Very bad camera image quality

Question

I'm trying to save image taken from camera in my phone. It works but the quality of images is very bad. First, for the intent, this is my code :

intent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
startActivityForResult(intent, CAMERA_REQUEST);

And for ativity result, I tried this :

public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
{
  super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == CAMERA_PICTURE)
    {
      if (resultCode == RESULT_OK)
        {
          bitmap = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
          String path = Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(), bitmap, "", null);
      Uri imageUri = Uri.parse(path);
        }

Can you please help me to resolve this problem ?

Answer 1

If you want the image to be on disk, let the camera app do it. Add an EXTRA_OUTPUT Uri to your Intent, pointing to where you want the image to be stored.

package com.commonsware.android.camcon;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import java.io.File;

public class CameraContentDemoActivity extends Activity {
  private static final int CONTENT_REQUEST=1337;
  private File output=null;

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    Intent i=new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    File dir=
        Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM);

    output=new File(dir, "CameraContentDemo.jpeg");
    i.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(output));

    startActivityForResult(i, CONTENT_REQUEST);
  }

  @Override
  protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
                                  Intent data) {
    if (requestCode == CONTENT_REQUEST) {
      if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        Intent i=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

        i.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(output), "image/jpeg");
        startActivity(i);
        finish();
      }
    }
  }
}

(from this sample project)

The Uri needs to point to a place where the camera app can write, such as external storage.