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Fixed a bug where images added to the MediaStore are not inserted at the front of the gallery
package com.memtrip;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import android.content.ContentResolver;
import android.content.ContentUris;
import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Matrix;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.provider.MediaStore.Images;
/**
* Android internals have been modified to store images in the media folder with
* the correct date meta data
* @author samuelkirton
*/
public class CapturePhotoUtils {
/**
* A copy of the Android internals insertImage method, this method populates the
* meta data with DATE_ADDED and DATE_TAKEN. This fixes a common problem where media
* that is inserted manually gets saved at the end of the gallery (because date is not populated).
* @see android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media#insertImage(ContentResolver, Bitmap, String, String)
*/
public static final String insertImage(ContentResolver cr,
Bitmap source,
String title,
String description) {
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(Images.Media.TITLE, title);
values.put(Images.Media.DISPLAY_NAME, title);
values.put(Images.Media.DESCRIPTION, description);
values.put(Images.Media.MIME_TYPE, "image/jpeg");
// Add the date meta data to ensure the image is added at the front of the gallery
values.put(Images.Media.DATE_ADDED, System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000);
values.put(Images.Media.DATE_TAKEN, System.currentTimeMillis());
Uri url = null;
String stringUrl = null; /* value to be returned */
try {
url = cr.insert(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, values);
if (source != null) {
OutputStream imageOut = cr.openOutputStream(url);
try {
source.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 50, imageOut);
} finally {
imageOut.close();
}
long id = ContentUris.parseId(url);
// Wait until MINI_KIND thumbnail is generated.
Bitmap miniThumb = Images.Thumbnails.getThumbnail(cr, id, Images.Thumbnails.MINI_KIND, null);
// This is for backward compatibility.
storeThumbnail(cr, miniThumb, id, 50F, 50F,Images.Thumbnails.MICRO_KIND);
} else {
cr.delete(url, null, null);
url = null;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
if (url != null) {
cr.delete(url, null, null);
url = null;
}
}
if (url != null) {
stringUrl = url.toString();
}
return stringUrl;
}
/**
* A copy of the Android internals StoreThumbnail method, it used with the insertImage to
* populate the android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media#insertImage with all the correct
* meta data. The StoreThumbnail method is private so it must be duplicated here.
* @see android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media (StoreThumbnail private method)
*/
private static final Bitmap storeThumbnail(
ContentResolver cr,
Bitmap source,
long id,
float width,
float height,
int kind) {
// create the matrix to scale it
Matrix matrix = new Matrix();
float scaleX = width / source.getWidth();
float scaleY = height / source.getHeight();
matrix.setScale(scaleX, scaleY);
Bitmap thumb = Bitmap.createBitmap(source, 0, 0,
source.getWidth(),
source.getHeight(), matrix,
true
);
ContentValues values = new ContentValues(4);
values.put(Images.Thumbnails.KIND,kind);
values.put(Images.Thumbnails.IMAGE_ID,(int)id);
values.put(Images.Thumbnails.HEIGHT,thumb.getHeight());
values.put(Images.Thumbnails.WIDTH,thumb.getWidth());
Uri url = cr.insert(Images.Thumbnails.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, values);
try {
OutputStream thumbOut = cr.openOutputStream(url);
thumb.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, thumbOut);
thumbOut.close();
return thumb;
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
return null;
} catch (IOException ex) {
return null;
}
}
}
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hi
plz help
Uri url = cr.insert(Images.Thumbnails.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, values); is Null
thx

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