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Images not being loaded from gallery

Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
getActivity().startActivityForResult(i, 100);
//on activity result now Uri selectedImageURI = data.getData();
Picasso.with(rootView.getContext()).load(selectedImageURI.toString()).into(image);
Okey simply, I call to open the gallery.Once opened i need to retrive image, its working in case of some pictures and in case of others not.
I noticed those others are images deleted from my phone? why are they showing?
ITS GIVing me uri content://com.google.android.apps.photos.contentprovider/-1/1 ...its the -1 ones not working always. I do not get any crash either.

I noticed those others are images deleted from my phone? why are they showing?
Because MediaStore does not know that the images were deleted, apparently. Whatever deleted them did not tell the MediaStore to update its index. Eventually, MediaStore will find this out and will filter them from its index, so the user cannot choose them via ACTION_PICK.

Android get image path after intent

I made an app. It has 2 options for uploading photo:
1) by taking a photo using camera
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
startActivityForResult(intent, 1);
2) by picking from gallery
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(intent, 2);
My problem is getting file path after these intents in onActivityResult.
Is there any methods to get those paths for new File(path) , that also takes care of sdk level changes? For example till KitKat is 1 type of file system , after KitKat is other type.

My problem is getting file path after these intents in onActivityResult.
There will be no file path for the ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE approach, because you did not provide EXTRA_OUTPUT. If you do provide EXTRA_OUTPUT, then you already know what the file path is.
There is no file path for ACTION_PICK, insofar as there is no requirement that what the user picks be in a file that you have access to. For example, it could be an image on removable storage. Use a ContentResolver and methods like openInputStream() to get the content represented by the Uri that you are given.

If you can able to get path from camera then for Intent.ACTION_PICK you can directly get uri of image using data.getData() and then you can get file path using this method(as suggested in the link provided by Gennadii Saprykin
public String getRealPathFromURI(Uri uri) {
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
cursor.moveToFirst();
int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA);
return cursor.getString(idx); }

Image path from Android camera intent

I am trying to figure out the right way to get a file path from the camera after a picture is taken:
Launch the camera intent. Since I am telling the camera to write to internal storage give it the uri and read permission:
File file = new File(context.getFilesDir(), "picture.jpg");
Uri uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(getApplicationContext(), "my.app.package.fileprovider", file);
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, uri);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
startActivityForResult(intent, ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE_REQUEST_CODE);
Listen for the camera intent result:
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
return;
}
switch (requestCode) {
case ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE_REQUEST_CODE:
// How do I get the local path to the file here?
break;
}
}
What is the best way to get the file path on camera intent return. Sure I can save off the file path to a member variable before launching the intent, but that seems bad, seems I should get the path from the onActivityResult.
I have tried this (Get Image path from camera intent):
String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor cursor = managedQuery(MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,projection, null, null, null);
int column_index_data = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToLast();
String imagePath = cursor.getString(column_index_data);
Only difference being that I am using INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI as I am trying to store the pic internally. If I do this I get an exception:
Error getting data column
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: column '_data' does not exist
Am I going about this wrong. I want to take a pic and store that pic in internal storage.
EDIT:
One more thought. Should I be storing pics internally? I am right not because of the new android M permissions. I already have to ask the user for Camera permission, if I store pic to external storage, I have to ask the user for permission to write to to external. Lastly if I store the image externally, it is readable by all applications on the device that can read from external storage. This may be a privacy issue for my app.

What is the best way to get the file path on camera intent return
You specified the file path in EXTRA_OUTPUT. Either the camera put the photo there, or it didn't. If it did, then you already know the file path: new File(context.getFilesDir(), "picture.jpg"). That should be the case the vast majority of the time.
Some camera apps are buggy and will ignore EXTRA_OUTPUT. In those cases:
You can see if the camera app returned a Uri in the Intent passed to onActivityResult(), then use ContentResolver and openInputStream() to begin the process of copying the image to your desired location, or
You can see if the "data" extra exists, in which case that's a Bitmap thumbnail that you can save to your desired location.
In all of these cases, the file path is what you specified; it is merely a question of whether or not it takes additional work for you to get the image there.
Sure I can save off the file path to a member variable before launching the intent, but that seems bad
I have no idea why you would think that.
seems I should get the path from the onActivityResult
You are welcome to believe whatever you want. Camera app developers are hopefully reading the documentation for ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE. That documentation does not state that the camera app has to return anything if you provide EXTRA_OUTPUT. Hence, many camera apps will not return anything.
UPDATE based on edit:
Should I be storing pics internally?
Um, you already are.
if I store pic to external storage, I have to ask the user for permission to write to to external
That depends on where you are writing. getExternalFilesDir(), getExternalCacheDir(), and kin from Context do not require a permission on Android 4.4+. The methods you call on Environment for external storage locations (e.g., getExternalStoragePublicDirectory()) do require WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, which is a dangerous permission and would need to be requested at runtime.

Getting URI for image in drawable to be sent in MMS

this is my first post here so I am really sorry if I break some rules. Please correct me where I go wrong.
Now to the question, I have searched back and forth on stackoverflow and other websites/internet but I can't seem to find the right answer.
I am trying to attach a jpg frm the drawable folder to my MMS.
I am using this code for sending MMS.
Intent intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("image/jpg");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,path);
startActivity(intent);
The intent works fine for me and the mms application loads IF i don't add the URI path to it.
However, when I add the path, the app crashes.
I've tried numerous ways of adding the image from the drawable that i found here at stackoverflow or other websites.
I am writing some of them here, all of them didn't work for me.
Uri path = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.android.MYAPP/drawable/imagename");
And
String uri = "drawable/icon";
int imageResource = getResources().getIdentifier(uri, null, getPackageName());
Uri path = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.android.MMSAPP/drawable/" + imageResource);
And
Uri path = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.android.MMSAPP/" + R.drawable.imageName);
I have stuck with this problem from the last several days and I would be really thankful if I can find the right answer.
Thank you so much in advance.

I am still not sure why I was getting error with code that was working fine for everyone else, however, I used the assetmanager and things worked for me.

Do this.
Uri path = Uri.parse("android.resource://your.package.name/" + R.drawable.sample_1);
Convert the URI to a string and you will be able to send it via MMS

when i take pictures, i have another copy in dcim,why?

i am developing a program which uses the android camera to take pictures. but when i capture the pic i will have 2 result pics both in /sdcard/dcim and in my output dir. this situation happens in my htc desire and sumsung p1000, but in my huwei device the pic would be saved only in my output dir, there is not a copy in /sdcard/dcim. why and how to fix it?
and this is my code to call the camera
Intent intent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(new File(strFilePath)));
startActivityForResult(intent, CAMERA_RESULT_CODE_PIC_TAKEN);

I had have the same problem and could not solve it. The behaviour did not occur on all devices and/or all Android Versions, but i tryed to find out if a second copy exists and delete the copy. I used the following code to find the last taken picture.
String[] projection = new String[]{MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns._ID,MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA,MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME,MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN,MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.MIME_TYPE};
final Cursor cursor = managedQuery(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,projection, null, null, MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN + " DESC");
if(cursor != null){
cursor.moveToFirst();
// you will find the last taken picture here
cursor.close();
}
But because of beeing unsatisfied by this solution,finally i decided to write a custom camera app to avoid the strange behaviour.