Pick image from gallery in Android

Here I am showing you how to get an image from your phone gallery. We use intents to open up the image gallery and get the image URI.

Add Permission in Android Manifest.

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

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

On click of the button, start startActivityForResult as follows:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
intent.setType("image/*");
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"),REQUEST_GET_SINGLE_FILE);

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);

intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);

intent.setType("image/*");

startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"),REQUEST_GET_SINGLE_FILE);

Above code, the segment is used to choose an image from Gallery.

Once we will select an image, the method OnActivityResult() will be called. We need to handle the data in this method as follows:

@Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        try {
            if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                if (requestCode == REQUEST_GET_SINGLE_FILE) {
                  Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();
                        // Get the path from the Uri
                        final String path = getPathFromURI(selectedImageUri);
                        if (path != null) {
                            File f = new File(path);
                            selectedImageUri = Uri.fromFile(f);
                        }
                  // Set the image in ImageView
                ImageView((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imgView)).setImageURI(selectedImageUri);
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e("FileSelectorActivity", "File select error", e);
        }
    }

@Override

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

super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

try {

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

if (requestCode == REQUEST_GET_SINGLE_FILE) {

Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();

// Get the path from the Uri

final String path = getPathFromURI(selectedImageUri);

if (path != null) {

File f = new File(path);

selectedImageUri = Uri.fromFile(f);

}

// Set the image in ImageView

ImageView((ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imgView)).setImageURI(selectedImageUri);

}

} catch (Exception e) {

Log.e("FileSelectorActivity", "File select error", e);

}

Get the real path from the URI

public String getPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
        String res = null;
        String[] proj = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
        Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
        if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
            res = cursor.getString(column_index);
        }
        cursor.close();
        return res;
    }

public String getPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {

String res = null;

String[] proj = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};

Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);

if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {

int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);

res = cursor.getString(column_index);

}

cursor.close();

return res;

}

Thanks for reading.

android Image Picker

saumya dubey 21 December 2018

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7 comments

Agrit Tyagi Jan 25, 2019 at 5:40 pm

Nicely Done

Vijay Jul 26, 2019 at 9:09 pm

thanks. It Worked

Pandga Aug 19, 2019 at 7:35 pm

Thanks! That helped me.

Aditi Mar 26, 2020 at 1:23 pm

why do we need this :
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
It works even without this line.Could you tell what this line actually means?
And what should we actually specify as action?
Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT or Intent.ACTION_PICK or Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT?

Jaimin Patel Oct 17, 2020 at 11:51 am

Very Much Thank u for this code ..
Was Really much helpful to get the path…

Abir Ahmed Jun 21, 2023 at 7:11 am

How can i pick image from Gallery at several apps with android version 12

Pankaj Tyagi (Moderator) Jun 26, 2023 at 12:30 pm
You can use the same code for Android version 12 as well.

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