");
String dateString = formatter.format(new java.util.Date());
String fileName = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd_HH-mm-ss_SSS'_xxx.jpg'").format(new Date());
File imgFile = new File(mCapture.getAbsolutePath(), fileName);
String extr = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + File.separator + "xxx/Captured";
FileOutputStream fos = null;
try {
if (!mFolder.exists()) {
mFolder.mkdir();
}
if (!mCapture.exists()) {
mCapture.mkdir();
}
if (!imgFile.exists()) {
imgFile.createNewFile();
}
fos = new FileOutputStream(imgFile);
b.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fos);
fos.flush();
fos.close();
MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(getActivity().getContentResolver(), b, "Screen", "screen");
}catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
final Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("image/jpg");
final File photoFile = new File(extr,fileName);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(photoFile));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share image using"));
here mContentView is the parent view of your surface view.
apply this and let me know if you are not getting image screen shots.
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();
}
});
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?
I have an android app where I'm using the android camera in order to take photos.And after struglling a little bit I managed to have my picture where I want and how I want.The final problem is the quality of the image.
When my preview starts everything looks very clear and great but after taking the photo and showing the final result the image is not looking good at all.
Here is how my surfaceChanged() method looks like-where I'm setting some parameters:
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int w, int h) {
Log.e(TAG, "surfaceChanged");
if (mPreviewRunning) {
mCamera.stopPreview();
}
Camera.Parameters p = mCamera.getParameters();
List<Size> sizes = p.getSupportedPictureSizes();
System.out.println("Lista de parametrii este urmatoarea:"+sizes);
Size size = sizes.get(7);
p.setPictureSize(size.width,size.height);
mCamera.setParameters(p);
try {
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
mCamera.startPreview();
mPreviewRunning = true;
}
Coudl someone tell what's the way to increase the quality of my photo.Thanks!
EDIT:
In activity A where the picture is taken I use a bundle to send the image to another activity B where I store it on the SDCARD.Here is how I do it:
Activity A:
Camera.PictureCallback mPictureCallback = new Camera.PictureCallback(){
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] imageData, Camera c) {
if (imageData != null) {
Intent mIntent = new Intent();
Bundle b = new Bundle();
b.putByteArray("imageData", imageData);
Intent i = new Intent(mContext,ImageDisplayActivity.class);
i.putExtras(b);
startActivity(i);
setResult(FOTO_MODE, mIntent);
finish();
}
}
};
in activity B:
Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();
BitmapFactory.Options options=new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inSampleSize = 5;
byte[] imageData = extras.getByteArray("imageData");
Bitmap myImage = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(imageData , 0, imageData.length,options);
Matrix mat=new Matrix();
mat.postRotate(90);
bitmapResult = Bitmap.createBitmap(myImage, 0, 0, myImage.getWidth(),myImage.getHeight(), mat, true);
Canvas c = new Canvas(bitmapResult);
drawTextImage(bitmapResult);
I receive the picture I put it in a bitmap, I rotate it and draw a text on it in the method drawTextImage() .
After all this I store the bitmapResult on sdcard using this:
public static boolean StoreByteImage(Context mContext, Bitmap bitmap, int quality, String expName) {
FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = null;
String extStorageDirectory=Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
File myNewFolder = new File(extStorageDirectory + newFolder);
if(myNewFolder.mkdirs())
{
myNewFolder.mkdir();
}
try {
//fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(sdImageMainDirectory.toString() +"/image.jpg");
fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(myNewFolder +"/"+expName+".jpg");
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(fileOutputStream);
bitmap.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, quality, bos);
bos.flush();
bos.close();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return true;
}
I ussually call it like this: StoreByteImage(getBaseContext(),bitmapResult,100,String.valueOf(value));
Thanks
I had this issue because auto-focus was disabled.
Try adding this permission to your Android Manifest:
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />
I have an app that takes pictures of items, and these items must be viewable in a certain fixed region on the ActivityScreen. The problem is the picture displayed in the activity from the saved bitmap, looks nothing like what I previewed and photographed. It looks zoomed in and shows areas I did not even see in the preview when I took the picture: Here is the key code lines
IMAGE CAPTURE:
surfHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
captImageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.CamImageView);
byte [] photoData;
Camera cam;
SurfaceHolder surfHolder;
SurfaceView surfView;
Camera.PictureCallback cback;
cback = new Camera.PictureCallback() {
#Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
final int length = data.length;
opts.inSampleSize = 4;
final BitmapFactory.Options opts = new BitmapFactory.Options();
Bitmap bMap = null;
try {
bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, length, opts);
} catch(Exception e) {
}catch(OutOfMemoryError e) {
}
captImageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
if(bMap==null) {
cam.startPreview();
} else {
savePhotoButton.setVisibility(ImageView.VISIBLE);
takePhotoButton.setVisibility(ImageView.INVISIBLE);
photoData = data;
}
}
}
IMAGE SAVE:
captImageView.setImageBitmap(null);
// SAVE THE PICTURE THIS SAVES PICTURE IN WRONG SIZE. LOOKS LIKED ZOOMED IN NOT WHAT WAS PREVIEWED!!!
public void photoSave(byte[] data) {
final int length = data.length;
final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inSampleSize = 2;
try {
Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data, 0, length, options);
int quality = 75;
File file = new File(getDir(), fname);
fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
bMap.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, quality, fileOutputStream);
}catch(FileNotFoundException e) {
} catch(OutOfMemoryError e) {} }
IMAGE DISPLAY as DRAWABLE in ACTIVITY
DOES NOT WORK SHOWS IMAGE AS ZOOMED OR PORTIONS NOT SEEN IN PREVIEW AT ALL WHEN PICTURE WAS TAKEN!!
BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
options.inSampleSize = inSampSize;
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);
Drawable drawable = bitmap;
ImageView pictureView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.pictureViewer);
pictureView.setImageDrawable(drawable);