I have a camera app that uses only the portrait mode (restricted via android manifest file). Following code is my SurfaceView used for the Camera
public class CameraPreview extends SurfaceView implements SensorEventListener, SurfaceHolder.Callback {
private SurfaceHolder mSurfaceHolder;
private Camera mCamera;
private Activity mActivity;
private static boolean DEBUGGING = true;
private static final String LOG_TAG = "CameraPreviewSample";
private static final String CAMERA_PARAM_ORIENTATION = "orientation";
private static final String CAMERA_PARAM_LANDSCAPE = "landscape";
private static final String CAMERA_PARAM_PORTRAIT = "portrait";
protected List<Camera.Size> mPreviewSizeList;
protected List<Camera.Size> mPictureSizeList;
protected Camera.Size mPreviewSize;
protected Camera.Size mPictureSize;
// Constructor that obtains context and camera
@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public CameraPreview(Context context, Camera camera) {
super(context);
mActivity=(Activity)context;
mCamera = camera;
this.mCamera = camera;
this.mSurfaceHolder = this.getHolder();
this.mSurfaceHolder.addCallback(this);
this.mSurfaceHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
}
@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder) {
try {
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder);
mCamera.startPreview();
} catch (IOException e) {
// left blank for now
}
}
@Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder) {
mCamera.stopPreview();
mCamera.release();
}
@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder, int format, int width, int height) {
if (mSurfaceHolder.getSurface() == null) {
// preview surface does not exist
return;
}
try {
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder);
mCamera.startPreview();
} catch (Exception e) {
// intentionally left blank for a test
}
try {
Camera.Parameters cameraParams = mCamera.getParameters();
boolean portrait = isPortrait();
configureCameraParameters(cameraParams, portrait);
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(mSurfaceHolder);
mCamera.startPreview();
} catch (Exception e){
Log.d("CameraView", "Error starting camera preview: " + e.getMessage());
}
}
protected void configureCameraParameters(Camera.Parameters cameraParams, boolean portrait) {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.FROYO) { // for 2.1 and before
if (portrait) {
cameraParams.set(CAMERA_PARAM_ORIENTATION, CAMERA_PARAM_PORTRAIT);
} else {
cameraParams.set(CAMERA_PARAM_ORIENTATION, CAMERA_PARAM_LANDSCAPE);
}
} else { // for 2.2 and later
int angle;
Display display = mActivity.getWindowManager().getDefaultDisplay();
switch (display.getRotation()) {
case Surface.ROTATION_0: // This is display orientation
angle = 90; // This is camera orientation
break;
case Surface.ROTATION_90:
angle = 0;
break;
case Surface.ROTATION_180:
angle = 270;
break;
case Surface.ROTATION_270:
angle = 180;
break;
default:
angle = 90;
break;
}
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "angle: " + angle);
mCamera.setDisplayOrientation(angle);
}
cameraParams.setPreviewSize(mPreviewSize.width, mPreviewSize.height);
cameraParams.setPictureSize(mPictureSize.width, mPictureSize.height);
if (DEBUGGING) {
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Preview Actual Size - w: " + mPreviewSize.width + ", h: " + mPreviewSize.height);
Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Picture Actual Size - w: " + mPictureSize.width + ", h: " + mPictureSize.height);
}
mCamera.setParameters(cameraParams);
}
public boolean isPortrait() {
return (mActivity.getResources().getConfiguration().orientation == Configuration.ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}
@Override
public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
@Override
public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent arg0) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
}
When the application saves an an images (taken in portrait mode) It will be saved upside down. But in landscape mode it saves the image correctly. And as I have mentioned, the app has restricted the orientation to portrait mode only.
Also I tried to change EXIF within the Activity (Actually I am using a Fragment) data of the image file once it been saved, and then recreate the bitmap with new exif data using the following code, but still no success
private Bitmap changeExifData(String imagePath){
Bitmap correctBmp = null;
try {
File f = new File(imagePath);
ExifInterface exif = new ExifInterface(f.getPath());
int orientation = exif.getAttributeInt(ExifInterface.TAG_ORIENTATION, ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_NORMAL);
int angle = 0;
if (orientation == ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_90) {
angle = 90;
}
else if (orientation == ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_180) {
angle = 180;
}
else if (orientation == ExifInterface.ORIENTATION_ROTATE_270) {
angle = 270;
}
Matrix mat = new Matrix();
mat.postRotate(angle);
Bitmap bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f), null, null);
correctBmp = Bitmap.createBitmap(bmp, 0, 0, bmp.getWidth(), bmp.getHeight(), mat, true);
}
catch (IOException e) {
Log.w("TAG", "-- Error in setting image");
}
catch(OutOfMemoryError oom) {
Log.w("TAG", "-- OOM Error in setting image");
}
return correctBmp;
}
Your help is greatly appreciated.