How to get Image URI by intent MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE in Android 10 and above

Question

FOR MODERATORS: I know there are already questions like this but all of those approaches endup giving bitmap through data.getExtra("data") which is actually just thumbnail. I want to get URI not bitmap and I need to get URI of ACTUAL IMAGE not its thumbnail with approach available in 2021. PLEASE CONSIDER THIS BEFORE TAGGING QUESTION AS DUPLICATE!

I am getting image from camera and its working fine on lower devices but its giving null in data when onActivityResult is called only in Android 10 and 11.

That's what I am doing

val intent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)
startActivityForResult(intent, ACTION_REQUEST_CAMERA)

Here is my onActivityResult

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && requestCode == ACTION_REQUEST_CAMERA) {

            data?.data?.let { uri ->
                 Toast.makeText(context, "Got URI", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show()
            }
        }
    }

Answer 1

This approach worked for me

In Manifest file

     <application>
        <provider
            android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
            android:authorities="com.example.android.provider"
            android:exported="false"
            android:grantUriPermissions="true">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                android:resource="@xml/file_paths">
            </meta-data>
        </provider>
     ...
     </application

created a file /res/xml/file_paths.xml and specified path in that

<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <external-files-path name="my_images" path="Pictures" />
</paths>

In my activity

created a global variable var cameraPhotoFilePath: Uri? = null

this is how I started Camera acitivity for results

val intent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)
                val photoFile: File? = try {
                    createImageFileInAppDir()
                } catch (ex: IOException) {
                    // Error occurred while creating the File
                    null
                }

                photoFile?.also { file ->
                    val photoURI: Uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(
                        this,
                        "com.example.android.provider",
                        file
                    )
                    cameraPhotoFilePath = photoURI
                    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, photoURI)
                }
                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION or Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION)
                startActivityForResult(intent, ACTION_REQUEST_CAMERA)

here is a helper function that i used in above code

@Throws(IOException::class)
    private fun createImageFileInAppDir(): File {
        val timeStamp: String = SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(Date())
        val imagePath = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES)
        return   File(imagePath, "JPEG_${timeStamp}_" + ".jpg")
    }

At the end in onActivityResult thats how I got image Uri

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && requestCode == ACTION_REQUEST_CAMERA) {
        cameraPhotoFilePath?.let { uri -> 
            // here uri is image Uri that was captured by camera
        }
    }

Answer 2

You should pass your own uri (path) to intent with action MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE

putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, FileProvider.getUriForFile(
    applicationContext,
    "$packageName.your_file_provider",
    File("path/to")
))
addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_WRITE_URI_PERMISSION)

More info about FileProvider