On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:58 AM, pedramz <pedra...@gmail.com> wrote: > I need to detect when the user takes new photos and records new videos > with phone camera.
That sounds like malware. > I have tried two ways of doing this with limited > success. The first method is receiving intent action > com.android.camera.NEW_PICTURE which works for photos and not for > videos. And only works for that application, at best. > Also this method does not seem to be documented so I'm sure if > I should be using it. No, you should not. > The second method I have tried with no success is receiving > ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE. I do not receive this in my app. (Is > this method possible?) That is designed for developers to send, not receive. I have no idea if you can implement a BroadcastReceiver to listen for it or not. I would expect it to work, but I have never tried it. > Am I looking in the right place and if not has anyone a suggestion on > how I should proceed. Take the photos and videos that you need in your own application using the Camera and MediaRecorder classes, respectively. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Training...At Your Office: http://commonsware.com/training -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
