how to get list of all photos in android?

Question

How can I get list of all images on the phone and show all of them in a listview. Basically I have a dialog where I am asking for a album name and a photo name which will be populated with the selection made from the listview. How do I get the file URI using this code...

Android list all images available

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setType("image/*");
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), SELECT_IMAGE);

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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In answer to another question, hpique answered that here:

public static List<String> getCameraImages(Context context) {
    final String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
    final String selection = MediaStore.Images.Media.BUCKET_ID + " = ?";
    final String[] selectionArgs = { CAMERA_IMAGE_BUCKET_ID };
    final Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, 
            projection, 
            selection, 
            selectionArgs, 
            null);
    ArrayList<String> result = new ArrayList<String>(cursor.getCount());
    if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        final int dataColumn = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
        do {
            final String data = cursor.getString(dataColumn);
            result.add(data);
        } while (cursor.moveToNext());
    }
    cursor.close();
    return result;
}

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered May 01 '13 at 00:20

HalR

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I get nothing... from the above code. – jrdnsingh89 May 01 '13 at 01:08
hmmm.... I must have misled you. That is the code for viewing all the pictures you've taken on an Android. I guess that must not be what you meant. – HalR May 01 '13 at 01:32
Perhaps gubatron's answer will help you: http://stackoverflow.com/a/3021018/793607 – HalR May 01 '13 at 01:34
but do I use gubatron's answer to populate my listview.. – jrdnsingh89 May 01 '13 at 22:31
Yes, you should use his answer to populate your listView – HalR May 01 '13 at 23:47
I just updated my question could you tell me how do i get the file uri from the intent... – jrdnsingh89 May 02 '13 at 18:19
I am not understanding your question. – HalR May 02 '13 at 18:52

how to get list of all photos in android?

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