Why does an image captured using camera intent get

Question

I'm capturing an image and setting it to image view.

public void captureImage() {

    Intent intentCamera = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
    File filePhoto = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "Pic.jpg");
    imageUri = Uri.fromFile(filePhoto);
    MyApplicationGlobal.imageUri = imageUri.getPath();
    intentCamera.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, imageUri);
    startActivityForResult(intentCamera, TAKE_PICTURE);
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intentFromCamera) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intentFromCamera);

    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && requestCode == TAKE_PICTURE) {

        if (intentFromCamera != null) {
            Bundle extras = intentFromCamera.getExtras();
            if (extras.containsKey("data")) {
                bitmap = (Bitmap) extras.get("data");
            }
            else {
                bitmap = getBitmapFromUri();
            }
        }
        else {
            bitmap = getBitmapFromUri();
        }
        // imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
        imageView.setImageURI(imageUri);
    }
    else {
    }
}

public Bitmap getBitmapFromUri() {

    getContentResolver().notifyChange(imageUri, null);
    ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
    Bitmap bitmap;

    try {
        bitmap = android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(cr, imageUri);
        return bitmap;
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
    }
}

But the problem is, the image on some devices every time it gets rotated. For example, on a Samsung device it works good, but on a Sony Xperia the image gets rotated by 90 degrees and on Toshiba Thrive (tablet) by 180 degrees.

Answer 1

Sadly, @jason-robinson answer above didn't work for me.

Although the rotate function works perfectly:

public static Bitmap rotateImage(Bitmap source, float angle) {
    Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
    matrix.postRotate(angle);
    return Bitmap.createBitmap(source, 0, 0, source.getWidth(), source.getHeight(), matrix,
            true);
}

I had to do the following to get the orientation as the Exif orientation was always 0

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode,resultCode,data);
    if (requestCode == RESULT_LOAD_IMAGE && resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null) {
            Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
            String[] orientationColumn = {MediaStore.Images.Media.ORIENTATION};
            Cursor cur = managedQuery(imageUri, orientationColumn, null, null, null);
            int orientation = -1;
            if (cur != null && cur.moveToFirst()) {
                    orientation = cur.getInt(cur.getColumnIndex(orientationColumn[0]));
            }
            InputStream imageStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(selectedImage);
            Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(imageStream);
            switch(orientation) {
                    case 90:
                            bitmap = rotateImage(chosen_image_bitmap, 90);
                            break;
                    case 180:
                            bitmap = rotateImage(chosen_image_bitmap, 180);
                            break;
                    case 270:
                            bitmap = rotateImage(chosen_image_bitmap, 270);
                            break;
                    default:
                            break;
            }
            imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap );

Answer 2

Better try to take the picture in a specific orientation.

android:screenOrientation="landscape"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"

For best results give landscape orientation in the cameraview activity.

Answer 3

If somebody experiences problems with ExifInterface on Android 4.4 (KitKat) for getting the orientation, it might be because of wrong path got from the URI. See a solution for propoer getPath in Stack Overflow question Get real path from URI, Android KitKat new storage access framework

Answer 4

This maybe goes without saying but always remember that you can handle some of these image handling issues on your server. I used responses like the ones contained in this thread to handle the immediate display of the image. However my application requires images to be stored on the server (this is probably a common requirement if you want the image to persist as users switch phones).

The solutions contained in many of the threads concerning this topic don't discuss the lack of persistence of the EXIF data which doesn't survive the Bitmap's image compression, meaning you'll need to rotate the image each time your server loads it. Alternatively, you can send the EXIF orientation data to your server, and then rotate the image there if needed.

It was easier for me to create a permanent solution on a server because I didn't have to worry about Android's clandestine file paths.

Answer 5

One line solution:

Picasso.with(context).load("http://i.imgur.com/DvpvklR.png").into(imageView);

Or

Picasso.with(context).load("file:" + photoPath).into(imageView);

This will autodetect rotation and place image in correct orientation

Picasso is a very powerful library for handling images in your app includes: Complex image transformations with minimal memory use.

Answer 6

Normally it is recommended to solve the problem with the ExifInterface, like @Jason Robinson did suggest. If this approach doesn't work, you could try to look up the Orientation of the latest image taken...

private int getImageOrientation(){
    final String[] imageColumns = { MediaStore.Images.Media._ID, MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.ORIENTATION };
    final String imageOrderBy = MediaStore.Images.Media._ID+" DESC";
    Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
            imageColumns, null, null, imageOrderBy);

    if(cursor.moveToFirst()){
        int orientation = cursor.getInt(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.ORIENTATION));
        cursor.close();
        return orientation;
    } else {
        return 0;
    }
}