Hi,
Ive been playing around with the camera function and have a few questions.
I took a few photo's earlier with the default AI2 camera and they were automatically named, something like "app_inventor_1613217757666.jpg" what convention is used for the number section of the filename ?
What would be the best / easiest method to create a similar unique number for naming photo's in a similar way if they were not already named with a unique identifier ?
Cheers
Steve
What naming convention do you want to use ? The world is your oyster here....
Thats why I asked what the convention used by AI2 was, to give me some food for thought.
The date with the exact time will be unique.
Taifun thanks for that, is there a simple way to implement that convention.
Would have been a nice touch if you'd used that or something similar in your camera extension, its the default name im trying to get changed.
Cheers
Steve
I need SAVE AND RENAME NAME OF IMAGE ! PLEASE HELP - #10 by Sergei_Kiev allows you to rename the captured image anything you want.
The following information might be what you need to change the default name in an extension you code:
This link Camera API | Android Developers shows the code recommended to work with the device's default camera.
The Java code to provide a unique file name for each image that Google recommends is
// Create a media file name
String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
File mediaFile;
if (type == MEDIA_TYPE_IMAGE){
mediaFile = new File(mediaStorageDir.getPath() + File.separator +
"IMG_"+ timeStamp + ".jpg");
just use the Clock component together with the GetMillis and Now method
http://ai2.appinventor.mit.edu/reference/components/sensors.html#Clock
Taifun
The GetMillis and Now method worked perfectly ... just what i needed.
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