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?
Thank you in advance.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Open an image in Android"s built-in Gallery app programmatically
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This is a complete solution
ReplyDeletepublic class BrowsePicture 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) {
// 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);
}
}
}
public String getPath(Uri uri) {
String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, projection, null, null, null);
int column_index = cursor
.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
}
}
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.
ReplyDeletepublic 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:
ReplyDeletepublic 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.
ReplyDeleteIntent 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
package com.ImageConvertingDemo;
ReplyDeleteimport 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 < 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());
}
}
}
There are two useful tutorials about image picker with downloadable source code here:
ReplyDeleteHow 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:
<activity android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation" >
It seems that the camera API lost control with orientation so this will help it. :)
To display images and videos try this:
ReplyDeleteIntent 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);