Show Video files lesser than 5 MB in Video Gallery android

Question

I am working on android application in which I am selecting Video files from gallery. Everything is fine but I want to show video files there which are below 5MB, I don't want to show all Videos exceeding 5MB. My code to show Video gallery and onActivityResult is given below:

public void takeVideoFromGallery(){
        Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setType("video/*");
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent,"Select Video"),REQUEST_TAKE_GALLERY_VIDEO);

    }
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        if (resultCode == this.RESULT_OK) {

            switch (requestCode) {

case REQUEST_TAKE_GALLERY_VIDEO:
                    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
                        showVideoGallery(data);
                        Toast.makeText(this, "Video saved to:\n" +data.getData(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                    } else if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
                        Toast.makeText(this, "Video recording cancelled.",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    } else {
                        Toast.makeText(this, "Failed to record video",Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    }
                    break;
}

you can, however, put the check to compare if the size of file picked is less than 5MB before uploading/using. — Shubham AgaRwal, Mar 21 '18 at 16:22
@Killer thanks for your quick response. Can you please give me a code snippet as per my above code. It will be very helpful to me. — Usman Khan, Mar 21 '18 at 16:23

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 21 '18 at 16:34

You can pick video via ACTION_PICKand add extra like EXTRA_SIZE_LIMIT

Reference: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/MediaStore.html#EXTRA_SIZE_LIMIT

note: EXTRA_SIZE_LIMIT information does not work for many cases.

val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI)
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_SIZE_LIMIT, Constant.MAX_VIDEO_SIZE_IN_MB)
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_DURATION_LIMIT, MAX_VIDEO_RECORDING_TIME_IN_SEC)
intent.type = "video/*"
startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_VIDEO_GALLERY)

You can compare the file size via (note: better to compress video before using it if size is concerned)

val compressedVideoFile = File(mVideoOutPath)
if (compressedVideoFile.length() > Constant.MAX_VIDEO_FILE_SIZE_IN_BYTES) {
    ToastUtils.shortToast(this@ChatActivity, getString(R.string.error_video_size))
else if (FileUtil.getVideoDuration(this@ChatActivity, compressedVideoFile) > Constant.MAX_VIDEO_FILE_DURATION_IN_MILLIS) {
    ToastUtils.shortToast(this@ChatActivity, getString(R.string.error_video_length))
} else {
    mVideoFilePath = mVideoOutPath
    uploadMedia(Constant.KEY_VIDEO)
}

For retrieving video duration(in case you want to put check on duration as well):

fun getVideoDuration(context: Context, selectedVideoFile: File): Long {
    var videoDuration = java.lang.Long.MAX_VALUE
    try {
        val retriever = MediaMetadataRetriever()
        retriever.setDataSource(context, Uri.fromFile(selectedVideoFile))
        val time = retriever.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_DURATION)
        videoDuration = java.lang.Long.parseLong(time)
        retriever.release()
    } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
        e.printStackTrace()
    } catch (e: SecurityException) {
        e.printStackTrace()
    }

    return videoDuration
}

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 21 '18 at 16:20

There is nothing in ACTION_GET_CONTENT that allows you to provide arbitrary filters, such as a maximum size.

You might see if there is a file picker library that meets your needs. Otherwise, you will need to create this UI yourself, querying the MediaStore and only showing the videos that meet your requirements.

Show Video files lesser than 5 MB in Video Gallery android

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