Uploading Images to Server android

Question

I wanted to know which is the best way to upload image to server without loosing its quality. I have searched on google found various methods of posting data. But I am not sure which one would be best to upload. I came across

1. Multipart Image Upload.
2. Uploading images using byte array
3. Uploading images using base64 encoded string.

I have tried Base64 encoding it leads me to OOM(Out of memory) if image is too high in resolution. Any tutorial which tackle this issue would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Intent photoPickerIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
photoPickerIntent.setType("image/*");
startActivityForResult(photoPickerIntent, 1);

ABOVE CODE TO SELECT IMAGE FROM GALLERY

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == 1)
        if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            Uri selectedImage = data.getData();

            String filePath = getPath(selectedImage);
            String file_extn = filePath.substring(filePath.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
            image_name_tv.setText(filePath);

            try {
                if (file_extn.equals("img") || file_extn.equals("jpg") || file_extn.equals("jpeg") || file_extn.equals("gif") || file_extn.equals("png")) {
                    //FINE
                } else {
                    //NOT IN REQUIRED FORMAT
                }
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
}

public String getPath(Uri uri) {
    String[] projection = {MediaColumns.DATA};
    Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, projection, null, null, null);
    column_index = cursor
            .getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaColumns.DATA);
    cursor.moveToFirst();
    imagePath = cursor.getString(column_index);

    return cursor.getString(column_index);
}

NOW POST THE DATA USING MULTIPART FORM DATA

HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httppost = new HttpPost("LINK TO SERVER");

Multipart FORM DATA

MultipartEntity mpEntity = new MultipartEntity(HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);
if (filePath != null) {
    File file = new File(filePath);
    Log.d("EDIT USER PROFILE", "UPLOAD: file length = " + file.length());
    Log.d("EDIT USER PROFILE", "UPLOAD: file exist = " + file.exists());
    mpEntity.addPart("avatar", new FileBody(file, "application/octet"));
}

FINALLY POST DATA TO SERVER

httppost.setEntity(mpEntity);
HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httppost);