get the last picture taken by user

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hey I want to get the last picture captured by user through any camera application. I have no idea how to do that

can any one help me?

further I want to send that image as an attachment to an email or MMS..

thanks

I know this isn't quite what you're asking, but maybe it is more what you mean? You can start the camera activity and get the picture the user takes as a result. See here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2314958/using-the-camera-activity-in-android — skynet, Dec 01 '11 at 19:21

score 60 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 17 '16 at 21:00

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// Find the last picture
String[] projection = new String[]{
    MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns._ID,
    MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA,
    MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME,
    MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN,
    MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.MIME_TYPE
    };
final Cursor cursor = getContext().getContentResolver()
        .query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, projection, null, 
               null, MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN + " DESC");

// Put it in the image view
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
    final ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.pictureView);
    String imageLocation = cursor.getString(1);
    File imageFile = new File(imageLocation);
    if (imageFile.exists()) {   // TODO: is there a better way to do this?
        Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imageLocation);
        imageView.setImageBitmap(bm);         
    }
}

I'm still working on the MMS sending part.

edited Nov 17 '16 at 21:00

Zarwan

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answered Dec 19 '11 at 04:37

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What is value for DATE_TAKEN? – blackjack Aug 05 '13 at 07:05
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@blackjack it's MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN – jimmithy Oct 01 '13 at 15:36
Note that this has now become outdated: `managedQuery` has been deprecated since Honeycomb (Android 3.0). – Sz. Jan 07 '14 at 21:16
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@lunakid It's better to update an answer than make a note that the answer is deprecated. :) – Shane Creighton-Young Mar 20 '14 at 15:34
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@ShaneCreighton-Young, that's correct. It's also better to leave a quick warning than doing nothing, I think, as sometimes that's just all one can afford. Thanks for your effort to do the "better than better" thing, anyhow. +1 for that. Cheers! – Sz. Mar 31 '14 at 10:50
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I don't think this will bring last CAPTURED image. This will bring last image as of date taken. Maybe whatsapp image or instagram image. – Cyph3rCod3r Feb 20 '15 at 13:37
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Might also try sorting by `MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns._ID + " DESC"` – Alexandre G Jun 24 '15 at 06:06
@Dr.aNdRO This is helpfull if the person is trying to access the pic just after clicking it. – Sreekanth Karumanaghat Nov 30 '16 at 13:24

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

Inspired by https://stackoverflow.com/a/20065920/763459

So the main concern in that answer was not all the devices are using "DCIM" as the camera folder. Then I found out that if a file is located inside a app-specified folder, it will be indexed by ContentResolver but the other app doesn't have access to it, which means canRead=false. So here I come up with another solution:

    while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
        String imagePath = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA));
        File imageFile = new File(imagePath);
        if (imageFile.canRead() && imageFile.exists()) {
           // we have found the latest picture in the public folder, do whatever you want
            break;
        }
    }

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 24 '20 at 08:10

Here it is in Kotlin. I have used Glide library to load the last image into an imageview

private fun getLastImageFromGallery(){
        val uriExternal: Uri = MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI

        val projection = arrayOf(
            MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns._ID,
            MediaStore.Images.Media._ID,
            MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_ADDED,
            MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.MIME_TYPE
        )
        val cursor: Cursor = applicationContext.contentResolver.query(uriExternal, projection, null,
            null, MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_ADDED + " DESC"
        )!!

        Log.i("Cursor Last", cursor.moveToLast().toString())
        if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            val columnIndexID = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID)
            val imageId: Long = cursor.getLong(columnIndexID)
            val imageURI = Uri.withAppendedPath(uriExternal, "" + imageId)

            Glide.with(applicationContext)
                .load(imageURI)
                .transform(CenterCrop(), RoundedCorners(12))
                .into(imageView)

        }

        cursor.close()
}

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