Get pick an image from Android s built-in Gallery app programmatically

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I am trying to open an image   picture in the Gallery built-in app from inside my application   I have a URI of the picture  the picture is located on the SD card    Do you have any suggestions

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here is my example  might not be as your case exactly     assuming that you get base64 format from your API provider  give it a file name and file extension  save it to certain location in the file system   public static void shownInBuiltInGallery final Context ctx  String strBase64Image  final String strFileName  final String strFileExtension    new AsyncTask lt String  String  File gt           Override     protected File doInBackground String    strBase64Image             Bitmap bmpImage   convertBase64StringToBitmap strBase64Image 0   Base64 NO WRAP            if bmpImage    null                cancel true               return null                     byte   byImage   null           if strFileExtension compareToIgnoreCase FILE EXTENSION JPG     0                byImage   convertToJpgByte bmpImage      convert bitmap to binary for latter use           else if strFileExtension compareToIgnoreCase FILE EXTENSION PNG     0               byImage   convertToPngByte bmpImage      convert bitmap to binary for latter use           else if strFileExtension compareToIgnoreCase FILE EXTENSION BMP     0               byImage   convertToBmpByte bmpImage      convert bitmap to binary for latter use           else               cancel true               return null                     if byImage    null                cancel true               return null                     File imageFolder   ctx getExternalCacheDir             if imageFolder exists      false               if imageFolder mkdirs      false                   cancel true                   return null                                   File imageFile   null           try               imageFile   File createTempFile strFileName  strFileExtension  imageFolder             catch  IOException e               e printStackTrace                       if imageFile    null               cancel true               return null                     if  imageFile exists      true                if imageFile delete      false                   cancel true                   return null                                   FileOutputStream fos   null           try               fos   new FileOutputStream imageFile getPath                 fos write byImage               fos flush                fos close              catch  java io IOException e                e printStackTrace              finally               fos   null                     return imageFile              Override     protected void onPostExecute File file            super onPostExecute file                String strAuthority   ctx getPackageName       provider               Uri uriImage   FileProvider getUriForFile ctx  strAuthority  file                Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW               intent setDataAndType uriImage   image                  intent setFlags Intent FLAG GRANT READ URI PERMISSION               ctx startActivity intent            execute strBase64Image        Don t forget to set up a proper file provider at first place in AndroidManifest xml           lt provider         android name  android support v4 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 file paths   gt       lt  provider gt      where the file path is a xml in     res xml file path xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt       lt external-files-path name  external files  path  Accessory   gt    lt external-path name  ex Download  path  Download     gt   lt external-path name  ex Pictures  path  Pictures     gt    lt external-files-path name  my Download  path  Download     gt   lt external-files-path name  my Pictures  path  Pictures     gt   lt external-cache-path name  my cache  path       gt    lt files-path name  private Download  path  Download     gt   lt files-path name  private Pictures  path  Pictures     gt   lt cache-path name  private cache  path       gt        Long story short  have file provider ready at first  pass Uri to Intent for known and accessible picture source  otherwise  save the picture in desired location and then pass the location  as Uri  to Intent

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hcpl s methods work perfectly pre-KitKat  but not working with the DocumentsProvider API  For that just simply follow the official Android tutorial for documentproviders  https   developer android com guide topics providers document-provider html -  open a document  Bitmap section   Simply I used hcpl s code and extended it  if the file with the retrieved path to the image throws exception I call this function   private Bitmap getBitmapFromUri Uri uri  throws IOException           ParcelFileDescriptor parcelFileDescriptor                getContentResolver   openFileDescriptor uri   r            FileDescriptor fileDescriptor   parcelFileDescriptor getFileDescriptor            Bitmap image   BitmapFactory decodeFileDescriptor fileDescriptor           parcelFileDescriptor close            return image      Tested on Nexus 5

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Quickest way to open image from gallery or camera   Original reference   get image from gallery in android programmatically  Following method will receive image from gallery or camera and will show it in an ImageView  Selected image will be stored internally    code for xml   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8   gt   lt LinearLayout xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android      xmlns tools  http   schemas android com tools      android layout width  match parent      android layout height  match parent      android orientation  vertical      tools context  com exampledemo parsaniahardik uploadgalleryimage MainActivity  gt        lt Button         android layout width  wrap content          android layout height  wrap content          android id    id btn          android layout gravity  center horizontal          android layout marginTop  20dp          android textAppearance   android attr textAppearanceLarge          android text  Capture Image and upload to server    gt        lt TextView         android layout width  match parent          android layout height  wrap content          android text  Below image is fetched from server          android layout marginTop  5dp          android textSize  23sp          android gravity  center          android textColor   000   gt        lt ImageView         android layout width  300dp          android layout height  300dp          android layout gravity  center          android layout marginTop  10dp          android scaleType  fitXY          android src   mipmap ic launcher          android id    id iv   gt    lt  LinearLayout gt    JAVA class  import android content Intent  import android graphics Bitmap  import android media MediaScannerConnection  import android os Environment  import android support v7 app AppCompatActivity  import android os Bundle  import android util Log  import android view View  import android widget Button  import android widget ImageView  import android widget Toast  import com androidquery AQuery  import org json JSONException  import java io ByteArrayOutputStream  import java io File  import java io FileOutputStream  import java io IOException  import java util Calendar  import java util HashMap   public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements AsyncTaskCompleteListener       private ParseContent parseContent      private Button btn      private ImageView imageview      private static final String IMAGE DIRECTORY     demonuts upload camera       private final int CAMERA   1      private AQuery aQuery        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout activity main            parseContent   new ParseContent this           aQuery   new AQuery this            btn    Button  findViewById R id btn           imageview    ImageView  findViewById R id iv            btn setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener                  Override             public void onClick View v                    Intent intent   new Intent android provider MediaStore ACTION IMAGE CAPTURE                   startActivityForResult intent  CAMERA                                          Override     public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data             super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data           if  resultCode    this RESULT CANCELED                return                    if  requestCode    CAMERA                Bitmap thumbnail    Bitmap  data getExtras   get  data                String path   saveImage thumbnail               try                   uploadImageToServer path                 catch  IOException e                    e printStackTrace                  catch  JSONException e                    e printStackTrace                                       private void uploadImageToServer final String path  throws IOException  JSONException            if   AndyUtils isNetworkAvailable MainActivity this                 Toast makeText MainActivity this   Internet is required    Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                return                     HashMap lt String  String gt  map   new HashMap lt String  String gt             map put  url    https   demonuts com Demonuts JsonTest Tennis uploadfile php            map put  filename   path           new MultiPartRequester this  map  CAMERA  this           AndyUtils showSimpleProgressDialog this               Override     public void onTaskCompleted String response  int serviceCode            AndyUtils removeSimpleProgressDialog            Log d  res   response toString             switch  serviceCode                 case CAMERA                  if  parseContent isSuccess response                         String url   parseContent getURL response                       aQuery id imageview  image url                                          public String saveImage Bitmap myBitmap            ByteArrayOutputStream bytes   new ByteArrayOutputStream            myBitmap compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  90  bytes           File wallpaperDirectory   new File                  Environment getExternalStorageDirectory     IMAGE DIRECTORY              have the object build the directory structure  if needed          if   wallpaperDirectory exists                  wallpaperDirectory mkdirs                       try               File f   new File wallpaperDirectory  Calendar getInstance                        getTimeInMillis       jpg                f createNewFile                FileOutputStream fo   new FileOutputStream f               fo write bytes toByteArray                 MediaScannerConnection scanFile this                      new String   f getPath                         new String    image jpeg    null               fo close                Log d  TAG    File Saved  --- gt     f getAbsolutePath                  return f getAbsolutePath              catch  IOException e1                e1 printStackTrace                      return

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public class BrowsePictureActivity extends Activity           this is the action code we use in our intent          this way we know we re looking at the response from our own action     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                                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                                                        public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data            if  resultCode    RESULT OK                if  requestCode    SELECT PICTURE                    Uri selectedImageUri   data getData                    selectedImagePath   getPath selectedImageUri                                                 helper to retrieve the path of an image URI             public String getPath Uri uri                   just some safety built in              if  uri    null                        TODO perform some logging or show user feedback                 return null                               try to retrieve the image from the media store first                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                                this is our fallback here             return uri getPath

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basis with the above code  I reflected the code like below  may be it s more suitable   public String getPath Uri uri        String selectedImagePath        1 MEDIA GALLERY --- query from MediaStore Images Media DATA     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            selectedImagePath   cursor getString column index        else          selectedImagePath   null             if selectedImagePath    null             2 OI FILE Manager --- call method  uri getPath           selectedImagePath   uri getPath              return selectedImagePath

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Additional to previous answers  if you are having problems with getting the right path like AndroZip  you can use this     public String getPath Uri uri  ContentResolver contentResolver            String   projection      MediaStore MediaColumns DATA           Cursor cursor          try              cursor   contentResolver query uri  projection  null  null  null             catch  SecurityException e               String path   uri getPath                String result   tryToGetStoragePath path               return  result                    if cursor    null                  HERE YOU WILL GET A NULLPOINTER IF CURSOR IS NULL               THIS CAN BE  IF YOU USED OI FILE MANAGER FOR PICKING THE MEDIA             cursor moveToFirst                int columnIndex   cursor getColumnIndexOrThrow MediaStore MediaColumns DATA               String filePath   cursor getString columnIndex               cursor close                return filePath                    else             return uri getPath                     FOR OI ASTRO Dropbox etc            private String tryToGetStoragePath String path            int actualPathStart   path indexOf    storage            String result   path           if actualPathStart   -1  amp  amp  actualPathStart lt  path length                result   path substring actualPathStart 1   path length              return result

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This is a complete solution  I ve just updated this example code with the information provided in the answer below by  mad  Also check the solution below from  Khobaib explaining how to deal with picasa images   Update  I ve just reviewed my original answer and created a simple Android Studio project you can checkout from github and import directly on your system    https   github com hanscappelle SO-2169649   note that the multiple file selection still needs work   Single Picture Selection  With support for images from file explorers thanks to user mad   public class BrowsePictureActivity extends Activity           this is the action code we use in our intent          this way we know we re looking at the response from our own action     private static final int SELECT PICTURE   1       private String selectedImagePath       public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout main            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                                                        public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data            if  resultCode    RESULT OK                if  requestCode    SELECT PICTURE                    Uri selectedImageUri   data getData                    selectedImagePath   getPath selectedImageUri                                                 helper to retrieve the path of an image URI             public String getPath Uri uri                   just some safety built in              if  uri    null                         TODO perform some logging or show user feedback                 return null                               try to retrieve the image from the media store first                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                    String path   cursor getString column index                   cursor close                    return path                               this is our fallback here             return uri getPath               Selecting Multiple Pictures  Since someone requested that information in a comment and it s better to have information gathered   Set an extra parameter EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE on the intent   intent putExtra Intent EXTRA ALLOW MULTIPLE  true     And in the Result handling check for that parameter   if  Intent ACTION SEND MULTIPLE equals data getAction              amp  amp  Intent hasExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM            retrieve a collection of selected images     ArrayList lt Parcelable gt  list   intent getParcelableArrayListExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM          iterate over these images     if  list    null            for  Parcelable parcel   list             Uri uri    Uri  parcel              TODO handle the images one by one here                    Note that this is only supported by API level 18

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Just in case it helps  I do this to get the Bitmap   InputStream is   context getContentResolver   openInputStream imageUri   Bitmap bitmap   BitmapFactory decodeStream is

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There are two useful tutorials about image picker with downloadable source code here    How to Create Android Image Picker   How to Select and Crop Image on Android   However  the app will be forced to close sometime  you can fix it by adding android configChanges attribute into main activity in Manifest file like as     lt activity android name   MainActivity                    android label   string app name  android configChanges  keyboardHidden orientation   gt    It seems that the camera API lost control with orientation so this will help it

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package com ImageConvertingDemo   import java io BufferedInputStream  import java io FileInputStream   import android app Activity  import android graphics Bitmap  import android graphics BitmapFactory  import android os Bundle  import android util Log  import android widget EditText  import android widget ImageView   public class MyActivity extends Activity           Called when the activity is first created          Override     public void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout main           EditText tv    EditText findViewById R id EditText01           ImageView iv    ImageView findViewById R id ImageView01           FileInputStream in          BufferedInputStream buf              try                                in   new FileInputStream   sdcard smooth png                    buf   new BufferedInputStream in 1070                   System out println  1                    buf                   byte   bMapArray  new byte buf available                     tv setText bMapArray toString                     buf read bMapArray                   Bitmap bMap   BitmapFactory decodeByteArray bMapArray  0  bMapArray length                      for  int i   0  i  lt  bMapArray length  i                                       System out print  bytearray  bMapArray i                                        iv setImageBitmap bMap                     tv setText bMapArray toString                       tv setText buf toString                     if  in    null                                         in close                                      if  buf    null                                         buf close                                                  catch  Exception e                                 Log e  Error reading file   e toString

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Above Answers are correct  I faced an different issue where in HTC M8 my application crashes when selecting an image from gallery  I m getting null value for image path  I fixed and optimized with the following solution  in onActivityResult method  protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data       if   requestCode    RESULT LOAD IMAGE   amp  amp   resultCode    RESULT OK          if  data    null                 Uri selectedImageUri   null              selectedImageUri   data getData                String   filePathColumn     MediaStore Images Media DATA                 Cursor imageCursor   mainActivity getContentResolver   query                      selectedImageUri  filePathColumn  null  null  null                if  imageCursor    null                    return                             imageCursor moveToFirst                int columnIndex   imageCursor getColumnIndex filePathColumn 0                picturePath   imageCursor getString columnIndex               if  picturePath    null                    picturePath   selectedImageUri getPath                    String wholeID   DocumentsContract                          getDocumentId selectedImage                       Split at colon  use second item in the array                 String id   wholeID split      1                    String   column     MediaStore Images Media DATA                        where id is equal to                 String sel   MediaStore Images Media  ID                          Cursor cursor   mainActivity getContentResolver   query                          MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI                          column  sel  new String     id    null                    columnIndex   cursor getColumnIndex column 0                     if  cursor moveToFirst                          picturePath   cursor getString columnIndex                                      cursor close                              picturePathAbs   new File picturePath  getAbsolutePath                imageCursor close

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Retrieve a specific type of file  This example will get a copy of the image   static final int REQUEST IMAGE GET   1   public void selectImage         Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION GET CONTENT       intent setType  image          if  intent resolveActivity getPackageManager       null            startActivityForResult intent  REQUEST IMAGE GET             Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        if  requestCode    REQUEST IMAGE GET  amp  amp  resultCode    RESULT OK            Bitmap thumbnail   data getParcelable  data            Uri fullPhotoUri   data getData               Do work with photo saved at fullPhotoUri                       Open a specific type of file  When running on 4 4 or higher  you request to open a file that s managed by another app  static final int REQUEST IMAGE OPEN   1   public void selectImage         Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION OPEN DOCUMENT       intent setType  image          intent addCategory Intent CATEGORY OPENABLE          Only the system receives the ACTION OPEN DOCUMENT  so no need to test      startActivityForResult intent  REQUEST IMAGE OPEN       Override protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        if  requestCode    REQUEST IMAGE OPEN  amp  amp  resultCode    RESULT OK            Uri fullPhotoUri   data getData               Do work with full size photo saved at fullPhotoUri                       Original source

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Assuming you have an image folder in your SD card directory for images only   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION GET CONTENT      tells your intent to get the contents    opens the URI for your image directory on your sdcard intent setType  file    sdcard image       startActivityForResult intent  1     Then you can decide with what you would like to do with the content back in your activity    This was an example to retrieve the path name for the image  test this with your code just to make sure you can handle the results coming back  You can change the code as needed to better fit your needs   protected final void onActivityResult final int requestCode  final int                      resultCode  final Intent i        super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  i         this matches the request code in the above call   if  requestCode    1          Uri  uri   i getData            this will be null if no image was selected        if   uri    null             now we get the path to the image file      cursor   getContentResolver   query  uri  null                                        null  null  null        cursor moveToFirst         String imageFilePath   cursor getString 0        cursor close                  My advice is to try to get retrieving images working correctly  I think the problem is the content of accessing the images on the sdcard  Take a look at Displaying images on sd card    If you can get that up and running  probably by the example supplying a correct provider  you should be able to figure out a work-around for your code   Keep me updated by updating this question with your progress  Good luck

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To display images and videos try this       Intent intent   new Intent        intent   new Intent Intent ACTION PICK  android provider MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI       startActivityForResult intent  1       startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent  Wybierz plik    SELECT FILE

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Here is an update to the fine code that hcpl posted  but this works with OI file manager  astro file manager AND the media gallery too  tested   so i guess it will work with every file manager  are there many others than those mentioned    did some corrections to the code he wrote      public class BrowsePicture extends Activity          YOU CAN EDIT THIS TO WHATEVER YOU WANT     private static final int SELECT PICTURE   1       private String selectedImagePath        ADDED     private String filemanagerstring       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                        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     public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data            if  resultCode    RESULT OK                if  requestCode    SELECT PICTURE                    Uri selectedImageUri   data getData                       OI FILE Manager                 filemanagerstring   selectedImageUri getPath                       MEDIA GALLERY                 selectedImagePath   getPath selectedImageUri                      DEBUG PURPOSE - you can delete this if you want                 if selectedImagePath  null                      System out println selectedImagePath                   else System out println  selectedImagePath is null                    if filemanagerstring  null                      System out println filemanagerstring                   else System out println  filemanagerstring is null                       NOW WE HAVE OUR WANTED STRING                 if selectedImagePath  null                      System out println  selectedImagePath is the right one for you                     else                     System out println  filemanagerstring is the right one for you                                          UPDATED      public String getPath Uri uri            String   projection     MediaStore Images Media DATA            Cursor cursor   managedQuery uri  projection  null  null  null           if cursor  null                          HERE YOU WILL GET A NULLPOINTER IF CURSOR IS NULL               THIS CAN BE  IF YOU USED OI FILE MANAGER FOR PICKING THE MEDIA             int column index   cursor              getColumnIndexOrThrow MediaStore Images Media DATA               cursor moveToFirst                return cursor getString column index                     else return null

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I went through the solution from  hcpl  amp   mad  hcpl s solution supports well for local image in the gallery  amp  mad provided a better solution on top of that - it helps to load OI Astro Dropbox image as well  But in my app  while working on picasa library that s now integrated in Android Gallery  both solution fail   I searched  amp  analyzed a bit  amp  eventually have come with a better  amp  elegant solution that overcomes this limitation  Thanks to Dimitar Darazhanski for his blog  that helped me in this case  I modified a bit to make it easier to understand  Here is my solution goes -  public class BrowsePicture extends Activity      YOU CAN EDIT THIS TO WHATEVER YOU WANT private static final int SELECT PICTURE   1   private String selectedImagePath    ADDED private String filemanagerstring   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                    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                        public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data        if  resultCode    RESULT OK            if  requestCode    SELECT PICTURE                Uri selectedImageUri   data getData                Log d  URI VAL    selectedImageUri       selectedImageUri toString                 selectedImagePath   getPath selectedImageUri                if selectedImagePath  null                               IF LOCAL IMAGE  NO MATTER IF ITS DIRECTLY FROM GALLERY  EXCEPT PICASSA ALBUM                      OR OI ASTRO FILE MANAGER  EVEN DROPBOX IS SUPPORTED BY THIS BECAUSE DROPBOX DOWNLOAD THE IMAGE                     IN THIS FORM - file    storage emulated 0 Android data com dropbox android                     System out println  local image                               else                  System out println  picasa image                     loadPicasaImageFromGallery selectedImageUri                                        NEW METHOD FOR PICASA IMAGE LOAD private void loadPicasaImageFromGallery final Uri uri        String   projection      MediaColumns DATA  MediaColumns DISPLAY NAME        Cursor cursor   getContentResolver   query uri  projection  null  null  null       if cursor    null            cursor moveToFirst             int columnIndex   cursor getColumnIndex MediaColumns DISPLAY NAME           if  columnIndex    -1                new Thread new Runnable                        NEW THREAD BECAUSE NETWORK REQUEST WILL BE MADE THAT WILL BE A LONG PROCESS  amp  BLOCK UI                    IF CALLED IN UI THREAD                  public void run                         try                           Bitmap bitmap   android provider MediaStore Images Media getBitmap getContentResolver    uri                              THIS IS THE BITMAP IMAGE WE ARE LOOKING FOR                        catch  Exception ex                            ex printStackTrace                                                           start                        cursor close        public String getPath Uri uri        String   projection      MediaColumns DATA       Cursor cursor   getContentResolver   query uri  projection  null  null  null       if cursor    null              HERE YOU WILL GET A NULLPOINTER IF CURSOR IS NULL           THIS CAN BE  IF YOU USED OI FILE MANAGER FOR PICKING THE MEDIA         cursor moveToFirst            int columnIndex   cursor getColumnIndexOrThrow MediaColumns DATA           String filePath   cursor getString columnIndex           cursor close            return filePath            else          return uri getPath                     FOR OI ASTRO Dropbox etc     Check it  amp  let me know if there s some issue with it  I have tested it  amp  it works well in every case   Hope this will help everyone

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this is my revisit to this topic  gathering all the information here  plus from other relevant stack overflow questions  It returns images from some provider  while handling out-of-memory conditions and image rotation  It supports gallery  picasa and file managers  like drop box  Usage is simple  as input  the constructor receives the content resolver and the uri  The output is the final bitmap          Creates resized images without exploding memory  Uses the method described in android    documentation concerning bitmap allocation  which is to subsample the image to a smaller size     close to some expected size  This is required because the android standard library is unable to    create a reduced size image from an image file using memory comparable to the final size  and    loading a full sized multi-megapixel picture for processing may exceed application memory budget        public class UserPicture       static int MAX WIDTH   600      static int MAX HEIGHT   800      Uri uri      ContentResolver resolver      String path      Matrix orientation      int storedHeight      int storedWidth       public UserPicture Uri uri  ContentResolver resolver            this uri   uri          this resolver   resolver             private boolean getInformation   throws IOException           if  getInformationFromMediaDatabase                return true           if  getInformationFromFileSystem                return true           return false                Support for gallery apps and remote   picasa   images        private boolean getInformationFromMediaDatabase             String   fields     Media DATA  ImageColumns ORIENTATION            Cursor cursor   resolver query uri  fields  null  null  null            if  cursor    null              return false           cursor moveToFirst            path   cursor getString cursor getColumnIndex Media DATA            int orientation   cursor getInt cursor getColumnIndex ImageColumns ORIENTATION            this orientation   new Matrix            this orientation setRotate orientation           cursor close             return true                Support for file managers and dropbox        private boolean getInformationFromFileSystem   throws IOException           path   uri getPath             if  path    null              return false           ExifInterface exif   new ExifInterface path           int orientation   exif getAttributeInt ExifInterface TAG ORIENTATION                                                 ExifInterface ORIENTATION NORMAL            this orientation   new Matrix            switch orientation                case ExifInterface ORIENTATION NORMAL                     Identity matrix                    break              case ExifInterface ORIENTATION FLIP HORIZONTAL                  this orientation setScale -1  1                   break              case ExifInterface ORIENTATION ROTATE 180                  this orientation setRotate 180                   break              case ExifInterface ORIENTATION FLIP VERTICAL                  this orientation setScale 1  -1                   break              case ExifInterface ORIENTATION TRANSPOSE                  this orientation setRotate 90                   this orientation postScale -1  1                   break              case ExifInterface ORIENTATION ROTATE 90                  this orientation setRotate 90                   break              case ExifInterface ORIENTATION TRANSVERSE                  this orientation setRotate -90                   this orientation postScale -1  1                   break              case ExifInterface ORIENTATION ROTATE 270                  this orientation setRotate -90                   break                     return true             private boolean getStoredDimensions   throws IOException           InputStream input   resolver openInputStream uri           Options options   new Options            options inJustDecodeBounds   true          BitmapFactory decodeStream resolver openInputStream uri   null  options               The input stream could be reset instead of closed and reopened if it were possible            to reliably wrap the input stream on a buffered stream  but it s not possible because            decodeStream   places an upper read limit of 1024 bytes for a reset to be made  it calls            mark 1024  on the stream              input close             if  options outHeight  lt   0    options outWidth  lt   0              return false           storedHeight   options outHeight          storedWidth   options outWidth           return true             public Bitmap getBitmap   throws IOException           if   getInformation                throw new FileNotFoundException             if   getStoredDimensions                throw new InvalidObjectException null            RectF rect   new RectF 0  0  storedWidth  storedHeight           orientation mapRect rect           int width    int rect width            int height    int rect height            int subSample   1           while  width  gt  MAX WIDTH    height  gt  MAX HEIGHT                width    2              height    2              subSample    2                     if  width    0    height    0              throw new InvalidObjectException null            Options options   new Options            options inSampleSize   subSample          Bitmap subSampled   BitmapFactory decodeStream resolver openInputStream uri   null  options            Bitmap picture          if   orientation isIdentity                  picture   Bitmap createBitmap subSampled  0  0  options outWidth  options outHeight                                            orientation  false               subSampled recycle              else             picture   subSampled           return picture            References    http   developer android com training displaying-bitmaps index html Get pick an image from Android  39 s built-in Gallery app programmatically Strange out of memory issue while loading an image to a Bitmap object Set image orientation using ExifInterface https   gist github com 9re 1990019 how to get bitmap information and then decode bitmap from internet-inputStream

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Below solution work for 2 3 Gingerbread -4 4 Kitkat   5 0 Lollipop  and 6 0 Marshmallow  also -   Step 1 Code for opening the gallery to select pics   public static final int PICK IMAGE   1  private void takePictureFromGalleryOrAnyOtherFolder          Intent intent   new Intent        intent setType  image          intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT       startActivityForResult Intent createChooser intent   Select Picture    PICK IMAGE       Step 2 Code for getting data in onActivityResult     Override  protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data                super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data               if  resultCode    Activity RESULT OK                   if  requestCode    PICK IMAGE                        Uri selectedImageUri   data getData                        String imagePath   getRealPathFromURI selectedImageUri                        Now you have imagePath do whatever you want to do now                     end of inner if                 end of outer if           public String getRealPathFromURI Uri contentUri              Uri contentUri   Uri parse contentURI            String   projection     MediaStore Images Media DATA            Cursor cursor   null          try               if  Build VERSION SDK INT  gt  19                       Will return  image x                   String wholeID   DocumentsContract getDocumentId contentUri                      Split at colon  use second item in the array                 String id   wholeID split      1                      where id is equal to                 String sel   MediaStore Images Media  ID                          cursor   context getContentResolver   query                          MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI                          projection  sel  new String     id    null                 else                   cursor   context getContentResolver   query contentUri                          projection  null  null  null                           catch  Exception e                e printStackTrace                       String path   null          try               int column index   cursor                      getColumnIndex MediaStore Images Media DATA               cursor moveToFirst                path   cursor getString column index  toString                cursor close              catch  NullPointerException e                e printStackTrace                      return path

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Please find the answer for the selecting single image from gallery  import android app Activity  import android net Uri  import android content Intent  import android graphics Bitmap  import android graphics BitmapFactory  import android os Bundle  import android view View  import android widget Button  import android widget ImageView  import android widget TextView   import java io ByteArrayOutputStream  import java io FileNotFoundException  import java io InputStream   public class PickImage extends Activity        Button btnOpen  btnGet  btnPick      TextView textInfo1  textInfo2      ImageView imageView       private static final int RQS OPEN IMAGE   1      private static final int RQS GET IMAGE   2      private static final int RQS PICK IMAGE   3        Override     protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState            super onCreate savedInstanceState           setContentView R layout image pick           btnOpen    Button findViewById R id open           btnGet    Button findViewById R id get           btnPick    Button findViewById R id pick           textInfo1    TextView findViewById R id info1           textInfo2    TextView findViewById R id info2           imageView    ImageView  findViewById R id image            btnOpen setOnClickListener btnOpenOnClickListener           btnGet setOnClickListener btnGetOnClickListener           btnPick setOnClickListener btnPickOnClickListener              View OnClickListener btnOpenOnClickListener   new View OnClickListener              Override         public void onClick View v                Intent intent   new Intent                intent setAction Intent ACTION OPEN DOCUMENT               intent addCategory Intent CATEGORY OPENABLE               intent setType  image                   startActivityForResult intent  RQS OPEN IMAGE                         View OnClickListener btnGetOnClickListener   new View OnClickListener              Override         public void onClick View v                Intent intent   new Intent                intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT               intent addCategory Intent CATEGORY OPENABLE               intent setType  image                   startActivityForResult intent  RQS OPEN IMAGE                         View OnClickListener btnPickOnClickListener   new View OnClickListener              Override         public void onClick View v                Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION PICK                      android provider MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI               startActivityForResult intent  RQS PICK IMAGE                          Override     protected void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data            if  resultCode    Activity RESULT OK                  if  requestCode    RQS OPEN IMAGE                        requestCode    RQS GET IMAGE                        requestCode    RQS PICK IMAGE                     imageView setImageBitmap null                   textInfo1 setText                      textInfo2 setText                       Uri mediaUri   data getData                    textInfo1 setText mediaUri toString                     String mediaPath   mediaUri getPath                    textInfo2 setText mediaPath                      display the image                 try                       InputStream inputStream   getBaseContext   getContentResolver   openInputStream mediaUri                       Bitmap bm   BitmapFactory decodeStream inputStream                       ByteArrayOutputStream stream   new ByteArrayOutputStream                        byte   byteArray   stream toByteArray                         imageView setImageBitmap bm                      catch  FileNotFoundException e                        e printStackTrace

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