crazycodeboy/TakePhoto
TakePhoto
TakePhoto is an Android media capture framework and image processing library designed to manage photo acquisition and manipulation. It provides a toolkit for capturing new images via the device camera and selecting existing images from the system gallery or local file storage.
The framework distinguishes itself through automatic activity and session state restoration, which recovers the capture process after the system recycles an activity. It also includes a unified handler for managing runtime media permissions for camera and storage access across different Android versions.
The library covers image manipulation capabilities, including cropping and quality-based compression to optimize file size and dimensions. It supports both single and multiple image selection and capture workflows.
Features
- Camera Integrations - Implements a workflow to trigger the device camera and retrieve photos within an Android application.
- Activity State Recoveries - Automatically restores the image capture process after the system recycles the activity to ensure continuity.
- Android Activity Lifecycle Management - Handles the recovery of image capture and selection processes after the system recycles an Android activity.
- Android Gallery Selection - Opens the system gallery or file explorer to choose an existing image from local storage.
- Android Image Pickers - Allows users to pick single or multiple images from the Android system gallery or local file storage.
- Android Image Processing - Provides capabilities for cropping and compressing images on Android devices to optimize file size.
- Android Media Frameworks - Manages camera intents and file selection with automatic activity and session state restoration.
- Image Capture & Selection Libraries - Provides a comprehensive library for capturing photos, selecting images from galleries, and handling media permissions.
- Intent-Based Navigation - Utilizes Android Intent filters to coordinate navigation between camera, gallery, and cropping activities.
- Camera Image Capture - Triggers the device camera to take a picture and returns the resulting image to the application.
- Image Capture - Provides a unified capability to either capture a new photo via camera or select an existing image.
- Runtime Permission Management - Provides a unified handler for requesting and validating runtime camera and storage permissions across Android versions.
- Activity Bundle Restorations - Saves capture session data into Android bundles to recover the process after the system recycles the activity.
- Capture Session Recoveries - Automatically restores the photo capture process if the system recycles the activity during an active operation.
- Pixel-Based Manipulations - Implements image cropping and compression by manipulating raw pixel data via memory-mapped buffers.
- Android Image Compression - Reduces image file size by adjusting dimensions and quality specifically for Android applications.
- Image Cropping - Trims images to a specific area or aspect ratio on Android using immediate capture or existing files.
- Batch - Supports capturing new photos via the camera or selecting multiple existing images from the gallery.
- Media Access Permissions - Manages runtime permission requests specifically for camera and storage access.
- Image Display and Processing - Image capture, cropping, and compression library.
