How to pick an image from gallery SD Card for my app

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This question was originally asked for Android 1 6   I am working on photos options in my app    I have a button and an ImageView in my Activity  When I click the button it would redirect to the gallery and I would be able to select an image  The selected image would appear in my ImageView

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Updated answer  nearly 5 years later   The code in the original answer no longer works reliably  as images from various sources sometimes return with a different content URI  i e  content    rather than file     A better solution is to simply use context getContentResolver   openInputStream intent getData     as that will return an InputStream that you can handle as you choose    For example  BitmapFactory decodeStream   works perfectly in this situation  as you can also then use the Options and inSampleSize field to downsample large images and avoid memory problems   However  things like Google Drive return URIs to images which have not actually been downloaded yet  Therefore you need to perform the getContentResolver   code on a background thread     Original answer   The other answers explained how to send the intent  but they didn t explain well how to handle the response  Here s some sample code on how to do that   protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode          Intent imageReturnedIntent        super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  imageReturnedIntent         switch requestCode         case REQ CODE PICK IMAGE          if resultCode    RESULT OK                 Uri selectedImage   imageReturnedIntent 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 filePath   cursor getString columnIndex               cursor close                  Bitmap yourSelectedImage   BitmapFactory decodeFile filePath                       After this  you ve got the selected image stored in  yourSelectedImage  to do whatever you want with  This code works by getting the location of the image in the ContentResolver database  but that on its own isn t enough  Each image has about 18 columns of information  ranging from its filepath to  date last modified  to the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken  though many of the fields aren t actually used   To save time as you don t actually need the other fields  cursor search is done with a filter  The filter works by specifying the name of the column you want  MediaStore Images Media DATA  which is the path  and then giving that string   to the cursor query  The cursor query returns with the path  but you don t know which column it s in until you use the columnIndex code  That simply gets the number of the column based on its name  the same one used in the filtering process  Once you ve got that  you re finally able to decode the image into a bitmap with the last line of code I gave

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private static final int SELECT PHOTO   100    Start intent  Intent photoPickerIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION PICK   photoPickerIntent setType  image      startActivityForResult photoPickerIntent  SELECT PHOTO         Process result   Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent imageReturnedIntent         super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  imageReturnedIntent         switch requestCode         case SELECT PHOTO          if resultCode    RESULT OK                 Uri selectedImage   imageReturnedIntent getData                InputStream imageStream   getContentResolver   openInputStream selectedImage               Bitmap yourSelectedImage   BitmapFactory decodeStream imageStream                       Alternatively  you can also downsample your image to avoid OutOfMemory errors   private Bitmap decodeUri Uri selectedImage  throws FileNotFoundException               Decode image size         BitmapFactory Options o   new BitmapFactory Options            o inJustDecodeBounds   true          BitmapFactory decodeStream getContentResolver   openInputStream selectedImage   null  o               The new size we want to scale to         final int REQUIRED SIZE   140              Find the correct scale value  It should be the power of 2          int width tmp   o outWidth  height tmp   o outHeight          int scale   1          while  true                if  width tmp   2  lt  REQUIRED SIZE                   height tmp   2  lt  REQUIRED SIZE                    break                            width tmp    2              height tmp    2              scale    2                        Decode with inSampleSize         BitmapFactory Options o2   new BitmapFactory Options            o2 inSampleSize   scale          return BitmapFactory decodeStream getContentResolver   openInputStream selectedImage   null  o2

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initialize in main activity      path   Environment getExternalStorageDirectory                   images make machine example jpg          ImageView image  ImageView findViewById R id image      --------------------------------------------------     public void FromCamera View         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  amp  amp  resultCode    RESULT OK              amp  amp  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

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For some reasons  all of the answers in this thread  in onActivityResult   try to post-process the received Uri  like getting the real path of the image and then use BitmapFactory decodeFile path  to get the Bitmap   This step is unnecessary  The ImageView class has a method called setImageURI uri   Pass your uri to it and you should be done   Uri imageUri   data getData    imageView setImageURI imageUri     For a complete working example you could take a look here  http   androidbitmaps blogspot com 2015 04 loading-images-in-android-part-iii-pick html   PS  Getting the Bitmap in a separate variable would make sense in cases where the image to be loaded is too large to fit in memory  and a scale down operation is necessary to prevent OurOfMemoryError  like shown in the  siamii answer

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Do this to launch the gallery and allow the user to pick an image   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION GET CONTENT   intent setType  image      startActivityForResult intent  IMAGE PICK     Then in your onActivityResult   use the URI of the image that is returned to set the image on your ImageView

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You have to start the gallery intent for a result   Intent i   new Intent Intent ACTION PICK                 android provider MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI   startActivityForResult i  ACTIVITY SELECT IMAGE      Then in onActivityForResult  call intent getData   to get the Uri of the Image   Then you need to get the Image from the ContentProvider

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public class BrowsePictureActivity extends Activity   private static final int SELECT PICTURE   1   private String selectedImagePath   public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout main          Button  findViewById R id Button01                setOnClickListener new OnClickListener                      public void onClick View arg0                         Intent intent   new Intent                        intent setType  image                          intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT                       startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent                               Select Picture    SELECT PICTURE                                        public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        if  resultCode    RESULT OK            if  requestCode    SELECT PICTURE                Uri selectedImageUri   data getData                selectedImagePath   getPath selectedImageUri                      public String getPath Uri uri             if  uri    null                 return null                        this will only work for images selected from gallery         String   projection     MediaStore Images Media DATA            Cursor cursor   managedQuery uri  projection  null  null  null           if  cursor    null                int column index   cursor              getColumnIndexOrThrow MediaStore Images Media DATA               cursor moveToFirst                return cursor getString column index                      return uri getPath

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public class EMView extends Activity   ImageView img img1  int column index    Intent intent null     Declare our Views  so we can access them later String logo imagePath Logo  Cursor cursor    YOU CAN EDIT THIS TO WHATEVER YOU WANT private static final int SELECT PICTURE   1    String selectedImagePath    ADDED  String filemanagerstring    Override public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout main       img   ImageView findViewById R id gimg1            Button  findViewById R id Button01        setOnClickListener new OnClickListener              public void onClick View arg0                    in onCreate or any event where your want the user to                select a file             Intent intent   new Intent                intent setType  image                  intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT               startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent                       Select Picture    SELECT PICTURE                            UPDATED  Override public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        if  resultCode    Activity RESULT OK            if  requestCode    SELECT PICTURE                Uri selectedImageUri   data getData                   OI FILE Manager             filemanagerstring   selectedImageUri getPath                   MEDIA GALLERY             selectedImagePath   getPath selectedImageUri                 img setImageURI selectedImageUri               imagePath getBytes               TextView txt    TextView findViewById R id title              txt setText imagePath toString                  Bitmap bm   BitmapFactory decodeFile imagePath                 img1 setImageBitmap bm                             UPDATED  public String getPath Uri uri    String   projection     MediaColumns DATA    Cursor cursor   managedQuery uri  projection  null  null  null   column index   cursor          getColumnIndexOrThrow MediaColumns DATA   cursor moveToFirst     imagePath   cursor getString column index    return cursor getString column index

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Here is a tested code for image and video It will work for all APIs less than 19 and greater than 19 as well   Image   if  Build VERSION SDK INT  lt   19                            Intent i   new Intent                            i setType  image                              i setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT                           i addCategory Intent CATEGORY OPENABLE                           startActivityForResult i  10                         else if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt  19                            Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION PICK  android provider MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI                           startActivityForResult intent  10                           Video   if  Build VERSION SDK INT  lt   19                            Intent i   new Intent                            i setType  video                              i setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT                           i addCategory Intent CATEGORY OPENABLE                           startActivityForResult i  20                         else if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt  19                            Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION PICK  android provider MediaStore Video Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI                           startActivityForResult intent  20                                        Override     public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data            super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data           if  resultCode    Activity RESULT OK                               if  requestCode    10                    Uri selectedImageUri   data getData                    String selectedImagePath   getRealPathFromURI selectedImageUri                 else if  requestCode    20                    Uri selectedVideoUri   data getData                    String selectedVideoPath   getRealPathFromURI selectedVideoUri                                        public String getRealPathFromURI Uri uri                if  uri    null                    return null                            String   projection    MediaStore Images Media DATA               Cursor cursor   getActivity   getContentResolver   query uri  projection  null  null  null               if  cursor    null                    int column index   cursor                          getColumnIndexOrThrow MediaStore Images Media DATA                   cursor moveToFirst                    return cursor getString column index                             return uri getPath

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call chooseImage method like-  public void chooseImage ImageView v        Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION PICK       intent setType  image          startActivityForResult intent  SELECT PHOTO       Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent imageReturnedIntent           TODO Auto-generated method stub     super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  imageReturnedIntent        if imageReturnedIntent    null                Uri selectedImage   imageReturnedIntent getData        switch requestCode         case SELECT PHOTO          if resultCode    RESULT OK                        Bitmap datifoto   null              temp setImageBitmap null               Uri picUri   null              picUri   imageReturnedIntent getData      lt - get Uri here from data intent              if picUri   null                  try                      datifoto   android provider MediaStore Images Media getBitmap this getContentResolver                                    picUri                      temp setImageBitmap datifoto                    catch  FileNotFoundException e                      throw new RuntimeException e                    catch  IOException e                      throw new RuntimeException e                    catch  OutOfMemoryError e                    Toast makeText getBaseContext     Image is too large  choose other   Toast LENGTH LONG  show                                               break               else                 Toast makeText getBaseContext     data null   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show

[android] How to pick an image from gallery (SD Card) for my app?

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