No Activity found to handle MediaStore.ACTION_IMAG

Question

I am using this quite simple piece of code to capture an image on an Android device.

File tmpFile = ...;
Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(tmpFile));
startActivityForResult(intent, CAPTURE_IMAGE);

This works fine for thousands of users except for one running this on a Kindle device without camera. Today I got a crash report from a device with camera:

ANDROID_VERSION=4.2.1
BRAND=Hisense
PHONE_MODEL=M470BSA
STACK_TRACE=android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE (has extras) }
at android.app.Instrumentation.checkStartActivityResult(Instrumentation.java:1622)
at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1417)
at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3370)
at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3331)
...

I have put some exception handling around the code to catch the exception and show an error, but I have no idea why this piece of code is failing on this device. The user confirmed that the camera is working fine.

Answer 1

First, there is no requirement that a device have an activity that supports ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE, even if the device has an actual camera.

Second, particularly on Android 4.3+ tablets, the person using the device may not have access to an ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE activity, even if one is installed, as the person may be running in a restricted profile.