Capturing a photo from SurfaceView
I am trying to capture an image from a custom SurfaceView camera. I installed the source code, but I don't know how to call the "take photo" method so that I can see the preview on the surface.
This code currently displays a live preview. I need to take a snapshot and access the byte [] array
Please help me complete the code:
private SurfaceView mSurfaceView;
private SurfaceHolder mSurfaceHolder;
private Camera mCamera;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_camera);
captureImage = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.captureImage);
mSurfaceView = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.surfaceView);
captureImage.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//this button press should take the picture
}
});
mSurfaceView.getHolder().addCallback(this);
mSurfaceView.getHolder().setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
mCamera = Camera.open();
}
@Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
mCamera.stopPreview();
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
mCamera.release();
}
@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
try {
mCamera.setPreviewDisplay(mSurfaceView.getHolder());
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int width, int height) {
Camera.Parameters params = mCamera.getParameters();
List<Camera.Size> sizes = params.getSupportedPreviewSizes();
Camera.Size selected = sizes.get(0);
params.setPreviewSize(selected.width,selected.height);
mCamera.setParameters(params);
mCamera.setDisplayOrientation(90);
mCamera.startPreview();
}
@Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
mCamera.stopPreview();
mCamera.release();
mCamera = null;
}
I need to get bytes [] data so that I can convert the image to base64 string. How do I call the required methods for shooting using the above code?
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Check out "jpegCallback" in my example:
public class CameraActivity extends ActionBarActivity implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
Camera camera;
SurfaceView surfaceView;
SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder;
PictureCallback jpegCallback;
@Override
protected void onCreate(@Nullable Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_camera);
surfaceView = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.surfaceView);
surfaceHolder = surfaceView.getHolder();
// Install a SurfaceHolder.Callback so we get notified when the
// underlying surface is created and destroyed.
surfaceHolder.addCallback(this);
// deprecated setting, but required on Android versions prior to 3.0
surfaceHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
jpegCallback = new PictureCallback() {
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
FileOutputStream outStream = null;
try {
outStream = new FileOutputStream(String.format("/sdcard/%d.jpg", System.currentTimeMillis()));
outStream.write(data);
outStream.close();
Log.d("Log", "onPictureTaken - wrote bytes: " + data.length);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
}
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Picture Saved", 2000).show();
refreshCamera();
}
};
}
public void captureImage(View v) throws IOException {
//take the picture
camera.takePicture(null, null, jpegCallback);
}
@Override
public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder) {
try {
// open the camera
camera = Camera.open();
} catch (RuntimeException e) {
// check for exceptions
System.err.println(e);
return;
}
Camera.Parameters param;
param = camera.getParameters();
// modify parameter
List<Camera.Size> sizes = param.getSupportedPreviewSizes();
Camera.Size selected = sizes.get(0);
param.setPreviewSize(selected.width,selected.height);
camera.setParameters(param);
try {
// The Surface has been created, now tell the camera where to draw
// the preview.
camera.setDisplayOrientation(90);
camera.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder);
camera.startPreview();
} catch (Exception e) {
// check for exceptions
System.err.println(e);
return;
}
}
@Override
public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder, int i, int i1, int i2) {
// Now that the size is known, set up the camera parameters and begin
// the preview.
refreshCamera();
}
@Override
public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder surfaceHolder) {
// stop preview and release camera
camera.stopPreview();
camera.release();
camera = null;
}
public void refreshCamera() {
if (surfaceHolder.getSurface() == null) {
// preview surface does not exist
return;
}
// stop preview before making changes
try {
camera.stopPreview();
} catch (Exception e) {
// ignore: tried to stop a non-existent preview
}
// set preview size and make any resize, rotate or
// reformatting changes here
// start preview with new settings
try {
camera.setPreviewDisplay(surfaceHolder);
camera.startPreview();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}
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