Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: Apache License import android.os.Environment; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static File getNewImageFile() throws IOException { String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date()); String imageFileName = "JPEG_" + timeStamp + "_"; File storageDir = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES); return File.createTempFile(imageFileName, ".jpg", storageDir); } }