So how exactly does one shut off thumbnail generation? What do the Camera.Parameters settings look like to do this?
On Mar 15, 2:47 pm, Iliyan Malchev <malc...@google.com> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 4:37 AM, Gaurav <agarw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I will like some clarifications around thumbnails: > > > 1. Whose responsibility is it to generate thumbnails - the android OS > > or the application developer? > > Pre-cupcake, android (specifically, the camera framework which runs in > the mediaserver) generates the thumbnails for you. In cupcake, the > responsibility is going to be split between the camera application and > the framework. The reason for the split is that certain JPEG images > may have thumbnails that exceed the 64k limitation, and will be > generated without the thumbnail. The thumbnail, in this case, will be > generated out of line by the camera app itself. > > > 2. If it is that of android OS - Can you please explain when the > > thumbnail generation happens and whether it is possible to have images > > on my SD card that don't have thumbnails generated for them. > > Thumbnails are generated when you request a snapshot, by the DSP. > You may turn this off by setting any of the following parameters to > zero: > > thumbnail-width > thumbnail-height > thumbnail-quality > > > 3. It seems there are thumbnails of two kinds -microand mini - most > > probably this distinction is based on the size of the thumbnail. Which > > one of these is generated? Are both always generated? > > Unless you override the thumbnail settings, the default is width of > 512, height of 384, and quality of 90. I do not suggest you alter > these parameters, however, other than turning thumbnails off. > > > > > > > 4. I am using a gallery to display all thumbnails. > > managedQuery( MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, > > null, null, null, null); > > Will I end up showing duplicates? - As of now I find this doesn't > > result in duplicates appearing in my Gallery.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
