ImageView setImageBitmap not working on certain devices

Question

I was practicing around with the Camera API for which I did the following:

a. Setup a directory for the image captured (for startActivityForResult)

b. Setup the Bitmap so that the image could be shown once saved in the app itself.

Here's the code for the following:

Setting up the directory.

private static File getOutputMediaFile(int type) {

    // External sdcard location
    File mediaStorageDir = new File(
            Environment
                    .getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES),
            IMAGE_DIRECTORY_NAME);
    // Create the storage directory if it does not exist
    if (!mediaStorageDir.exists()) {
        if (!mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()) {
            Log.d(IMAGE_DIRECTORY_NAME, "Oops! Failed create "
                    + IMAGE_DIRECTORY_NAME + " directory");
            return null;
        }
    }
    // Create a media file name
    String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss",
            Locale.getDefault()).format(new Date());
    File mediaFile;
    if (type == MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE) {
        mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator
                + "IMG_" + timeStamp + ".jpg");
    } else {
        return null;
    }

    return mediaFile;
}

Global variables in the application

// Activity request codes
private static final int CAMERA_CAPTURE_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE = 100;
public static final int MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE = 1;

// directory name to store the captured images
private static final String IMAGE_DIRECTORY_NAME = "my_camera_app";

private Uri fileUri;

// Views
ImageView photo;
Button camera;

Camera implementation logic

// Use camera function
private void captureImage() {
    Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

    fileUri = getOutputMediaFileUri(MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE);

    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri);

    // start the image capture Intent
    startActivityForResult(intent, CAMERA_CAPTURE_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE);
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
    if (requestCode == CAMERA_CAPTURE_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE) {
        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
            // Successfully captured the image
            // display in imageview
            previewImage();
        } else {
            // failed to capture image
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                    "Sorry! Failed to capture image", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
                    .show();
        }
    }
}

private void previewImage() {
    try {
        // Bitmap factory
        BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();

        // Downsizing image as it throws OutOfMemory exception for larger
        // images
        options.inSampleSize = 3;

        final Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(fileUri.getPath(),
                options);

        photo.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

The problem I am having is that ... for some of the devices that I tested the app, the app shows a blank preview of the image shot while in others the app works completely well.

Why am I getting a blank feedback ? and in some of the cases, when an image is saved, the user is not directed to my app, instead the user is stuck in the camera app.

Please do help.

Answer 1

I had the same problem and solved it by changing the rendering of the view to software

ImageView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);