android set image as contact icon/wallpaper

Question

I have written my own ImageViewer and now I want to have Set as functionality like in Android native ImageViewer. I now it is possible since Facebook has it. I've attached a screenshot to make myself more clear. enter image description here

P.S. I want to give a more detailed explanation of what goes wrong. After I choose "Contact icon" in the menu the list of my contacts appears. When I choose a contact the application force closes. If I choose "Home/Lock screen wallpaper" it opens my phone's gallery. Here is my code snippet:

                Bitmap icon = mBitmap;
                Intent setAs = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_ATTACH_DATA);
                setAs.setType("image/jpg");
                ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                icon.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bytes);
                File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + File.separator + "/my_tmp_file.jpg");
                try {
                    f.createNewFile();
                    FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream(f);
                    fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());
                } catch (IOException e) {                       
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                setAs.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/my_tmp_file.jpg"));
                startActivity(Intent.createChooser(setAs, "Set Image As"));

I have also added the consequent permissions to my manifest and I am able to write my image to the sd card of the phone.

LogCat Output

you will have to send an intent. it is simple. all you have to do is search for some code on editing a contact and on changing the wallpaper programatically — Sherif elKhatib, Sep 02 '11 at 13:35
I can't find code which will open OptionsMenu like in native ImageViewer. And after that when I choose an action it should continue like native. It is easier to do either, but I can't do what I need. — superM, Sep 02 '11 at 13:41
Which text do you mean? RuntimeException or ActivityNotFoundException? — superM, Sep 05 '11 at 09:23
09-05 13:48:49.465: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(730): Caused by: android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=com.android.camera.action.CROP (has extras) } — superM, Sep 05 '11 at 13:49

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 24 '17 at 13:25

4

From the Google Gallery app source code:

// Called when "Set as" is clicked.
private static boolean onSetAsClicked(MenuInvoker onInvoke,
                                      final Activity activity) {
    onInvoke.run(new MenuCallback() {
        public void run(Uri u, IImage image) {
            if (u == null || image == null) {
                return;
            }

            Intent intent = Util.createSetAsIntent(image);
            activity.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent,
                    activity.getText(R.string.setImage)));
        }
    });
    return true;
}

From Utils.java

// Returns an intent which is used for "set as" menu items.
public static Intent createSetAsIntent(IImage image) {
    Uri u = image.fullSizeImageUri();
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_ATTACH_DATA);
    intent.setDataAndType(u, image.getMimeType());
    intent.putExtra("mimeType", image.getMimeType());
    return intent;
}

edited Jul 24 '17 at 13:25

Vadim Kotov

7,103
8
44
57

answered Sep 05 '11 at 08:56

Martyn

15,782
24
69
104

I can't figure out what is IImage. Eclipse gives no appropriate suggestions. – superM Sep 05 '11 at 09:01
Looks like it's just an interface - `fullSizeImageUri` is defined as `public abstract Uri fullSizeImageUri();` so it's just returning a `Uri` to the image – Martyn Sep 05 '11 at 09:17
I'll try to find more about getMimeType and will try your code. Thank you very much. – superM Sep 05 '11 at 09:26
1

I've tried it but it doesn't work. I get a popup with this "No application can perform this action". but thanks anyway. – superM Sep 05 '11 at 12:06
This stopped working with new Google Photos app. Workaround seems to be really tacky – milosmns Jul 12 '15 at 19:57

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

3

Take a look at the contacts app code. There is an AttachImage activity that launches for attaching an image. The icon photo should be 96x96 px dimension. The action...CROP does face detection and cropping on the image you pass.

Link : AttachImage.java

You should scale and crop the image to 96x96 and pass its URI to the insertPhoto method used in AttachImage activity.

For changing wallpaper you can refer this question's answer.

Update

Code for launching cropping activity:

Intent intent = new Intent("com.android.camera.action.CROP", myIntent.getData());
if (myIntent.getStringExtra("mimeType") != null) {
   intent.setDataAndType(myIntent.getData(), myIntent.getStringExtra("mimeType"));
}
intent.putExtra("crop", "true");
intent.putExtra("aspectX", 1);
intent.putExtra("aspectY", 1);
intent.putExtra("outputX", 96);
intent.putExtra("outputY", 96);
intent.putExtra("return-data", true);
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CROP_PHOTO);

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

Community

1
1

answered Sep 06 '11 at 12:13

Ronnie

23,807
8
52
93

What is the difference in your requirement – Ronnie Sep 10 '11 at 12:00
as far as I could get these link allow either to attach image to contact or to set it as a wallpaper. Besides I want to open the native cropping page and not to crop the image programmatically. I want this to work just like the native. – superM Sep 10 '11 at 14:06
Thank you very much, I'll to combine these all and get the result I want. – superM Sep 11 '11 at 05:31
1

the link AttachImage.java is not valid. – Shankar Agarwal Feb 25 '14 at 16:12

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 01 '15 at 10:50

use this code

File externalFile=new File("filePath");
Uri sendUri = Uri.fromFile(externalFile);
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_ATTACH_DATA);
            intent.setDataAndType(sendUri, "image/jpg");
            intent.putExtra("mimeType", "image/jpg");
            startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Set As"), 200);

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 10 '11 at 19:41

1

You can simply use WallpaperManager to set the wallpaper.

WallpaperManager.getInstance(this).setBitmap(mBitmap);

answered Sep 10 '11 at 19:41

Moog

10,004
2
36
65

This works best on all devices, resolutions and OS versions (ignoring 2.0-) No cropping available with this approach though :/ – milosmns Jan 04 '15 at 21:10

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 16 '15 at 09:55

For Set image as (Contact,wallpaper,etc.)

        Intent setAs = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_ATTACH_DATA);
        setAs.setType("image/jpg");
        ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bytes);
        File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()
                + File.separator + "/my_tmp_file.jpg");
        try {
            f.createNewFile();
            FileOutputStream fo = new FileOutputStream(f);
            fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        setAs.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/my_tmp_file.jpg"),
                "image/jpg");
        setAs.putExtra("mimeType", "image/jpg");
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(setAs, "Set Image As"));

This will solve your problem and set the image as (Contact,Wallpaper,etc..)

i have tried to implement this method it works on bringing up the chooser but then fails to load the image, any ideas? — martinseal1987, Jul 20 '15 at 20:03
hi @martinseal1987 in which android version fails to load image please describe me.... — Jay Kansagara, Aug 17 '15 at 07:01

android set image as contact icon/wallpaper

5 Answers5

Update

Linked