Intent only getting images from the back camera

Question

My app is supposed to get a picture from the gallery and display it in an ImageView, I am getting what I want with all the images EXCEPT the ones I took with my back camera, they show up in the gallery for me to pick and even return the path, but all I get is blankness in my ImageView.

This is the code:

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setType("image/*");
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
startActivityForResult(intent, SELECT_PICTURE);

my onActivityResult code is this:

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == SELECT_PICTURE && resultCode == RESULT_OK && null != data) {
        Uri uri = data.getData();

        try {
            Bitmap bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(getActivity().getContentResolver(), uri);
            ImageView iv = (ImageView) getView().findViewById(R.id.iv_foto);
            iv.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

It works with images taken with my front camera.

I haven't tried the app on another phone but if this happens in mine, chances are someone else will have the same problem.

Please add the code where you display the image in your imageview. — Christopher, Jan 05 '17 at 12:01
Back camera images are usually pretty large to handle. Compress them with Bitmap Factory before showing in imageView — Sadiq Md Asif, Jan 05 '17 at 12:07
Indeed. And meanwhile you should check if `bitmap==null` after statement `Bitmap bitmap = .....`. — greenapps, Jan 05 '17 at 14:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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the reason is i think memory out of index. please refer this link Compress camera image before upload you can under stand

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Jan 05 '17 at 12:07

shaik subhani

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Oh, maybe it is the problem, I'll check the code soon. Many thanks. – Don Beto Jan 05 '17 at 12:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '17 at 12:28

The issue is with the size of the image.

I've successfully fixed the same issue with scaling the Bitmap before displaying in the ImageView

Bitmap sourceBitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(contentResolver, uri);

try {
        Bitmap sourceBitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(contentResolver, uri);

        float rotationInDegrees = 0;

        Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, new String[]{MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.ORIENTATION},
                null,
                null,
                null);

        if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            int col = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.ORIENTATION);
            if (col != -1)
                rotationInDegrees = cursor.getInt(col);
            cursor.close();
        }

        Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
        matrix.preRotate(rotationInDegrees);

        int width, height;
        double aspectRatio;
        aspectRatio = (double) sourceBitmap.getWidth() / sourceBitmap.getHeight();
        if (sourceBitmap.getHeight() > sourceBitmap.getWidth()) {
            height = MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION;
            width = (int) (height * aspectRatio);
        } else {
            width = MAX_IMAGE_DIMENSION;
            height = (int) (width / aspectRatio);
        }
        sourceBitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(sourceBitmap, width, height, false);

        return Bitmap.createBitmap(sourceBitmap, 0, 0, sourceBitmap.getWidth(), sourceBitmap.getHeight(), matrix, false);

} catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        throw new RuntimeException("ImageHelper@getImageFromUri: IOException");
}

`scaling the Bitmap before displaying`. Interesting. But in many cases you cannot scale it in this way as `sourceBitmap` will be `null` already at first statement because of lack of memory. You are not even checking for `null` now. — greenapps, Jan 05 '17 at 14:48

Meena Dev · Answer 3 · 2017-01-05T12:14:48.390

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Even after compressing if you cannot get it, then try using some library for picking the images from the gallery.

edited Jan 05 '17 at 12:14

answered Jan 05 '17 at 12:12

Meena Dev

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It does get images from the gallery EXCEPT the ones taken with the back camera, a library would surely solve my problem, but I want to know why is this thing happening in the first place. – Don Beto Jan 05 '17 at 12:14

Intent only getting images from the back camera

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