title: how to send captured image by camera to a next view
body: <p>I am trying to capture the image via camera and save that image in the directory and send that name of the image to an activity but it does not work.I want to capture an image first and save it in the directory and send that name of the image file to a activity.</p>
  
  <pre><code>package com.example;
  
  import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
  import java.io.File;
  import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
  import java.io.FileOutputStream;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import android.app.Activity;
  import android.app.AlertDialog;
  import android.content.Intent;
  import android.graphics.Bitmap;
  import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
  import android.hardware.Camera;
  import android.hardware.Camera.PictureCallback;
  import android.hardware.Camera.ShutterCallback;
  import android.os.Bundle;
  import android.os.Environment;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.view.View;
  import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
  import android.widget.Button;
  import android.widget.FrameLayout;
  import android.widget.Toast;
  
  public class CameraDemo extends Activity {
  private static final String TAG = "CameraDemo";
  Camera camera;
  Preview preview;
  Button buttonClick;
  String imgName="img";
  Intent intentImg;
  /** Called when the activity is first created. */
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
      super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
      setContentView(R.layout.main);
  
      preview = new Preview(this);
      ((FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.preview)).addView(preview);
      buttonClick = (Button) findViewById(R.id.buttonClick);
      buttonClick.setOnClickListener( new OnClickListener() {
          public void onClick(View v) {
  
  
          }
      });
  
      Log.d(TAG, "onCreate'd");
  }
  
  
  ShutterCallback shutterCallback = new ShutterCallback() {
      public void onShutter() {
          Log.d(TAG, "onShutter'd");
      }
  };
  
  /** Handles data for raw picture */
  PictureCallback rawCallback = new PictureCallback() {
      public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
          Log.d(TAG, "onPictureTaken - raw");
      }
  };
  
  /** Handles data for jpeg picture */
  PictureCallback jpegCallback = new PictureCallback() {
      public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
          Bitmap bitmapPicture = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data,0,data.length);
          File imageDirectory = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "surbeyImg");
          imageDirectory.mkdirs();
          File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
           + File.separator + "surbeyImg" + File.separator + imgName+".jpg");
           try 
           {
                  f.createNewFile();
                  //write the bytes in file
                  FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream(f);
                  fo.write(data);
            } catch (IOException e) 
            {
              e.printStackTrace();
            }
           intentImg = new Intent(CameraDemo.this, ShowImg.class);
           intentImg.putExtra("img",imgName);
           startActivity(intentImg); 
  
      }
  };
  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <h2>this is preview class</h2>
  
  <pre><code>package com.example;
  
  import java.io.File;
  import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
  import java.io.FileOutputStream;
  import java.io.IOException;
  
  import android.content.Context;
  import android.graphics.Bitmap;
  import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
  import android.graphics.Canvas;
  import android.graphics.Color;
  import android.graphics.Paint;
  import android.hardware.Camera;
  import android.hardware.Camera.PreviewCallback;
  import android.os.Environment;
  import android.util.Log;
  import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
  import android.view.SurfaceView;
  
  
  class Preview extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
  private static final String TAG = "Preview";
  
  SurfaceHolder mHolder;
  public Camera camera;
  
  Preview(Context context) {
      super(context);
  
      // Install a SurfaceHolder.Callback so we get notified when the
      // underlying surface is created and destroyed.
      mHolder = getHolder();
      mHolder.addCallback(this);
      mHolder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS);
  }
  
  public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) {
      // The Surface has been created, acquire the camera and tell it where
      // to draw.
      camera = Camera.open();
      try {
          camera.setPreviewDisplay(holder);
  
  
          camera.setPreviewCallback(new PreviewCallback() {
  
              public void onPreviewFrame(byte[] data, Camera arg1) {
                  Bitmap bitmapPicture = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(data,0,data.length);
                  File imageDirectory = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "surbeyImg");
                  imageDirectory.mkdirs();
                  File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
                   + File.separator + "surbeyImg" + File.separator + "a.jpg");
                   try 
                   {
                          f.createNewFile();
                          //write the bytes in file
                          FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream(f);
                          fo.write(data);
                    } catch (IOException e) 
                    {
                      e.printStackTrace();
  
                    } finally 
                    {
                    }
                      Preview.this.invalidate();
              }
          });
      } catch (IOException e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
      }
  }
  
  public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) {
      // Surface will be destroyed when we return, so stop the preview.
      // Because the CameraDevice object is not a shared resource, it's very
      // important to release it when the activity is paused.
      camera.stopPreview();
      camera = null;
  }
  
  public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder holder, int format, int w, int h) {
      // Now that the size is known, set up the camera parameters and begin
      // the preview.
      Camera.Parameters parameters = camera.getParameters();
      parameters.setPreviewSize(w, h);
      camera.setParameters(parameters);
      camera.startPreview();
  }
  
  @Override
  public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
          super.draw(canvas);
          Paint p= new Paint(Color.RED);
          Log.d(TAG,"draw");
          canvas.drawText("PREVIEW", canvas.getWidth()/2, canvas.getHeight()/2, p );
  }
  </code></pre>
  
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