ANDROID- SELECT A FILE FROM FILE EXPLORER

Question

I am new to android development. I need to implement a file chooser/ Open-File-Dialog in my project. But I have found that android do not provide any built in support for this. So what is good solution on this? Should I use any Library or Manually build code for this?

I have taken overview of android-fileChooser & aFileChooser Libraries. Is there any other simple file chooser?

Thanks in advanced...

Check out the first answer on this SO question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7856959/android-file-chooser — verybadalloc, Jun 03 '13 at 10:30

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 03 '13 at 10:43

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Use this following code to start a intent to a file chooser

Intent fileIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
fileIntent.setType("file/*"); // intent type to filter application based on your requirement
startActivityForResult(fileIntent, RESULT_CODE);

answered Jun 03 '13 at 10:43

Moses

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I have tried it, but It works only if there is External File explorer installed. Gives error other wise :-( – AnujDeo Jun 03 '13 at 12:24
where did you get this code ? – Francisco Corrales Morales Nov 26 '14 at 16:11
This works pretty fine for me. Even the thing of giving error if no internal file explorer is present is fine, because I need to respect if in enterprise environment the user is not intended to see the files on SD or internal memory. Only wish would be to check it in advance, so the button to open the file chooser could be hidden. – Schlangi Oct 26 '15 at 07:45

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Some more links for your reference File Explorer and File Explorer 1

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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answered Jun 03 '13 at 10:37

Srikanth Roopa

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 03 '13 at 11:14

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Check this out: FileExplorer with sorting I'm using it and it's the most complete file explorer I found.

answered Jun 03 '13 at 11:14

Mongi Zaidi

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@ Mongi Zaidi: Thanks.. But this isnt what I want. I dont want a full file explorer. I just want to make user able to choose a file of hise choice.. – AnujDeo Jun 03 '13 at 12:26

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