gistfile1.java

public static final String PREFS_NAME = "MyPrefsFile";
public static final String IMAGE_TEMP_PATH = "ImageTempPath";
public static final int REQUEST_CAMERA = 1;

protected void launchCamera() 
{
  // Setup a temporary storage path for the image and save it in SharedPreferences
  String imageTempPath = "image_" + UUID.randomUUID() + ".jpg";
  getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, 0).edit().putString(IMAGE_TEMP_PATH, imageTempPath).commit();
  File dir = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
  Uri dest = Uri.fromFile(new File(dir, imageTempPath));
  
  // Pass that path to the camera
  Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
  intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, dest);
  startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CAMERA);
}

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
{
  if(resultCode != RESULT_OK) 
  {
    return;
  }
  
  if(requestCode == REQUEST_CAMERA)
  {
    // Since we saved the path to the image, we can retrieve it and use it for whatever we want
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    File dir = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
    File f = new File(dir, getSharedPreferences(PREFS_NAME, 0).getString(IMAGE_TEMP_PATH, ""));
    Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(f);
    intent.putExtra("image-path", uri.toString());
  }
  
  super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
}