I have a custom camera and it takes really low quality pictures. I need help to fix this.
Code:
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.hardware.Camera;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.SurfaceView;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import android.widget.ImageButton;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.RelativeLayout;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.io.File;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import android.hardware.Camera.PictureCallback;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private Camera mCamera;
private CameraPreview mPreview;
private Camera.PictureCallback mPicture;
private Button switchCamera;
private Context myContext;
private FrameLayout cameraPreview;
private boolean cameraFront = false;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
getWindow().addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON);
myContext = this;
initialize();
}
private int findFrontFacingCamera() {
int cameraId = -1;
// Search for the front facing camera
int numberOfCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfCameras; i++) {
Camera.CameraInfo info = new Camera.CameraInfo();
Camera.getCameraInfo(i, info);
if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_FRONT) {
cameraId = i;
cameraFront = true;
break;
}
}
return cameraId;
}
private int findBackFacingCamera() {
int cameraId = -1;
//Search for the back facing camera
//get the number of cameras
int numberOfCameras = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
//for every camera check
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfCameras; i++) {
Camera.CameraInfo info = new Camera.CameraInfo();
Camera.getCameraInfo(i, info);
if (info.facing == Camera.CameraInfo.CAMERA_FACING_BACK) {
cameraId = i;
cameraFront = false;
break;
}
}
return cameraId;
}
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (!hasCamera(myContext)) {
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(myContext, "Sorry, your phone does not have a camera!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
toast.show();
finish();
}
if (mCamera == null) {
//if the front facing camera does not exist
if (findFrontFacingCamera() < 0) {
Toast.makeText(this, "No front facing camera found.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
switchCamera.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
mCamera = Camera.open(findBackFacingCamera());
mPicture = getPictureCallback();
mPreview.refreshCamera(mCamera);
}
}
public void initialize() {
mPreview = new CameraPreview(myContext, mCamera);
cameraPreview = (FrameLayout) findViewById(R.id.camera_preview);
cameraPreview.addView(mPreview);
ImageButton capture = (ImageButton) findViewById(R.id.button_capture);
capture.setOnClickListener(captrureListener);
switchCamera = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_ChangeCamera);
switchCamera.setOnClickListener(switchCameraListener);
}
OnClickListener switchCameraListener = new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
//get the number of cameras
int camerasNumber = Camera.getNumberOfCameras();
if (camerasNumber > 1) {
//release the old camera instance
//switch camera, from the front and the back and vice versa
releaseCamera();
chooseCamera();
} else {
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(myContext, "Sorry, your phone has only one camera!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
toast.show();
}
}
};
public void chooseCamera() {
//if the camera preview is the front
if (cameraFront) {
int cameraId = findBackFacingCamera();
if (cameraId >= 0) {
//open the backFacingCamera
//set a picture callback
//refresh the preview
mCamera = Camera.open(cameraId);
mPicture = getPictureCallback();
mPreview.refreshCamera(mCamera);
}
} else {
int cameraId = findFrontFacingCamera();
if (cameraId >= 0) {
//open the backFacingCamera
//set a picture callback
//refresh the preview
mCamera = Camera.open(cameraId);
mPicture = getPictureCallback();
mPreview.refreshCamera(mCamera);
}
}
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
//when on Pause, release camera in order to be used from other applications
releaseCamera();
}
private boolean hasCamera(Context context) {
//check if the device has camera
if (context.getPackageManager().hasSystemFeature(PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA)) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}
private PictureCallback getPictureCallback() {
PictureCallback picture = new PictureCallback() {
@Override
public void onPictureTaken(byte[] data, Camera camera) {
//make a new picture file
File pictureFile = getOutputMediaFile();
if (pictureFile == null) {
return;
}
try {
//write the file
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(pictureFile);
fos.write(data);
fos.close();
Toast toast = Toast.makeText(myContext, "Picture saved: " + pictureFile.getName(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
toast.show();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
} catch (IOException e) {
}
//refresh camera to continue preview
mPreview.refreshCamera(mCamera);
}
};
return picture;
}
OnClickListener captrureListener = new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
mCamera.takePicture(null, null, mPicture);
}
};
//make picture and save to a folder
private static File getOutputMediaFile() {
//make a new file directory inside the "sdcard" folder
File mediaStorageDir = new File("/sdcard/", "JCG Camera");
//if this "JCGCamera folder does not exist
if (!mediaStorageDir.exists()) {
//if you cannot make this folder return
if (!mediaStorageDir.mkdirs()) {
return null;
}
}
//take the current timeStamp
String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
File mediaFile;
//and make a media file:
mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator + "IMG_" + timeStamp + ".jpg");
return mediaFile;
}
private void releaseCamera() {
// stop and release camera
if (mCamera != null) {
mCamera.release();
mCamera = null;
}
}
}