Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.os.Environment; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; public class Main { public static String savePicture(Bitmap bmp, String file) { File filepicture = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES); if (file == null || file.equals("")) { file = filepicture + "/" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg"; } FileOutputStream outputStream = null; try { outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file); bmp.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, outputStream); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); if (outputStream != null) { try { outputStream.flush(); outputStream.close(); } catch (IOException e1) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e1.printStackTrace(); } return ""; } } finally { if (outputStream != null) { try { outputStream.flush(); outputStream.close(); } catch (IOException e1) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e1.printStackTrace(); } } } return "file://" + file; } }