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Prevent ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE from saving a picture

I am using an ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE Intent to take photos, which I then manipulate.

I want to save only the final image. How can I prevent photos from being saved immediately after photo is taken?

Solution

  • Your best bet is to copy the image returned in the result Intent and then use a ContentResolver to delete the original image. The different OEMs, of course, have different camera implementations. The procedure I described has worked with all of them from my testing.

    This is assuming that there's some reason that you can't just manipulate the original image and write over it.