It seems to be the simplest thing in the world: taking a picture within your Android app using the default camera activity. However, there are many pitfalls which are covered in several posts across StackOverflow and the web as, for instance, Null Intents being passed back, the orientation of the picture not being correct or OutOfMemoryErrors.

I'm looking for a solution that allows me to

  1. start the camera activity via the camera intent,
  2. retrieve the Uri of the photo, and
  3. retrieve the correct orientation of the photo.

Moreover, I would like to avoid a device configuration (manufacturer, model, os version) specific implementation as far as possible. So I'm wondering: what is the best way to achieve this?

android android-intent camera orientation
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