Question

I am using the camera by creating an intent:

Intent cameraI = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

and then starting it with:

startActivityForResult(cameraI, request);

where request is a predefined constant integer.

I then have the onActivityResult():

public void onActivityResult(int req, int res, Intent data) throws NullPointerException
{
    try{

    super.onActivityResult(req, res, data);
    if(req == request)
    {
        Bitmap picture = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
        ImageView image = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
        image.setImageBitmap(picture);
    }//if
    else
    {
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "No picture taken", 4);
    }//else
    }catch (NullPointerException e){
        String error = "null pointer exception";
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), error, 4);
    }
}//onActivityResult

My predicament is that I do not have a camera on this computer. I get eclipse’s default checkerboard and moving square animation. Does this actually function? I have been clicking the “take picture” button but nothing is happening. What I want to happen is to take a single picture, and then return it to the activity that called i. Is that the default action or do I have to specify that I want it to return after taking one picture?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Answer 1

The code in question ended up working. Upon testing on a device, the picture was returned as desired. Eclipse’s emulated camera simply did not work. If i recall correctly you can enable a camera, but that is a different discussion entirely.