Android Pick Images From Gallery

Answer :

Absolutely. Try this:

Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setType("image/*"); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), PICK_IMAGE); 

Don't forget also to create the constant PICK_IMAGE, so you can recognize when the user comes back from the image gallery Activity:

public static final int PICK_IMAGE = 1;  @Override public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {     if (requestCode == PICK_IMAGE) {         //TODO: action     } } 

That's how I call the image gallery. Put it in and see if it works for you.

EDIT:

This brings up the Documents app. To allow the user to also use any gallery apps they might have installed:

    Intent getIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);     getIntent.setType("image/*");      Intent pickIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);     pickIntent.setType("image/*");      Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(getIntent, "Select Image");     chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[] {pickIntent});      startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, PICK_IMAGE); 

Sometimes, you can't get a file from the picture you choose. It's because the choosen one came from Google+, Drive, Dropbox or any other provider.

The best solution is to ask the system to pick a content via Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT and get the result with a content provider.

You can follow the code bellow or look at my updated gist.

public void pickImage() {   Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);   intent.setType("image/*");   startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_PHOTO_FOR_AVATAR); }  @Override public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {     super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);     if (requestCode == PICK_PHOTO_FOR_AVATAR && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {         if (data == null) {             //Display an error             return;         }         InputStream inputStream = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(data.getData());         //Now you can do whatever you want with your inpustream, save it as file, upload to a server, decode a bitmap...     } } 

public void FromCamera() {      Log.i("camera", "startCameraActivity()");     File file = new File(path);     Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile(file);     Intent intent = new Intent(             android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);     intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);     startActivityForResult(intent, 1);  }  public void FromCard() {     Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,             android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);     startActivityForResult(i, 2); }   protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {      super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);      if (requestCode == 2 && resultCode == RESULT_OK             && null != data) {          Uri selectedImage = data.getData();         String[] filePathColumn = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };          Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,                 filePathColumn, null, null, null);         cursor.moveToFirst();          int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);         String picturePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);         cursor.close();          bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath);         image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);          if (bitmap != null) {             ImageView rotate = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.rotate);          }      } else {          Log.i("SonaSys", "resultCode: " + resultCode);         switch (resultCode) {         case 0:             Log.i("SonaSys", "User cancelled");             break;         case -1:             onPhotoTaken();             break;          }      }  }  protected void onPhotoTaken() {     // Log message     Log.i("SonaSys", "onPhotoTaken");     taken = true;     imgCapFlag = true;     BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();     options.inSampleSize = 4;     bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);     image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);   }