Unable to pick image from Google Photos app

Question

I'm using the following code (in Kotlin) to select an image from the Google Photos app on my Samsung tablet.

val intent =  Intent (Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT)
intent.type = "image/*"
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_GOOGLE_PHOTOS_IMAGE)

I've also tried

Intent (Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT,MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI)

On running this code I get a slideout that allows me to select the Photos app, from which I can then select a photo. However, once I select the photo, the app does not return the image to my app as it does with the camera and gallery. It instead returns to the slideout. When I hit the back button to close the slideout, onActivityResult is called with RESULT_CANCELED and 0 data.

I am able to retrieve photos from the Gallery and the camera without issue so I'm not sure what I'm missing. Maybe a permission or something else in the Manifest? Thanks in advance!

See my answer [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54957859/pick-from-google-photos-provider-with-action-get-content-or-open-document/64291034#64291034) in case that you start your intent from an activity with `singleInstance` launch mode. that was solve the same issue that you described. — Babak, Oct 10 '20 at 07:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '18 at 17:34

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Let try like this,

  if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
            intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
        } else {
            intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        }

answered Jul 13 '18 at 17:34

Gobu CSG

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ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT doesn't work. In this case, the app skips the slideout entirely (so no option to select Photos or any other app) and goes right to a screen of gallery photos. – jilbot Jul 13 '18 at 17:48

adityakamble49 · Answer 2 · 2018-07-14T15:40:14.067

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Use ACTION_GET_CONTENT Intent Action - Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT

Call following selectImage() method to start pick image Intent, which will display all apps available to select image from

private val RC_SELECT_IMGAE = 101

private fun selectImage() {
    val selectImageIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT, MediaStore.Images.Media
            .EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI)
    startActivityForResult(selectImageIntent, RC_SELECT_IMGAE)
}

Then handle callback by overriding onActivityResult() method in Activity

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
    when (requestCode) {
        RC_SELECT_IMGAE -> {
            if (data != null) {
                val uri = data.data
                displaySelectedImage(getBitmapFromUri(uri))
            }
        }
        else -> super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
    }
}

Finally update the image view with bitmap as below

private fun getBitmapFromUri(uri: Uri): Bitmap {
    val parcelFileDescriptor = contentResolver.openFileDescriptor(uri, "r")
    val fileDescriptor = parcelFileDescriptor?.fileDescriptor
    val image = BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(fileDescriptor)
    parcelFileDescriptor.close()
    return image
}

private fun displaySelectedImage(imageBitmap: Bitmap) {
    iv_selected_image.setImageBitmap(imageBitmap)
}

Find Working Image Picker Example here - ImagePickerExample

You may want to add FileProvider in case it gives any kind of URI Exception

edited Jul 14 '18 at 15:40

answered Jul 13 '18 at 18:23

adityakamble49

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ACTION_PICK does not work. It allows me to pick from the gallery only, not the google photos app. This is one of the many solutions I had already tried during my search before posting on SO. – jilbot Jul 14 '18 at 14:13
I should mention that if I include intent.type = "image/*" in that ACTION_PICK request, I can select a photo from google photos but it returns RESULT_CANCELED to onActivityResult instead of the image. – jilbot Jul 14 '18 at 14:33
@jilbot Its working on my side using same code as mentioned above. I have quickly created sample app for picking images. Checkout over here - https://github.com/adityakamble49/image-picker-example – adityakamble49 Jul 14 '18 at 15:05
Thanks for taking the time to provide that! In the meantime I have discovered that the problem was that my device was not connected to the network. I turned on WiFi and am now able to get a photo, which has to be downloaded from the cloud. I erroneously expected that my google photos would be stored on the device, but it appears they are in the cloud only. So I have to learn more about the photos app, including if and when it stores my photos on the device. In any case, ACTION_PICK and ACTION_GET_CONTENT now work as expected. – jilbot Jul 14 '18 at 15:28
@jilbot Glad to help.You can surely upvote and approve the answer to thank. :) I have updated the post and example with ACTION_GET_CONTENT action. Now its working with offline as well as online files. – adityakamble49 Jul 14 '18 at 15:41
Deserves an upvote and I tried to do it earlier but I don't have enough reputation points :-( – jilbot Jul 14 '18 at 16:29
@jilbot. No issue. You can accept the answer though :) – adityakamble49 Jul 14 '18 at 17:17
I wasn't sure people would see the solution (need to connect to network) all the way down in the comments. I posted it as the answer and accepted it, referring to your helpful answer as well. If/when I get enough rep, I'll add the upvote. – jilbot Jul 15 '18 at 17:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '18 at 15:38

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The issue is that I was not connected to the network so Google Photos was unable to retrieve the selected image. See my response to @adityakamble49.

answered Jul 14 '18 at 15:38

jilbot

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Unable to pick image from Google Photos app

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