Select multiple images from android gallery

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So basically what i am trying to achieve is opening the Gallery in Android and let the user select multiple images  Now this question has been asked frequently but i m not satisfied with the answers  Mainly because i found something interesting in de docs in my IDE  i come back on this later  and thereby i don t want to use a custom adapter but just the vanilla one   Now my code for selecting one image is   Intent intent   new Intent    intent setType  image      intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT   startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent  Select Picture    1     Now People on SO and other websites wil tell you you have 2 options   1  Do not use ACTION GET CONTENT but ACTION SEND MULTIPLE instead     This one doesn t work  This one is according to the docs for sending files and not retrieving and that s exactly what it does  When using ACTION SEND MULTIPLE i got a window opened at my device where i have to select an application to send my data to  That s not what i want  so i wonder how people got this achieved with this solution   Do i miss something   2  Implement an custom Gallery  Now this is my last option i will consider because imho it s not what i am searching for because i have to style it myself AND why the heck you just can t select multiple images in the vanilla gallery   There must be an option for this   Now the interesting thing what i v found is this  I found this in the docs description of ACTION GET CONTENT      If the caller can handle multiple returned items  the user performing   multiple    selection   then it can specify EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE to   indicate this    This is pretty interesting  Here they are referring it to the use case where a user can select multiple items   Later on they say in the docs      You may use EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE to allow the user to select multiple   items    So this is pretty obvious right  This is what i need  But my following question is  Where can i put this EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE  The sad thing is that i can t find this no where in the developers android guide and also is this not defined as a constant in the INTENT class   Anybody can help me out with this EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE

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I hope this answer isn t late  Because the gallery widget doesn t support multiple selection by default  but you can custom the gridview which accepted your multiselect intent  The other option is to extend the gallery view and add in your own code to allow multiple selection   This is the simple library can do it  https   github com luminousman MultipleImagePick  Update  From  ilsy s comment  CustomGalleryActivity in this library use manageQuery  which is deprecated  so it should be changed to getContentResolver   query   and cursor close   like this answer

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I got null from the Cursor  Then found a solution to convert the Uri into Bitmap that works perfectly   Here is the solution that works for me    Override public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode   Nullable Intent data           if  resultCode    Activity RESULT OK             if  requestCode    YOUR REQUEST CODE                 if  data    null                     if  data getData      null                         Uri contentURI   data getData                        ex one setImageURI contentURI                        Log d TAG   onActivityResult      contentURI toString                         try                            Bitmap bitmap   MediaStore Images Media getBitmap context getContentResolver    contentURI                          catch  IOException e                            e printStackTrace                                             else                        if  data getClipData      null                            ClipData mClipData   data getClipData                            ArrayList lt Uri gt  mArrayUri   new ArrayList lt Uri gt                             for  int i   0  i  lt  mClipData getItemCount    i                                   ClipData Item item   mClipData getItemAt i                               Uri uri   item getUri                                try                                   Bitmap bitmap   MediaStore Images Media getBitmap context getContentResolver    uri                                 catch  IOException e                                    e printStackTrace

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I also had the same issue  I also wanted so users could take photos easily while picking photos from the gallery  Couldn t find a native way of doing this therefore I decided to make an opensource project  It is much like MultipleImagePick but just better way of implementing it    https   github com giljulio android-multiple-image-picker  private static final RESULT CODE PICKER IMAGES   9000    Intent intent   new Intent this  SmartImagePicker class   startActivityForResult intent  RESULT CODE PICKER IMAGES      Override public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        switch  requestCode           case RESULT CODE PICKER IMAGES              if resultCode    Activity RESULT OK                   Parcelable   parcelableUris   data getParcelableArrayExtra ImagePickerActivity TAG IMAGE URI                      Java doesn t allow array casting  this is a little hack                 Uri   uris   new Uri parcelableUris length                   System arraycopy parcelableUris  0  uris  0  parcelableUris length                      Do something with the uris array                           break           default              super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data               break

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For selecting multiple image from gallery i putExtra Intent EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE true    An Ultimate Solution for multiple image upload with camera option also for Android Lollipop to Android 10  SDK 30  private static final int FILECHOOSER RESULTCODE     1  private ValueCallback lt Uri gt  mUploadMessage  private ValueCallback lt Uri   gt  mUploadMessages  private Uri mCapturedImageURI   null   Add this to OnCreate of MainActivity mWebView setWebChromeClient new WebChromeClient                     openFileChooser for Android 3 0               public void openFileChooser ValueCallback lt Uri gt  uploadMsg  String acceptType                   mUploadMessage   uploadMsg                  openImageChooser                                  For Lollipop 5 0  Devices              public boolean onShowFileChooser WebView mWebView  ValueCallback lt Uri   gt  filePathCallback  WebChromeClient FileChooserParams fileChooserParams                    mUploadMessages   filePathCallback                  openImageChooser                    return true                                openFileChooser for Android  lt  3 0              public void openFileChooser ValueCallback lt Uri gt  uploadMsg                   openFileChooser uploadMsg   quot  quot                                 openFileChooser for other Android versions              public void openFileChooser ValueCallback lt Uri gt  uploadMsg  String acceptType  String capture                    openFileChooser uploadMsg  acceptType                  private void openImageChooser         try           File imageStorageDir   new File Environment getExternalStoragePublicDirectory Environment DIRECTORY PICTURES    quot FolderName quot            if   imageStorageDir exists                  imageStorageDir mkdirs                      File file   new File imageStorageDir   File separator    quot IMG  quot    String valueOf System currentTimeMillis       quot  jpg quot            mCapturedImageURI   Uri fromFile file            final Intent captureIntent   new Intent MediaStore ACTION IMAGE CAPTURE           captureIntent putExtra MediaStore EXTRA OUTPUT  mCapturedImageURI            Intent i   new Intent Intent ACTION GET CONTENT           i addCategory Intent CATEGORY OPENABLE           i setType  quot image   quot            i putExtra Intent EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE true           Intent chooserIntent   Intent createChooser i   quot Image Chooser quot            chooserIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA INITIAL INTENTS  new Parcelable   captureIntent             startActivityForResult chooserIntent  FILECHOOSER RESULTCODE         catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace                          onActivityResult public void onActivityResult final int requestCode  final int resultCode  final Intent data              super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data           if  requestCode    FILECHOOSER RESULTCODE                 if  null    mUploadMessage  amp  amp  null    mUploadMessages                    return                             if  null    mUploadMessage                    handleUploadMessage requestCode  resultCode  data                  else if  mUploadMessages    null                    handleUploadMessages requestCode  resultCode  data                                           private void handleUploadMessage final int requestCode  final int resultCode  final Intent data            Uri result   null          try               if  resultCode    RESULT OK                    result   null                else                      retrieve from the private variable if the intent is null                  result   data    null   mCapturedImageURI   data getData                            catch  Exception e                e printStackTrace                      mUploadMessage onReceiveValue result           mUploadMessage   null              code for all versions except of Lollipop         if  Build VERSION SDK INT  lt  Build VERSION CODES LOLLIPOP                     result   null                   try                       if  resultCode    RESULT OK                            result   null                        else                              retrieve from the private variable if the intent is null                         result   data    null   mCapturedImageURI   data getData                                            catch  Exception e                        Toast makeText getApplicationContext     quot activity   quot    e  Toast LENGTH LONG  show                                       mUploadMessage onReceiveValue result                   mUploadMessage   null                              end of code for all versions except of Lollipop           private void handleUploadMessages final int requestCode  final int resultCode  final Intent data            Uri   results   null          try               if  resultCode    RESULT OK                    results   null                else                   if  data    null                        String dataString   data getDataString                        ClipData clipData   data getClipData                        if  clipData    null                            results   new Uri clipData getItemCount                             for  int i   0  i  lt  clipData getItemCount    i                                  ClipData Item item   clipData getItemAt i                               results i    item getUri                                                                        if  dataString    null                            results   new Uri   Uri parse dataString                                            else                       results   new Uri   mCapturedImageURI                                             catch  Exception e                e printStackTrace                      mUploadMessages onReceiveValue results           mUploadMessages   null

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Define these variables in the class   int PICK IMAGE MULTIPLE   1   String imageEncoded      List lt String gt  imagesEncodedList    Let s Assume that onClick on a button it should open gallery to select images    Intent intent   new Intent     intent setType  image       intent putExtra Intent EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE  true    intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT    startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent  Select Picture    PICK IMAGE MULTIPLE     Then you should override onActivityResult Method    Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        try              When an Image is picked         if  requestCode    PICK IMAGE MULTIPLE  amp  amp  resultCode    RESULT OK                      amp  amp  null    data                   Get the Image from data              String   filePathColumn     MediaStore Images Media DATA                imagesEncodedList   new ArrayList lt String gt                 if data getData    null                    Uri mImageUri data getData                        Get the cursor                 Cursor cursor   getContentResolver   query mImageUri                              filePathColumn  null  null  null                      Move to first row                 cursor moveToFirst                     int columnIndex   cursor getColumnIndex filePathColumn 0                    imageEncoded    cursor getString columnIndex                   cursor close                   else                   if  data getClipData      null                        ClipData mClipData   data getClipData                        ArrayList lt Uri gt  mArrayUri   new ArrayList lt Uri gt                         for  int i   0  i  lt  mClipData getItemCount    i                               ClipData Item item   mClipData getItemAt i                           Uri uri   item getUri                            mArrayUri add uri                              Get the cursor                         Cursor cursor   getContentResolver   query uri  filePathColumn  null  null  null                              Move to first row                         cursor moveToFirst                             int columnIndex   cursor getColumnIndex filePathColumn 0                            imageEncoded    cursor getString columnIndex                           imagesEncodedList add imageEncoded                           cursor close                                               Log v  LOG TAG    Selected Images    mArrayUri size                                               else               Toast makeText this   You haven t picked Image                           Toast LENGTH LONG  show                    catch  Exception e            Toast makeText this   Something went wrong   Toast LENGTH LONG                       show               super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data       NOTE THAT  the gallery doesn t give you the ability to select multi-images so we here open all images studio that you can select multi-images from them  and don t forget to add the permissions to your manifest  VERY IMPORTANT  getData    to get one single image and I ve stored it here in imageEncoded String  if the user select multi-images then  they should be stored in the list  So you have to check which is null to use the other   Wish you have a nice try and to others

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The EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE option is set on the intent through the Intent putExtra   method   intent putExtra Intent EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE  true     Your code above should look like this   Intent intent   new Intent    intent setType  image      intent putExtra Intent EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE  true   intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT   startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent  Select Picture    1     Note  the EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE option is only available in Android API 18 and higher

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Hi below code is working fine    Cursor imagecursor1   managedQuery      MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI  columns  null      null  orderBy     DESC        this imageUrls   new ArrayList lt String gt       imageUrls size        for  int i   0  i  lt  imagecursor1 getCount    i         imagecursor1 moveToPosition i      int dataColumnIndex   imagecursor1       getColumnIndex MediaStore Images Media DATA      imageUrls add imagecursor1 getString dataColumnIndex            options   new DisplayImageOptions Builder      showStubImage R drawable stub image     showImageForEmptyUri R drawable image for empty url     cacheInMemory   cacheOnDisc   build        imageAdapter   new ImageAdapter this  imageUrls       gridView    GridView  findViewById R id PhoneImageGrid     gridView setAdapter imageAdapter     You want to more clarifications  http   mylearnandroid blogspot in 2014 02 multiple-choose-custom-gallery html

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for choosing multiple images declare variables      int PICK IMAGE MULTIPLE   2       String realImagePath           After requesting FILE READ PERMISSION may be on button click      Intent intent   new Intent         intent setType  quot image   quot         intent putExtra Intent EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE  true        intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT        startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent  quot Select Images quot    PICK IMAGE MULTIPLE         public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data            super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data     FOR CHOOSING MULTIPLE IMAGES         try                  When an Image is picked             if  requestCode    PICK IMAGE MULTIPLE  amp  amp  resultCode    RESULT OK                      amp  amp  null    data                    if  data getClipData      null                        int count   data getClipData   getItemCount      evaluate the count before the for loop --- otherwise  the count is evaluated every loop                      for  int i   0  i  lt  count  i                              Uri imageUri   data getClipData   getItemAt i  getUri                            realImagePath   getPath this  imageUri                             do something with the image  save it to some directory or whatever you need to do with it here                          Log e  quot ImagePath quot    quot onActivityResult   quot    realImagePath                                           else if  data getData      null                        Uri imageUri   data getData                        realImagePath   getPath this  imageUri                         do something with the image  save it to some directory or whatever you need to do with it here                      Log e  quot ImagePath quot    quot onActivityResult   quot    realImagePath                                             catch  Exception e                Toast makeText this   quot Something went wrong quot   Toast LENGTH LONG                       show                               public static String getPath final Context context  final Uri uri               DocumentProvider         if  DocumentsContract isDocumentUri context  uri                    ExternalStorageProvider             if  isExternalStorageDocument uri                     final String docId   DocumentsContract getDocumentId uri                   final String   split   docId split  quot   quot                    final String type   split 0                        if   quot primary quot  equalsIgnoreCase type                         return Environment getExternalStorageDirectory      quot   quot    split 1                                             TODO handle non-primary volumes                              DownloadsProvider             else if  isDownloadsDocument uri                          final String id   DocumentsContract getDocumentId uri                   final Uri contentUri   ContentUris withAppendedId                          Uri parse  quot content   downloads public downloads quot    Long parseLong id                         return getDataColumn context  contentUri  null  null                                MediaProvider             else if  isMediaDocument uri                     final String docId   DocumentsContract getDocumentId uri                   final String   split   docId split  quot   quot                    final String type   split 0                        Uri contentUri   null                  if   quot image quot  equals type                         contentUri   MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI                    else if   quot video quot  equals type                         contentUri   MediaStore Video Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI                    else if   quot audio quot  equals type                         contentUri   MediaStore Audio Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI                                         final String selection    quot  id   quot                   final String   selectionArgs   new String                            split 1                                          return getDataColumn context  contentUri  selection  selectionArgs                                      MediaStore  and general          else if   quot content quot  equalsIgnoreCase uri getScheme                   return getDataColumn context  uri  null  null                        File         else if   quot file quot  equalsIgnoreCase uri getScheme                   return uri getPath                           return null                            Get the value of the data column for this Uri  This is useful for        MediaStore Uris  and other file-based ContentProviders                 param context       The context          param uri           The Uri to query          param selection      Optional  Filter used in the query          param selectionArgs  Optional  Selection arguments used in the query          return The value of the  data column  which is typically a file path              public static String getDataColumn Context context  Uri uri  String selection                                         String   selectionArgs                 Cursor cursor   null          final String column    quot  data quot           final String   projection                     column                         try               cursor   context getContentResolver   query uri  projection  selection  selectionArgs                      null               if  cursor    null  amp  amp  cursor moveToFirst                      final int column index   cursor getColumnIndexOrThrow column                   return cursor getString column index                           finally               if  cursor    null                  cursor close                      return null                                  param uri The Uri to check          return Whether the Uri authority is ExternalStorageProvider              public static boolean isExternalStorageDocument Uri uri            return  quot com android externalstorage documents quot  equals uri getAuthority                                param uri The Uri to check          return Whether the Uri authority is DownloadsProvider              public static boolean isDownloadsDocument Uri uri            return  quot com android providers downloads documents quot  equals uri getAuthority                                param uri The Uri to check          return Whether the Uri authority is MediaProvider              public static boolean isMediaDocument Uri uri            return  quot com android providers media documents quot  equals uri getAuthority            this worked perfectly for me credits  Get real path from URI  Android KitKat new storage access framework

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https   github com Sarjeetsinghbabu Gallery create  intent for reqouest image list           int LAUNCH SECOND ACTIVITY   101              Intent i   new Intent CallMainActivity2 this               GalleryFoldersActivity class               startActivityForResult i  LAUNCH SECOND ACTIVITY    https   github com Sarjeetsinghbabu Gallery After selected image get list of model   Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data        if  requestCode    LAUNCH SECOND ACTIVITY            if resultCode    Activity RESULT OK               String result data getStringExtra  quot result quot                Log d TAG   quot onActivityResult   quot  result                     if  resultCode    Activity RESULT CANCELED                  Write your code if there s no result                    https   github com Sarjeetsinghbabu Gallery

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A lot of these answers have similarities but are all missing the most important part which is in onActivityResult  check if data getClipData is null before checking data getData  The code to call the file chooser   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION GET CONTENT   intent setType  image        allows any image file type  Change   to specific extension to limit it     The following line is the important one  intent putExtra Intent EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE  true   startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent   Select Picture    SELECT PICTURES     SELECT PICTURES is simply a global int used to check the calling intent in onActivityResult   The code to get all of the images selected    Override public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data       if requestCode    SELECT PICTURES            if resultCode    Activity RESULT OK                if data getClipData      null                    int count   data getClipData   getItemCount      evaluate the count before the for loop --- otherwise  the count is evaluated every loop                  for int i   0  i  lt  count  i                          Uri imageUri   data getClipData   getItemAt i  getUri                          do something with the image  save it to some directory or whatever you need to do with it here                                   else if data getData      null                    String imagePath   data getData   getPath                      do something with the image  save it to some directory or whatever you need to do with it here                                    Note that Android s chooser has Photos and Gallery available on some devices  Photos allows multiple images to be selected  Gallery allows just one at a time

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Initialize instance   private String imagePath  private List lt String gt  imagePathList    In onActivityResult You have to write this  If-else 2 block  One for single image and another for multiple image   if  requestCode    GALLERY CODE  amp  amp  resultCode    RESULT OK   amp  amp  data    null        imagePathList   new ArrayList lt  gt          if data getClipData      null            int count   data getClipData   getItemCount            for  int i 0  i lt count  i                  Uri imageUri   data getClipData   getItemAt i  getUri                getImageFilePath imageUri                       else if data getData      null            Uri imgUri   data getData            getImageFilePath imgUri             Most important part  Get Image Path from uri   public void getImageFilePath Uri uri         File file   new File uri getPath         String   filePath   file getPath   split           String image id   filePath filePath length - 1        Cursor cursor   getContentResolver   query android provider MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI  null  MediaStore Images Media  ID            new String   image id   null       if  cursor  null            cursor moveToFirst            imagePath   cursor getString cursor getColumnIndex MediaStore Images Media DATA            imagePathList add imagePath           cursor close              Hope this can help you

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Try this one IntentChooser  Just add some lines of code  I did the rest for you    private void startImageChooserActivity         Intent intent   ImageChooserMaker newChooser MainActivity this               add new ImageChooser true                create  Select Image        startActivityForResult intent  REQUEST IMAGE CHOOSER       Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data       if  requestCode    REQUEST IMAGE CHOOSER  amp  amp  resultCode    RESULT OK            List lt Uri gt  imageUris   ImageChooserMaker getPickMultipleImageResultUris this  data             PS  as mentioned at the answers above  EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE is only available for API    18  And some gallery apps don t make this feature available  Google Photos and Documents  com android documentsui  work

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