# Taking a pic without the SD card - Touchlab

DevFeed: [Taking a pic without the SD card - Touchlab](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/taking-a-pic-without-the-sd-card-touchlab-38065.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://touchlab.co/2012-09-taking-a-pic-without-the-sd-card>)

Published: 2012-09-11T16:46:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Touchlab | Enterprise Mobile Innovation & Development](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/touchlab-enterprise-mobile-innovation-development.md>)

Topics: [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>), [Authorization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authorization.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [camera](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/camera.md>), [capture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/capture.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [files](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/files.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [permissions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/permissions.md>), [thoughts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thoughts.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how to capture a picture without relying on SD-card storage. It describes creating a file reference in the application directory with permissions that let an external camera process write to it, while noting that the approach may not work across all devices or camera-app versions.

## Source excerpt

It seems like people seriously freak out when you want SD card access. I'm not 100% sure what's up with that, but I've seen a whole lot of 1 star reviews...