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Does Samsung Galaxy SIII have a bug in its camera?

I use the following code to kick off the camera, however, 3/4's of the time, the photo does not save to memory. This only occurs on the Galaxy SIII. It works on the Nexus S and Nexus One

public void photoNew() {
    holdingImage = getContentResolver().insert(MUtil.genImgUri(), new ContentValues());   
    Intent i = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    Bundle extras = new Bundle();
    extras.putParcelable(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, holdingImage);
    extras.putBoolean("return-data", true);
    i.putExtras(extras);
    startActivityForResult(i, REQ_PHOTO);   
}
Solution

  • There is a well known bug with different Samsung devices that do not support EXTRA_* with camera intent, see

    http://thanksmister.com/2012/03/16/android_null_data_camera_intent/

    http://kevinpotgieter.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/null-intent-passed-back-on-samsung-galaxy-tab/