android - why decodeFile(path) isnt working when file is saved in Camera folder on Samsung?

Asked Apr 04 '14 at 20:11

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I have

Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path); 
imageView.setImageBitmap(bm);

working properly. the only exception I'm facing now is if the photo is stored in Camera folder on a samsung device, imageView.setImageBitmap(bm); will not display the image.

I tried to printout the path, and I got storage/extSdCard/DCIM/Camera/20140404_120332.jpg which is the same path I see in gallery. What's weird about this is my code seems only not working when images are stored in Camera folder. Other images like storage/extSdCard/DCIM/100MEDIA/IMAG0327.jpg would display the correct bitmap. What's so special about this Camera folder? both images are stored in sdcard but why the one store in Camera not working? Do I need a particular permission? or is this a bug?

Thanks for your help :)

asked Apr 04 '14 at 20:11

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Are you crashing? Is LogCat reporting anything? – CommonsWare Apr 04 '14 at 20:19
no crash. I tried to print out the path and it is correct. `bm` is not null either – user1865027 Apr 04 '14 at 20:26
Have you tried copying `20140404_120332.jpg` to someplace else, to confirm that your problem is tied to the folder, and not the image itself? – CommonsWare Apr 04 '14 at 20:36
good point. going to try it now – user1865027 Apr 04 '14 at 20:53
i think i found the reason. while trying to display the image, i got `outofmemoryexception`. i think you are right. the problem is coming from that image – user1865027 Apr 04 '14 at 21:18
the image is taking way to long to load. i dont care about the quality. i only want to display a thumbnail. is there a way to reduce the quality? – user1865027 Apr 04 '14 at 21:19
`BitmapFactory.Options options=new BitmapFactory.Options();` `options.inSampleSize = 16;` – user1865027 Apr 04 '14 at 22:00
that would do the work. thank you very much @CommonsWare – user1865027 Apr 04 '14 at 22:01

android - why decodeFile(path) isnt working when file is saved in Camera folder on Samsung?

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