How to get address from gallery in android

Question

I write this code and my code choose one picture from gallery and get data from it but I dont konw how to get image address from Inputstrem or data and store it?

public void loadPic()
{
    Intent photoPickerIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
    photoPickerIntent.setType("image/*");
    startActivityForResult(photoPickerIntent, 1);
}

    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

    if(requestCode==1)
    {
        try {
            Uri selectedImage=data.getData();
            InputStream inputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(selectedImage);
            listItems.add(inputStream.toString());
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {

            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

Why would you need the path of the image selected from Gallery? You can do whatever you want with the `InputStream` you get from the Intent in the `onActivityResult` callback. — Jorge E. Hernández, Jul 14 '16 at 15:25
use BitmapFactory to get bitmap, accordinly bmp = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream); — prGD, Jul 14 '16 at 15:27

prGD · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-14T15:47:38.440

Read filename name like below, use it accordingly.

            Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
            String[] filePathColumn = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
            Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,
                    filePathColumn, null, null, null);
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
            String picturePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
            File f = new File(picturePath);
            String imageName = f.getName();

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '16 at 15:28

Sometimes, you can't get a file from the picture you choose. It's because the choosen one came from Google+, Drive, Dropbox or any other provider.

The best solution is to ask the system to pick a content via Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT and get the result with a content provider.

public void pickImage() {
  Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
  intent.setType("image/*");
  startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_PHOTO_FOR_AVATAR);
}

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == PICK_PHOTO_FOR_AVATAR && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        if (data == null) {
            //Display an error
            return;
        }
        InputStream inputStream = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(data.getData());
        //Now you can do whatever you want with your inpustream, save it as file, upload to a server, decode a bitmap...
    }
}

your answer have problem at "compiler " said we havent this class and said change to "context" but when do it show this error "Cannot make a static reference to the non-static method getContentResolver() from the type Context" — , Jul 15 '16 at 09:04

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you want, but you can get the image like this:

Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
Bitmap bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(getActivity().getContentResolver(), selectedImage);

Once you have the Bitmap, you can see here on how to store it.

EDIT: Try this

        Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
        String[] filePathColumn = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
        Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,filePathColumn, null, null, null);
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
        String picturePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
        cursor.close();
        ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imgView);
        imageView.setImageBitmap(BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath));

Taken from here.

Check edit @Amir133. Let me know if that doesn't work or if you need more help. — Harsh Pandey, Jul 14 '16 at 15:46

How to get address from gallery in android

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