How do I browse the DIRECTORY_PICTURES folder on my Android device?

Question

When I save images to the Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES directory they do not show up in the Photos app. Therefore I assume the Photos app only shows the contents of Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM.

With what standard app can I browse DIRECTORY_PICTURES?

or has DCIM become the de-facto pictures directory?

(See Docs: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html)

What is your question? Are you trying to browse it within your app? Or are you looking for an app to browse it for you? Or a library? — Chris Stillwell, May 18 '15 at 20:26
It is accessed through the environment: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Environment.html#DIRECTORY_PICTURES — rf43, May 18 '15 at 20:44
@ChrisS I was looking for a standard app. I said so in my OP. (The app I was looking for is indeed Photos.) — soliton_zero, May 18 '15 at 23:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 18 '15 at 20:27

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Every android device has a default photo viewer. Let the user choose:

Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

answered May 18 '15 at 20:27

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

My question was spurred by an assumption that the Photos app only showed photos (ie DCIM). But it seems that the name is a misnomer and that on Android the Photos app is now the universal image gallery.

I asked this question because images I was saving to DIRECTORY_PICTURES were not showing up in the Photos app. I think its because I was not properly adding them to the MediaStore database.

This was the solution: how to save images in android gallery.

How do I browse the DIRECTORY_PICTURES folder on my Android device?

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