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?
19 Answers
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;
}
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;
}
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
Just in case it helps; I do this to get the Bitmap:
InputStream is = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(imageUri);
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(is);
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 && actualPathStart< path.length())
result = path.substring(actualPathStart+1 , path.length());
return result;
}
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<String, String, File>() {
@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
<provider
android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="@xml/file_paths"/>
</provider>
where the file path is a xml in .../res/xml/file_path.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<external-files-path name="external_files" path="Accessory"/>
<external-path name="ex_Download" path="Download/" />
<external-path name="ex_Pictures" path="Pictures/" />
<external-files-path name="my_Download" path="Download/" />
<external-files-path name="my_Pictures" path="Pictures/" />
<external-cache-path name="my_cache" path="." />
<files-path name="private_Download" path="Download/" />
<files-path name="private_Pictures" path="Pictures/" />
<cache-path name="private_cache" path="." />
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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