Did Android 5.0 change the result of ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE intent?

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Intent captureImageIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
startActivityForResult(captureImageIntent, TAKE_FIRST_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE);

In onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)

String mediaKey = "data";
case TAKE_FIRST_IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE:
   mImageUri1 = data.getData();

   if (mImageUri1 != null) {
       mImageBitmap1 =  (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get(mediaKey);
                    postCaptureImg1();
   } else {
       LOGD(TAG, "mImageUri1 == null");
   }
break;

The code works fine on Android version < 5.0. However, on 5.0, it no longer works, mImageUri1 is always null.

Anything changed in Android 5.0 that causes this?

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androidandroid-intentandroid-camera-intent

1 Answers

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The code works fine on Android version < 5.0

No, it does not. It happened to work in your limited testing because the particular camera app you used happened to return a Uri (presumably, the value you supplied via EXTRA_OUTPUT). However, there is nothing in the documentation for ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE that requires camera apps to return a Uri. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands of camera apps, both pre-installed ones and ones installed from public channels like the Play Store. Do not rely upon getting a Uri back in onActivityResult().

Anything changed in Android 5.0 that causes this?

Perhaps the camera app that you are using changed to no longer package the Uri in the result. This is perfectly legitimate, per the documented protocol.