Android: Image upload activity

Hi,

After working on how to upload image, I decided to post complete activity code, and that will help for new Android developers.

imageupload.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
	android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent">
 <ImageView android:id="@+id/ImageView" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_centerInParent="true" />
 <Button android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:id="@+id/Upload"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
		android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" android:text="Upload" />
 <EditText android:id="@+id/Caption" android:layout_width="500px"
		android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:hint="Write caption"
		android:singleLine="true" android:layout_toRightOf="@id/Upload"
		android:layout_alignParentBottom="true" />
</RelativeLayout>

ImageUpload.java:

package com.isummation.imageupload;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.HttpMultipartMode;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntity;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.ByteArrayBody;
import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.StringBody;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.protocol.BasicHttpContext;
import org.apache.http.protocol.HttpContext;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Bitmap.CompressFormat;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class ImageUpload extends Activity {
	private static final int PICK_IMAGE = 1;
	private ImageView imgView;
	private Button upload;
	private EditText caption;
	private Bitmap bitmap;
	private ProgressDialog dialog;

	/** Called when the activity is first created. */
	@Override
	public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.imageupload);

		imgView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.ImageView);
		upload = (Button) findViewById(R.id.Upload);
		caption = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.Caption);
		upload.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

			public void onClick(View v) {
				if (bitmap == null) {
					Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
							"Please select image", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
				} else {
					dialog = ProgressDialog.show(ImageUpload.this, "Uploading",
							"Please wait...", true);
					new ImageUploadTask().execute();
				}
			}
		});

	}

	@Override
	public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
		MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
		inflater.inflate(R.menu.imageupload_menu, menu);
		return true;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
		// Handle item selection
		switch (item.getItemId()) {
		case R.id.ic_menu_gallery:
			try {
				Intent intent = new Intent();
				intent.setType("image/*");
				intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
				startActivityForResult(
						Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"),
						PICK_IMAGE);
			} catch (Exception e) {
				Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
						getString(R.string.exception_message),
						Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				Log.e(e.getClass().getName(), e.getMessage(), e);
			}
			return true;
		default:
			return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
		}
	}

	@Override
	protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
		switch (requestCode) {
		case PICK_IMAGE:
			if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
				Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();
				String filePath = null;

				try {
					// OI FILE Manager
					String filemanagerstring = selectedImageUri.getPath();

					// MEDIA GALLERY
					String selectedImagePath = getPath(selectedImageUri);

					if (selectedImagePath != null) {
						filePath = selectedImagePath;
					} else if (filemanagerstring != null) {
						filePath = filemanagerstring;
					} else {
						Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Unknown path",
								Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
						Log.e("Bitmap", "Unknown path");
					}

					if (filePath != null) {
						decodeFile(filePath);
					} else {
						bitmap = null;
					}
				} catch (Exception e) {
					Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Internal error",
							Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
					Log.e(e.getClass().getName(), e.getMessage(), e);
				}
			}
			break;
		default:
		}
	}

	class ImageUploadTask extends AsyncTask <Void, Void, String>{
		@Override
		protected String doInBackground(Void... unsued) {
			try {
				HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient();
				HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext();
				HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(
						getString(R.string.WebServiceURL)
								+ "/cfc/iphonewebservice.cfc?method=uploadPhoto");

				MultipartEntity entity = new MultipartEntity(
						HttpMultipartMode.BROWSER_COMPATIBLE);

				ByteArrayOutputStream bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
				bitmap.compress(CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bos);
				byte[] data = bos.toByteArray();
				entity.addPart("photoId", new StringBody(getIntent()
						.getStringExtra("photoId")));
				entity.addPart("returnformat", new StringBody("json"));
				entity.addPart("uploaded", new ByteArrayBody(data,
						"myImage.jpg"));
				entity.addPart("photoCaption", new StringBody(caption.getText()
						.toString()));
				httpPost.setEntity(entity);
				HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(httpPost,
						localContext);
				BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
						new InputStreamReader(
								response.getEntity().getContent(), "UTF-8"));

				String sResponse = reader.readLine();
				return sResponse;
			} catch (Exception e) {
				if (dialog.isShowing())
					dialog.dismiss();
				Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
						getString(R.string.exception_message),
						Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				Log.e(e.getClass().getName(), e.getMessage(), e);
				return null;
			}

			// (null);
		}

		@Override
		protected void onProgressUpdate(Void... unsued) {

		}

		@Override
		protected void onPostExecute(String sResponse) {
			try {
				if (dialog.isShowing())
					dialog.dismiss();

				if (sResponse != null) {
					JSONObject JResponse = new JSONObject(sResponse);
					int success = JResponse.getInt("SUCCESS");
					String message = JResponse.getString("MESSAGE");
					if (success == 0) {
						Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), message,
								Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
					} else {
						Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
								"Photo uploaded successfully",
								Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
						caption.setText("");
					}
				}
			} catch (Exception e) {
				Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
						getString(R.string.exception_message),
						Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
				Log.e(e.getClass().getName(), e.getMessage(), e);
			}
		}
	}

	public String getPath(Uri uri) {
		String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
		Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, projection, null, null, null);
		if (cursor != null) {
			// HERE YOU WILL GET A NULLPOINTER IF CURSOR IS NULL
			// THIS CAN BE, IF YOU USED OI FILE MANAGER FOR PICKING THE MEDIA
			int column_index = cursor
					.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
			cursor.moveToFirst();
			return cursor.getString(column_index);
		} else
			return null;
	}

	public void decodeFile(String filePath) {
		// Decode image size
		BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options();
		o.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
		BitmapFactory.decodeFile(filePath, o);

		// The new size we want to scale to
		final int REQUIRED_SIZE = 1024;

		// Find the correct scale value. It should be the power of 2.
		int width_tmp = o.outWidth, height_tmp = o.outHeight;
		int scale = 1;
		while (true) {
			if (width_tmp &lt; REQUIRED_SIZE &amp;&amp; height_tmp &lt; REQUIRED_SIZE)
				break;
			width_tmp /= 2;
			height_tmp /= 2;
			scale *= 2;
		}

		// Decode with inSampleSize
		BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options();
		o2.inSampleSize = scale;
		bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(filePath, o2);

		imgView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

	}
}

imageupload_menu.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
	<item android:id="@+id/ic_menu_gallery" android:icon="@drawable/ic_menu_gallery"
		android:title="Gallery" />
</menu>

Tips: To upload a camera picture, we can directly call camera activity. But it may return you a small, thumbnail sized image. So while browsing the gallery we can also take a new picture, and then we select that picture to upload.

Remember that my decodeFile() function will reduce the size of image, when we convert it to bitmap to show selected image. It is important because a large size of image can crash your application. Think that you load 8 Mega pixel image with 5 MB size into RAM of Android mobile! It definitely crash the application.

Also If you want to upload the full sized image then, just use the filePath. Instead of using ByteArrayBody(), use the following line:

entity.addPart("uploaded", new FileBody(new File(filepath)));

Again, if you upload a large size of image with slow Internet speed, it will take long long time. So just limit it size and also choose the compress format for the image.

Added:

ColdFusion function to receive file:

<cffunction name="uploadPhoto" access="remote" output="false" returntype="struct">
		<cfargument name="photoId" required="true" type="numeric" />
		<cfargument name="photoCaption" required="false" type="string" default=""/>
		<!--- Receive File --->
		<cfargument name="uploaded" required="true" type="any" />

		<!--- Save file --->
		<cfset Variables.Path="/upload"/>
		<cfset Variables.FolderPath="#Expandpath(Variables.Path)#" />
		<cffile action="upload"
 			filefield="uploaded"
 			destination="#Variables.FolderPath#"
 			nameconflict="makeunique"
 			/>

		<!--- Other code --->
		<cfreturn retStruct>
	</cffunction>

Update:

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