Unable to open ente photos directly from the camera picture preview!

[lofty heron]

Ente Photos can open photos directly from the camera app's preview thumbnail on supported Android devices, but this depends entirely on whether the camera app sends the Android handoff intent that Ente listens for.

While many camera apps support this integration, some do not send the necessary review intent. Notably, the default Pixel Camera and Samsung Camera apps do not support this flow. Since you are using GrapheneOS with the stock camera app, it is likely that this specific camera app also does not send the required intent for Ente to open photos directly from the preview.

To check if it can be enabled, you can try setting Ente as the default handler:

1. Open device Settings > Apps > Default apps.
2. Select Gallery app (the name may vary by manufacturer).
3. Select Ente Photos.

If tapping the thumbnail still does not prompt you to select Ente Photos or open it directly, the integration is not supported by the GrapheneOS stock camera app. In this case, you will need to open the Ente app directly to view your photos.

For more details, see Ente's documentation: https://ente.io/help/photos/features/utilities/android-gallery#open-camera-thumbnails-directly-in-ente
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[subtle dagger]

Hey. There is an ongoing thread on this - https://discord.com/channels/948937918347608085/1506354345011187913

TLDR - we have fixed the bug and should be out in the upcomig release

[subtle dagger]

I think its the same issue. @surreal lark - can you confirm?

[surreal lark]

It's likely the same issue (hence already fixed), but I'll have to test and confirm

[surreal lark]

I checked out the GrapheneOS stock camera app, and it turns out that it doesn't support third-party gallery apps for viewing. So indeed opening Ente Photos from it directly is not possible, and won't be unless the camera app itself changes

That said, it is possible to share the photo with a different app by long pressing on the thumbnail of the taken image. Are you expecting that to open the ente photos viewer? Because that's a change that would be possible from our side, but it depends on what users would expect to happen as it's technically for sharing

[surreal lark]

Yes it would, right now it seems to be hardcoded to go to the stock Graphene gallery, so a change would be needed on their end