Last week was very exciting because I had to get an image from camera and place it inside a WebView. I have googled and couple of results were found as follows.
Here it is said that there is an issue using "<input type="file" />" in KitKat. At the end of this link there are some links claiming as working modules for lollipop(I did't try them.) Because of this lack of useful codes I decided to share my findings which may help someone. I have tested this code in my nexus 4 running on lollipop. I have added comments in the code to understand the code. Please note that this is only for getting image from camera NOT from file chooser.
1. AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.duo.wishesapptest" >
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name=".CameraActivity"
android:label="@string/title_activity_camera"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".WebContent" >
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
2. CameraActivity.java
package com.duo.wishesapptest;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.View;
public class CameraActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_camera);
Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
}
public void callWebview(View view){
Intent intent=new Intent(this,WebContent.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
}
3. WebContent.java
package com.duo.wishesapptest;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.util.Base64;
import android.webkit.JavascriptInterface;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
public class WebContent extends ActionBarActivity {
WebView webView;
static Uri picUri = null;
String url;
String uriInString;
boolean isFirstLoad = true; // for the first time there is no image.Used this not to show image in the first page load.
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_web_content);
webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webViewHtm);
webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient(){
@Override
public void onPageFinished(WebView view, String url1) { // This is the important part. Everytime camera intent finish it calls onCreate method.
super.onPageFinished(view, url1); // So after getting the camera image javascript run to set image in WebView
if(!isFirstLoad)
webView.loadUrl("javascript:getImage('" + url + "')");
}
});
webView.addJavascriptInterface(this, "Android"); // javascript interfaces are in 'this' activity
// if javascript interfaces are added to another class we can't call 'startActivityForResult'
webView.loadUrl("https://f073b6f1598031631202dc1cf1408f54a9fede00-www.googledrive.com/host/0B_1iFNsKSU55SkdmbTlwMUQxTWc");
// here I published my html file in google drive.this link should work till 2016 may.(google is going to stop this service in 2016)
// I believe dropbox is also good to host a simple html page if you don't have a server
webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webView.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(true);
}
@JavascriptInterface
public void showAndroidCamera() { // This is called when click the button in html page.
// Create AndroidExampleFolder in storage. You can see this folder by opening Android Device Monitor. See for 'mnt' folder in DDMS --> File Explorer view.
File imageStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES), "AndroidExampleFolder");
if (!imageStorageDir.exists()) {
imageStorageDir.mkdirs(); // Create AndroidExampleFolder if not exists
}
// Create camera captured image file path and name
File file = new File(imageStorageDir + File.separator + "IMG"+ String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis())+ ".jpg");
Intent cameraIntent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE"); // crating the camera intent
cameraIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(file));
picUri = Uri.fromFile(file);
startActivityForResult(cameraIntent, 123); // result is passed to onActivityResult
}
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
isFirstLoad = false;
uriInString = picUri.toString().replace("file://", ""); //needs to remove 'file://' part in uri path.
switch (requestCode) {
case 123:
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(uriInString);
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bm.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, baos); //bm is the bitmap object
byte[] byteArrayImage = baos.toByteArray();
String encodedImage = Base64.encodeToString(byteArrayImage, Base64.DEFAULT);
url="data:image/png;base64,"+encodedImage; // encoded value passed to javascript
}
}
}
}
4. activity_camera.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
tools:context="com.duo.wishesapptest.CameraActivity">
<android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.AppBarOverlay">
<android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar
android:id="@+id/toolbar"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="?attr/actionBarSize"
android:background="?attr/colorPrimary"
app:popupTheme="@style/AppTheme.PopupOverlay" />
</android.support.design.widget.AppBarLayout>
<include layout="@layout/content_camera" />
<android.support.design.widget.FloatingActionButton
android:id="@+id/fab"
android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="bottom|end" android:layout_margin="@dimen/fab_margin"
android:src="@android:drawable/ic_dialog_email" />
</android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout>
5. activity_web_content.xml
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context="com.example.lakshan.vers.WebContent">
<WebView
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="300dp"
android:id="@+id/webViewHtm"
/>
</RelativeLayout>
6. content_camera.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context="com.duo.wishesapptest.CameraActivity">
<Button
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Get Cam on web view"
android:id="@+id/camera_btn"
android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
android:layout_marginTop="69dp"
android:onClick="callWebview"/>
</RelativeLayout>
7. camera.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showAndroidCameraHere() {
Android.showAndroidCamera();
}
function getImage(src) {
var img = document.createElement("IMG");
img.setAttribute("src", src);
img.setAttribute("width", "94");
img.setAttribute("height", "70");
img.setAttribute("alt", "Your image here");
document.getElementById('imageHolder').appendChild(img);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="formContainer"">
<h2>capture=camera</h2>
<button type="button" onClick="showAndroidCameraHere()">Try it</button>
<div id="imageHolder" width="100px" height="80px"></div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
8. build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
android {
compileSdkVersion 22
buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.duo.wishesapptest"
minSdkVersion 19
targetSdkVersion 22
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.1'
compile 'com.android.support:design:22.2.1'
}
That's it. Hope someone can find this useful. Happy Coding :-).
