How do I save an imageview into the gallery?

Question

I want a button to be clicked that saves an image view to the android devices gallery in kotlin. I have this

val image = findViewById<ImageView>(R.id.QRImage)

`val image = ... ` That should be `val imageView = ...`. And you cannot store imageviews to the gallery but only imsges. — blackapps, Jan 23 '22 at 04:33

Abdullah Alomair · Answer 1 · 2022-01-23T04:55:32.877

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You can convert your image to bitmap first like the code below:

val image = findViewById<ImageView>(R.id.QRImage)
val imageBitmap = image.drawable.toBitmap()

Then save the bitmap where you want like the code below:

val fileOutputStream = FileOutputStream("Location") //location of the image 
imageBitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fileOutputStream)

or save it directly like the code below:

 MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(context.contentResolver, imageBitmap, "Image title ", null)

edited Jan 23 '22 at 04:55

answered Jan 23 '22 at 04:50

Abdullah Alomair

so saving into the dcim directory would be – AK105 Jan 23 '22 at 04:55
Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM) – AK105 Jan 23 '22 at 04:55
Yes, also you can see examples on how to save image in dcim directory in the link below. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48822182/how-to-save-an-image-to-camera-folder-in-android – Abdullah Alomair Jan 23 '22 at 05:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '22 at 10:01

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I think, this should work: MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(), yourBitmap, yourTitle , yourDescription);

Also, it is written in this question: android - save image into gallery

answered Jan 23 '22 at 10:01

G3nz0

Insert image is deprecated in java:70 am I still able to use it without issue? – AK105 Jan 23 '22 at 20:40
@AnshKarnwal - yes, it won't break anything, it's just an outdated way. but the documentation suggests using ContentValues and MediaStore.isPending(). check this: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/MediaStore.MediaColumns.html#IS_PENDING and check this:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57726896/mediastore-images-media-insertimage-deprecated – G3nz0 Jan 23 '22 at 21:09

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