Is there any Intent to pick a file for all devices in android?

Question

I am using following intent to select any file from my device but its only selecting file for Samsung Tablet not for any other device.

Intent intent = new Intent("com.sec.android.app.myfiles.PICK_DATA");
intent.putExtra("CONTENT_TYPE", "*/*");
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);

did you try this? http://stackoverflow.com/a/8946030/3162918 — bendaf, Oct 10 '15 at 15:33
it should be that, according to the documentation. Maybe you are doing something wrong? https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-common.html#Storage — bendaf, Oct 10 '15 at 15:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '15 at 15:41

According to the documentation, you should use an ACTION_PICK intent with the startActivityForResult() method:

final int ACTION_PICK_RESULT = 0;

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
intent.setType("*/*");
startActivityForResult(intent, ACTION_PICK_RESULT);

You can then retrieve the file in the onActivityResult() method of your activity.

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent returnIntent) {
    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
        Uri returnUri = returnIntent.getData();
        try {
            ParcelFileDescriptor pfd = getContentResolver()
                    .openFileDescriptor(returnUri, "r");
            FileDescriptor fd = pfd.getFileDescriptor();

            // TODO Do stuff with the file
        } 
        catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            Log.e("MainActivity", "File not found.");
        }
    }
}

See this page for more information: Requesting a Shared File

Is there any Intent to pick a file for all devices in android?

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