Display image on ImageView from phone storage

Kuldeep Singh

1 March 2016

Android provide many views for different use in the android app. ImageView is one of the views provided by Android to display image.

We can add image on an ImageView from different sources.e.g.,

– adding an image from the drawable folder, you can find this folder in android project directory in android studio or eclipse.
– adding an image from phone storage.
– take a picture using the camera and set it on an ImageView.

So, let us create a simple project to display an image on ImageView:

1. Create a new project->Project Name(MyApplication)

2. Add an activity “MainActivity.java” and a XML file “activity_main.xml”.

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
//write code here
}
}

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

//write code here

}

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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:background="#88DFAB"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
</RelativeLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout 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:background="#88DFAB"

android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

tools:context=".MainActivity">

</RelativeLayout>

3. Create a method (setImage()) in MainActivity.java:

private void selectImage() {

final CharSequence[] items = {"Take Picture", "Select from Library", "Cancel"};

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);

builder.setTitle("Add Photo!");

builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {

if (items[item].equals("Take Picture")) {

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Take Picture", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

startActivityForResult(intent, TAKE_PHOTO);

} 

else if (items[item].equals("Select from Library")) {

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.M
edia.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

intent.setType("image/*");

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Select from Library", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select File"), FROM_STORAGE);

} 

else if (items[item].equals("Cancel")) {

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Cancel", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

dialog.dismiss();

}
}
});

builder.show();

}

private void selectImage() {

final CharSequence[] items = {"Take Picture", "Select from Library", "Cancel"};

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);

builder.setTitle("Add Photo!");

builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

@Override

public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {

if (items[item].equals("Take Picture")) {

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Take Picture", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

startActivityForResult(intent, TAKE_PHOTO);

}

else if (items[item].equals("Select from Library")) {

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.M

edia.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

intent.setType("image/*");

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Select from Library", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select File"), FROM_STORAGE);

}

else if (items[item].equals("Cancel")) {

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Cancel", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

dialog.dismiss();

}

});

builder.show();

}

4. Here we are calling another activity using “startActivityForResult()” method. It returns the result on its completion. So, here is another method(onActivityResult()) associated with this. In this method, we will set the image in ImageView.

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

File destination = null;

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

if (requestCode == TAKE_PHOTO) {

Bitmap thumbnail = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");

ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

thumbnail.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, bytes);

destination = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),

System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg");

FileOutputStream fo;

try {

destination.createNewFile();

fo = new FileOutputStream(destination);

fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());

fo.close();

} 
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

} 
catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.profile_image)).setImageBitmap(thumbnail);

} 
else if (requestCode == FROM_STORAGE) {

Log.d("FROM_STORAGE ", " FROM_STORAGE");

Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();

String[] projection = {MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA};

CursorLoader cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(MainActivity.this, selectedImageUri, p
rojection, null, null, null);

Cursor cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();

int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA);

cursor.moveToFirst();

String selectedImagePath = cursor.getString(column_index);

String fileNameSegments[] = selectedImagePath.split("/");

String fileName = fileNameSegments[fileNameSegments.length - 1];

Bitmap bm;

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();

options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;

BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedImagePath, options);

final int REQUIRED_SIZE = 100;

int scale = 1;

while (options.outWidth / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE && options.outHeight / scale /
 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE)

scale *= 2;

options.inSampleSize = scale;

options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;

bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedImagePath, options);

((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.profile_image)).setImageBitmap(bm);

}
}
}

@Override

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

File destination = null;

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

if (requestCode == TAKE_PHOTO) {

Bitmap thumbnail = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");

ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

thumbnail.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, bytes);

destination = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),

System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg");

FileOutputStream fo;

try {

destination.createNewFile();

fo = new FileOutputStream(destination);

fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());

fo.close();

}

catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.profile_image)).setImageBitmap(thumbnail);

}

else if (requestCode == FROM_STORAGE) {

Log.d("FROM_STORAGE ", " FROM_STORAGE");

Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();

String[] projection = {MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA};

CursorLoader cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(MainActivity.this, selectedImageUri, p

rojection, null, null, null);

Cursor cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();

int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA);

cursor.moveToFirst();

String selectedImagePath = cursor.getString(column_index);

String fileNameSegments[] = selectedImagePath.split("/");

String fileName = fileNameSegments[fileNameSegments.length - 1];

Bitmap bm;

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();

options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;

BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedImagePath, options);

final int REQUIRED_SIZE = 100;

int scale = 1;

while (options.outWidth / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE && options.outHeight / scale /

2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE)

scale *= 2;

options.inSampleSize = scale;

options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;

bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedImagePath, options);

((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.profile_image)).setImageBitmap(bm);

}

5. After doing this code we need to add permissions in AndroidManifest.xml:

&lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt;
&lt;uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /&gt;

1 2	<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

Complete code is here:

MainActivty.java

package com.shop.myapplication;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.CursorLoader;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

final int TAKE_PHOTO = 1;

final int FROM_STORAGE = 2;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

findViewById(R.id.browse).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

@Override
public void onClick(View view) {

selectImage();

}
});
}

private void selectImage() {

final CharSequence[] items = {"Take Photo", "Choose from Library", "Cancel"};

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);

builder.setTitle("Add Photo!");

builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {

if (items[item].equals("Take Photo")) {

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Take Photo", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

startActivityForResult(intent, TAKE_PHOTO);

} 
else if (items[item].equals("Choose from Library")) {

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.M
edia.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

intent.setType("image/*");

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Choose from Library", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select File"), FROM_STORAGE);

} 
else if (items[item].equals("Cancel")) {

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Cancel", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

dialog.dismiss();

}
}
});

builder.show();

}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

File destination = null;

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

if (requestCode == TAKE_PHOTO) {

Bitmap thumbnail = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");

ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

thumbnail.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, bytes);

destination = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg");

FileOutputStream fo;

try {

destination.createNewFile();

fo = new FileOutputStream(destination);

fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());

fo.close();

} 
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

} 
catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.profile_image)).setImageBitmap(thumbnail);

} 
else if (requestCode == FROM_STORAGE) {

Log.d("FROM_STORAGE ", " FROM_STORAGE");

Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();

String[] projection = {MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA};

CursorLoader cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(MainActivity.this, selectedImageUri, p
rojection, null, null, null);

Cursor cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();

int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA);

cursor.moveToFirst();

String selectedImagePath = cursor.getString(column_index);

String fileNameSegments[] = selectedImagePath.split("/");

String fileName = fileNameSegments[fileNameSegments.length - 1];

Bitmap bm;

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();

options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;

BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedImagePath, options);

final int REQUIRED_SIZE = 100;

int scale = 1;

while (options.outWidth / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE && options.outHeight / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE)

scale *= 2;

options.inSampleSize = scale;

options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;

bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedImagePath, options);

((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.profile_image)).setImageBitmap(bm);

}
}
}
}

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package com.shop.myapplication;

import android.app.Activity;

import android.app.AlertDialog;

import android.content.CursorLoader;

import android.content.DialogInterface;

import android.content.Intent;

import android.database.Cursor;

import android.graphics.Bitmap;

import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;

import android.net.Uri;

import android.os.Bundle;

import android.os.Environment;

import android.provider.MediaStore;

import android.util.Log;

import android.view.View;

import android.widget.ImageView;

import android.widget.Toast;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;

import java.io.File;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import java.io.IOException;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

final int TAKE_PHOTO = 1;

final int FROM_STORAGE = 2;

@Override

protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

findViewById(R.id.browse).setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {

@Override

public void onClick(View view) {

selectImage();

}

});

}

private void selectImage() {

final CharSequence[] items = {"Take Photo", "Choose from Library", "Cancel"};

AlertDialog.Builder builder = new AlertDialog.Builder(MainActivity.this);

builder.setTitle("Add Photo!");

builder.setItems(items, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

@Override

public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {

if (items[item].equals("Take Photo")) {

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Take Photo", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

startActivityForResult(intent, TAKE_PHOTO);

}

else if (items[item].equals("Choose from Library")) {

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.M

edia.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

intent.setType("image/*");

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Choose from Library", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select File"), FROM_STORAGE);

}

else if (items[item].equals("Cancel")) {

Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Cancel", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

dialog.dismiss();

}

});

builder.show();

}

@Override

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

File destination = null;

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

if (requestCode == TAKE_PHOTO) {

Bitmap thumbnail = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");

ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

thumbnail.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 90, bytes);

destination = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg");

FileOutputStream fo;

try {

destination.createNewFile();

fo = new FileOutputStream(destination);

fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());

fo.close();

}

catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

catch (IOException e) {

e.printStackTrace();

}

((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.profile_image)).setImageBitmap(thumbnail);

}

else if (requestCode == FROM_STORAGE) {

Log.d("FROM_STORAGE ", " FROM_STORAGE");

Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();

String[] projection = {MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA};

CursorLoader cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(MainActivity.this, selectedImageUri, p

rojection, null, null, null);

Cursor cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();

int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA);

cursor.moveToFirst();

String selectedImagePath = cursor.getString(column_index);

String fileNameSegments[] = selectedImagePath.split("/");

String fileName = fileNameSegments[fileNameSegments.length - 1];

Bitmap bm;

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();

options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;

BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedImagePath, options);

final int REQUIRED_SIZE = 100;

int scale = 1;

while (options.outWidth / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE && options.outHeight / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE)

scale *= 2;

options.inSampleSize = scale;

options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;

bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(selectedImagePath, options);

((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.profile_image)).setImageBitmap(bm);

}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout 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:background="#88DFAB"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_centerVertical="true"
        android:background="#FFFFFF"
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:padding="4dp">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_centerVertical="true"
            android:background="#FFFFFF"
            android:orientation="vertical"
            android:padding="4dp">

            <ImageView
                android:id="@+id/profile_image"
                android:layout_width="200dp"
                android:layout_height="200dp"
                android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
                android:layout_centerVertical="true"
                android:src="@drawable/maintenance"
                android:background="#000" />
        </LinearLayout>

        <Button
            android:id="@+id/browse"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="#37474F"
            android:elevation="5dp"
            android:text="Browse"
            android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
            android:textSize="20sp" />
    </LinearLayout>
</RelativeLayout>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<RelativeLayout 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:background="#88DFAB"

android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"

android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"

tools:context=".MainActivity">

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

android:layout_centerVertical="true"

android:background="#FFFFFF"

android:orientation="vertical"

android:padding="4dp">

<LinearLayout

android:layout_width="wrap_content"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

android:layout_centerVertical="true"

android:background="#FFFFFF"

android:orientation="vertical"

android:padding="4dp">

<ImageView

android:id="@+id/profile_image"

android:layout_width="200dp"

android:layout_height="200dp"

android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"

android:layout_centerVertical="true"

android:src="@drawable/maintenance"

android:background="#000" />

</LinearLayout>

<Button

android:id="@+id/browse"

android:layout_width="match_parent"

android:layout_height="wrap_content"

android:background="#37474F"

android:elevation="5dp"

android:text="Browse"

android:textColor="#FFFFFF"

android:textSize="20sp" />

</LinearLayout>

</RelativeLayout>

AndroidManifest.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.shop.myapplication" >
    <uses-sdk
        android:minSdkVersion="17"
        android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:supportsRtl="true"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity android:name=".MainActivity">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
    </application>
</manifest>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"

package="com.shop.myapplication" >

<uses-sdk

android:minSdkVersion="17"

android:targetSdkVersion="21" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<application

android:allowBackup="true"

android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"

android:label="@string/app_name"

android:supportsRtl="true"

android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

<intent-filter>

</intent-filter>

</activity>

</application>

</manifest>