Open an image using URI in Android s default gallery image viewer

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I have extracted image uri  now I would like to open image with Android s default image viewer  Or even better  user could choose what program to use to open the image  Something like File Explorers offer you if you try to open a file

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The problem with showing a file using Intent ACTION VIEW  is that if you pass the Uri parsing the path  Doesn t work in all cases  To fix that problem  you need to use   Uri fromFile new File filePath      Instead of   Uri parse filePath       Edit  Here is my complete code   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   intent setDataAndType Uri fromFile new File mediaFile filePath    mediaFile getExtension     intent setFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK   startActivity intent       Info  MediaFile is my domain class to wrap files from database in objects  MediaFile getExtension   returns a String with Mimetype for the file extension  Example   image png     Aditional code  needed for showing any file  extension   import android webkit MimeTypeMap   public String getExtension          MimeTypeMap myMime   MimeTypeMap getSingleton        return myMime getMimeTypeFromExtension MediaFile fileExtension filePath       public static String fileExtension String path        if  path indexOf       gt  -1            path   path substring 0  path indexOf                  if  path lastIndexOf         -1            return null        else           String ext   path substring path lastIndexOf        1           if  ext indexOf       gt  -1                ext   ext substring 0  ext indexOf                          if  ext indexOf       gt  -1                ext   ext substring 0  ext indexOf                          return ext toLowerCase              Let me know if you need more code

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Almost NO chance to use photo or gallery application might exist one   but you can try the content-viewer   Please checkout another answer to similar question here

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Accepted answer was not working for me   What had worked   Intent intent   new Intent    intent setAction Intent ACTION VIEW   intent setDataAndType Uri parse  file         sdcard test jpg     image      startActivity intent

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My solution using File Provider      private void viewGallery File file      Uri mImageCaptureUri   FileProvider getUriForFile    mContext    mContext getApplicationContext      getPackageName       provider   file     Intent view   new Intent     view setAction Intent ACTION VIEW    view setData mImageCaptureUri    List  lt  ResolveInfo  gt  resInfoList     mContext getPackageManager      queryIntentActivities view  PackageManager MATCH DEFAULT ONLY    for  ResolveInfo resolveInfo  resInfoList      String packageName   resolveInfo activityInfo packageName    mContext grantUriPermission packageName  mImageCaptureUri  Intent FLAG GRANT WRITE URI PERMISSION   Intent FLAG GRANT READ URI PERMISSION       view addFlags Intent FLAG GRANT WRITE URI PERMISSION    Intent intent   new Intent     intent setAction Intent ACTION VIEW    intent setDataAndType mImageCaptureUri   image       mContext startActivity intent

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All the above answers not opening image   when second time I try to open it show the gallery not image   I got solution from mix of various SO answers     Intent galleryIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  android provider MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI   galleryIntent setDataAndType Uri fromFile mImsgeFileName    image      galleryIntent setFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK   startActivity galleryIntent     This one only worked for me

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I use this it works for me  Intent intent   new Intent    intent setType  image      intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT   startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent   Select Picture    1

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Try use it   Uri uri    Uri fromFile entry   Intent intent   new Intent android content Intent ACTION VIEW   String mime          MimeTypeMap mimeTypeMap   MimeTypeMap getSingleton    if  mimeTypeMap hasExtension      mimeTypeMap getFileExtensionFromUrl uri toString          mime   mimeTypeMap getMimeTypeFromExtension          mimeTypeMap getFileExtensionFromUrl uri toString      intent setDataAndType uri mime   startActivity intent

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My solution   Intent intent   new Intent    intent setAction Intent ACTION VIEW   intent setDataAndType Uri fromFile new File Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   getPath     your app folder    your picture saved name    png      image      context startActivity intent

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Based on Vikas answer but with a slight modification  The Uri is received by parameter   private void showPhoto Uri photoUri       Intent intent   new Intent        intent setAction Intent ACTION VIEW       intent setDataAndType photoUri   image          startActivity intent

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Ask myself  answer myself also   startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  content   media external images media 16          replace with your own uri      It will also ask what program to use to view the file

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This thing might help if your working with android N and below   File file new File Environment getExternalStorageDirectory     directoryname   filename           Uri path  FileProvider getUriForFile MainActivity this BuildConfig APPLICATION ID     provider  file            Intent intent new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW           intent setDataAndType path  image              intent setFlags FLAG GRANT READ URI PERMISSION   FLAG GRANT WRITE URI PERMISSION     must for reading data from directory

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If your app targets Android N  7 0  and above  you should not use the answers above  of the  Uri fromFile  method   because it won t work for you   Instead  you should use a ContentProvider   For example  if your image file is in external folder  you can use this  similar to the code I ve made here     File file        final Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW                                         setDataAndType VERSION SDK INT  gt   VERSION CODES N                                                       FileProvider getUriForFile this getPackageName       provider   file    Uri fromFile file                                image     addFlags Intent FLAG GRANT READ URI PERMISSION     manifest    lt provider     android name  androidx core content FileProvider      android authorities    applicationId  provider      android exported  false      android grantUriPermissions  true  gt       lt meta-data         android name  android support FILE PROVIDER PATHS          android resource   xml provider paths   gt   lt  provider gt    res xml provider paths xml     lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt paths gt       lt  -- lt external-path name  external files  path      gt -- gt       lt external-path         name  files root          path  Android data   applicationId    gt       lt external-path         name  external storage root          path      gt   lt  paths gt    If your image is in the private path of the app  you should create your own ContentProvider  as I ve created  OpenFileProvider  on the link

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A much cleaner  safer answer to this problem  you really shouldn t hard code Strings    public void openInGallery String imageId      Uri uri   MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI buildUpon   appendPath imageId  build      Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri     startActivity intent       All you have to do is append the image id to the end of the path for the EXTERNAL CONTENT URI  Then launch an Intent with the View action  and the Uri   The image id comes from querying the content resolver

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