Android choose pictures from default gallery?

Question

I am using the following code to choose a picture from gallery.

Intent intent_gallery = new Intent();
intent_gallery.setType("image/*");
intent_gallery.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
startActivityForResult(intent_gallery, 1);

However I don't need it to view other applications for choosing pictures. I want it to directely open default gallery instead of showing me other applications for choosing pictures.

Do not do that way in that case, as this code starts an external activity. — Shlublu, Oct 07 '11 at 10:07
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2169649/open-an-image-in-androids-built-in-gallery-app-programmatically — Samir Mangroliya, Oct 07 '11 at 10:08

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '11 at 12:16

5

Intent intent_gallery = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

            startActivityForResult(intent_gallery, 1);

got it..worked for me!!

answered Oct 07 '11 at 12:16

Harinder

11,776
16
70
126

read [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2507898/how-to-pick-an-image-from-gallery-sd-card-for-my-app-in-android) for getting image – Adem Mar 17 '13 at 13:51

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 07 '11 at 10:09

This is not possible, it's the users choice with which application he wants to accomplish the task of picking a picture from the gallery. He can check the "Use this as my default application for this task" box, but thats still a user action.

Your only chance would be to hardcode the gallery package name in the intent - which is bad because there are quite a few different gallery apps out there. If the one with the hardcoded package is not present, your app won't work.

Android choose pictures from default gallery?

2 Answers2