Is there an Intent for starting a camera with options to capture both Pictures and Videos on Android?
I've used both MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE and MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE to capture either audio or video, but I can't find an Intent that will get the option for switching between both of them, as in this example app:
Thanks!
It is not possible to capture both image and video using the same intent, Your options are
1) Create your own camera this repo can be a good start But it is going to be a too much effort.
2) Use the Chooser Intent and pass the intent for both image and video, this will give you the option to choose between application which record video and camera separately. In this you cannot do both the things at same time but can choose application according to what you want to do, capture an image or record a video. Below is the code that works for me.
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
Intent takeVideoIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(takePictureIntent, "Capture Image or Video");
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[]{takeVideoIntent});
startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, CAPTURE_MEDIA_RESULT_CODE);
I achieved it :)
You can do it by following --
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
Intent takeVideoIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
Intent chooserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CHOOSER);
Intent contentSelectionIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
contentSelectionIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
contentSelectionIntent.setType("*/*");
intentArray = new Intent[]{takePictureIntent,takeVideoIntent};
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INTENT, contentSelectionIntent);
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, "Choose an action");
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, intentArray);
startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, 1);
Similar example here
Happy coding :)
I could capture both image and video by using the below code.
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.INTENT_ACTION_STILL_IMAGE_CAMERA);
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I need to call Intent for image and video both at same time . It seems impossible similar to this . So a alternate way to do this is createChooser() . But i am kinda stuck with the code below .
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, file.getAbsolutePath());
Intent takeVideoIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
takeVideoIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, file.getAbsolutePath());
Intent chooserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CHOOSER);
Intent[] intentArray = new Intent[]{takePictureIntent};
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INTENT, takeVideoIntent);
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, "Choose an action");
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, intentArray);
startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, 1);
MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT not working . The file is empty after returning from camera . However it does open a chooser as below but file is empty .
Questions:-
1.How to can i combine both intents and provide separate files as MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT?
2. As we all know there are hundreds of camera apps in android so is this a good way to open such intent(Will it work in all devices regardless of manufacturer and API Level) ? Or i should move with an AlertDialog to open intent for each action seperatly .
Try this below code :
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
Intent takeVideoIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(takePictureIntent, "Capture Image or Video");
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[]{takeVideoIntent});
startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, CAMERA_IMAGES_REQUEST);
This is our code for video picker, pretty much standard code. This code works in Android version before Nougat, however, it raises an exception in nougat.
private void pickVideoFromGallery(Activity activity){
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
android.provider.MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
intent.setType("video/*");
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
activity.startActivityForResult(intent, MediaPicker.TYPE_FILEVIDEO);
}
And the exception is
android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle
Intent { act=android.intent.action.PICK cat=[android.intent.category.OPENABLE]
typ=video/* launchParam=MultiScreenLaunchParams { mDisplayId=0 mFlags=0 } }
However if I uncomment following line, it starts working but that's not the solution as we are looking to select only openable videos
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
Any idea?
Launch default file picker with videos.
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setType("video/*");
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
Intent galleryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
galleryIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
galleryIntent.setType("video/*");
Intent chooserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CHOOSER);
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INTENT, galleryIntent);
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, "File Chooser");
I have to select video or image on chooser intent like this
Intent getIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
getIntent.setType("image/* video/*");
Intent pickIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
pickIntent.setType("image/* video/*");
Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(getIntent, "Select Media");
chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[] {pickIntent});
startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, 1);
Then I want to get the metadata of the file chosen in onActivityResult()
like height and width and length of the video and the size
Use this to get all your requirements.
MediaMetadataRetriever ret = new MediaMetadataRetriever();
Bitmap bmp = null;
try
{
ret.setDataSource("<<--Your retrieved data file-->>");
bmp = ret.getFrameAtTime();
videoHeight=bmp.getHeight();
videoWidth=bmp.getWidth();
videoSize = bmp.getAllocationByteCount()
}
Hope this helps, and let me know if any issue arises.
I am trying to allow a user to choose an image or video from his device, and currently it only shows video or image depending what is written first in the following code:
Intent galleryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
//set type to include video too
galleryIntent.setType("image/*, video/*");
startActivityForResult(galleryIntent, GALLERY_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE);
}
};
not sure what I am doing wrong, but setType seems right I tried with and without the comma in between image and video...
case 2: //Choose Pic
Intent choosePhotoIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
choosePhotoIntent.setType("image/*");
startActivityForResult(choosePhotoIntent, PICK_PHOTO_REQUEST);
break;
case 3: //Choose Video
Intent chooseVideoIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
chooseVideoIntent.setType("video/*");
Toast.makeText(MyActivity.this,getString(R.string.video_message), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
startActivityForResult(chooseVideoIntent, PICK_VIDEO_REQUEST);
break;
Try above..you need to have separate options..
I ran into the same issue where it would only use the first MIME type in the list.
This ended up working for me:
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
intent.setType("*/*");
String[] mimeTypes = {"image/*", "video/*"};
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_MIME_TYPES, mimeTypes);
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_CAMERA_ROLL);
This works for me:
Intent gallery = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(gallery, PICK_MEDIA);
In my project I want to let the user pick a picture either from the gallery or take a new one from the camera. Do I need to create my own menu for the user to choose or is there something built into the SDK that does this already?
Use the below code to put chooser for gallery and Camera together. I really dont know if this will work with startActivityForResult. Give it a try
Intent galleryintent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT, null);
galleryintent.setType("image/*");
Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
Intent chooser = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CHOOSER);
chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INTENT, galleryintent);
chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE, "title");
Intent[] intentArray = {cameraIntent};
chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, intentArray);
startActivity(chooser);