Take a photo with the Front Camera without using obsolete Apis

Question

I’m developing an app where when you login, you should take a photo!

I looked into it and found the following example :

 public class PhotoHandler implements Camera.PictureCallback {

        private final Context context;

        public PhotoHandler(Context context) {
            this.context = context;
        }

        @Override
        public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {

            File pictureFileDir = getDir();

            if (!pictureFileDir.exists() && !pictureFileDir.mkdirs()) {
                Log.d("DEBUG_TAG", "Can't create directory to save image.");
                Toast.makeText(context, "Can't create directory to save image.",
                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                return;
            }


            String photoFile = "Picture_.jpg";
            String filename = pictureFileDir.getPath() + File.separator + photoFile;
            File pictureFile = new File(filename);
            try {
                FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(pictureFile);
                fos.write(data);
                fos.close();

            } catch (Exception error) {
                Toast.makeText(context, "Image could not be saved.",
                        Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
            }
        }

    }

He uses the android.hardware.Camera deprecated!

How can I perform this same action using the android.graphics.Camera?

This action must be transparent to the User.

By clicking the login button, he must choose the time and automatically take the photo!

Answer 1

Voce can use the camera via Intent , the code below runs in 4.1 and 6.0 , however in 6.0 You will have to add the permission in the run time (I haven’t had time to do it yet) but Oce can go in the App>Usergname>Permissions and add the permision there .

public class CameraActivity extends Activity
{
    ImageView imageView;
    final int TAKE_PICTURE_CODE = 1;
    Uri outputFileUri;

    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        setContentView(R.layout.layout_camera_activity);

        imageView = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView);
    }
    /********** takePict **********/
    public void takePicture(View view)
    {
        Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
        File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES),"myPicture.jpg");
        outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile(file);
        intent.putExtra(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE,outputFileUri);

        startActivityForResult(intent, TAKE_PICTURE_CODE);
    }
    /********** onActivityResult ********/
    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
    {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

        if(data==null) Log.d("TAG-DATA-RESULT","****** null ******");
        else
        {
            Bitmap picture = (Bitmap)data.getExtras().get("data");
            imageView.setImageBitmap(picture);
        }
    }
}