How to set the size and quality of a picture taken with the android camera?

Question

I wrote this code that takes a picture with the camera then converts it to a jpeg file and uploads it to Parse.com as a ParseFile.

The problem is that the picture is really small (153 x 204 px) and really low quality.

I need the picture to be at least 5 MP quality and to crop it to 300x300 px.

Here is the code I use til now.

 @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_add_picture);

        img = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imgV);

        Intent cameraIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

        startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, CAMERA_PIC_REQUEST);

    }


    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        byte[] image_byte_array;
              ParseObject post_object = new ParseObject("Gallery");
            Bundle extras = data.getExtras();
            Bitmap image = (Bitmap) extras.get("data");
            ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            image.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, stream);
            image_byte_array = stream.toByteArray();
            ParseFile picture_file = new ParseFile("Picture.jpg", image_byte_array);
            picture_file.saveInBackground();
            post_object.put("photo", picture_file);
            post_object.saveInBackground();
        }

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Check the link below

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/camera.html#intent-image

You have to add a Uri which is the Uri of file to store the photo

intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); // set the image file name

a full sample

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_add_picture);

    img = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imgV);

    // create Intent to take a picture and return control to the calling application
    Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

    fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE); // create a file to save the image
    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri); // set the image file name

    // start the image capture Intent
    startActivityForResult(intent, CAPTURE_IMAGE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE);
}

/** Create a file Uri for saving an image or video */
private static Uri getOutputMediaFileUri(int type){
      return Uri.fromFile(getOutputMediaFile(type));
}

/** Create a File for saving an image or video */
private static File getOutputMediaFile(int type){
    // To be safe, you should check that the SDCard is mounted
    // using Environment.getExternalStorageState() before doing this.

    File mediaStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
              Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), "MyCameraApp");
    // This location works best if you want the created images to be shared
    // between applications and persist after your app has been uninstalled.

    // Create the storage directory if it does not exist
    if (! mediaStorageDir.exists()){
        if (! mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()){
            Log.d("MyCameraApp", "failed to create directory");
            return null;
        }
    }

    // Create a media file name
    String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
    File mediaFile;
    if (type == MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE){
        mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator +
        "IMG_"+ timeStamp + ".jpg");
    } else if(type == MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO) {
        mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator +
        "VID_"+ timeStamp + ".mp4");
    } else {
        return null;
    }

    return mediaFile;
}