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How to lock the orientation to Portrait when using intent ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE?

I know I can set the orientation of the activity in the manifest, but when this activity is calling the MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE to open the camera and take a photo, the user can still take photos in landscape mode. Can I lock the orientation of the camera app itself to portrait?

Here is a sample code:

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(photo));
startActivityForResult(intent, TAKE_PICTURE);

I would like to prevent the user from taking any landscape photos.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: Found another question on the topic that hasn't been answered: How to lock the camera app orientation called through intent in android?

Solution

  • After spending some time with it, it seems like it's not possible to lock the orientation to Portrait, when using the Intent MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE.

    So I decided to implement a custom camera and set the orientation in the code, via the setDisplayOrientation method, as suggested in the comments.

    Basically, that's not a solution to the problem, but just another way to "tackle" it, however it suits my case because I was also able to handle the user interface and make some changes in regards to the default interface.