Android, how to choose a photo from the gallery

If you call startActivity from the fragment, then onActivityResult needs to be caught in the fragment, and if from activity then into activity

Example of working code (used in the project):

  Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setType("image/*"); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_PICK); startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), PICK_IMAGE_AVATAR); 

Next onActivityResult:

  if(requestCode == PICK_IMAGE_AVATAR && data!=null){ Uri selectedImage = data.getData(); // create file Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,null,null,null,null); c.moveToFirst(); String path = c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA)); File file = new File(ImagePickUpUtil.getRealPathFromURI(this,selectedImage)); ... } 

At the request of ImagePickUpUtil:

 public class ImagePickUpUtil { public static final int PICK_CODE = 100; /** * Detect the available intent and open a new dialog. * * @param context */ public static void openMediaSelector(Activity context) { Intent camIntent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE"); Intent gallIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK); gallIntent.setType("image/*"); // look for available intents List<ResolveInfo> info = new ArrayList<ResolveInfo>(); List<Intent> yourIntentsList = new ArrayList<Intent>(); PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager(); List<ResolveInfo> listCam = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(camIntent, 0); for (ResolveInfo res : listCam) { final Intent finalIntent = new Intent(camIntent); finalIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName(res.activityInfo.packageName, res.activityInfo.name)); yourIntentsList.add(finalIntent); info.add(res); } List<ResolveInfo> listGall = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(gallIntent, 0); for (ResolveInfo res : listGall) { final Intent finalIntent = new Intent(gallIntent); finalIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName(res.activityInfo.packageName, res.activityInfo.name)); yourIntentsList.add(finalIntent); info.add(res); } // show available intents openDialog(context, yourIntentsList, info); } /** * Open a new dialog with the detected items. * * @param context * @param intents * @param activitiesInfo */ private static void openDialog(final Activity context, final List<Intent> intents, List<ResolveInfo> activitiesInfo) { AlertDialog.Builder dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(context); dialog.setTitle("Выберите действие"); dialog.setAdapter(buildAdapter(context, activitiesInfo), new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int id) { Intent intent = intents.get(id); context.startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_CODE); } }); dialog.setNeutralButton("Отмена", new android.content.DialogInterface.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) { dialog.dismiss(); } }); dialog.show(); } /** * Build the list of items to show using the intent_listview_row layout. * * @param context * @param activitiesInfo * @return */ private static ArrayAdapter<ResolveInfo> buildAdapter(final Context context, final List<ResolveInfo> activitiesInfo) { return new ArrayAdapter<ResolveInfo>(context, R.layout.intent_listview_row, R.id.title, activitiesInfo) { @Override public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) { View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent); ResolveInfo res = activitiesInfo.get(position); ImageView image = (ImageView) view.findViewById(R.id.icon); image.setImageDrawable(res.loadIcon(context.getPackageManager())); TextView textview = (TextView) view.findViewById(R.id.title); textview.setText(res.loadLabel(context.getPackageManager()).toString()); return view; } }; } // ============================================================= /** * Get absolute path of the file from it's uri * * @param context Context from your activity. * @param contentURI Uri of the file. * @return absolute path of the file */ public static String getRealPathFromURI(Context context, Uri contentURI) { String result = null; Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentURI, null, null, null, null); if (cursor == null) { // Source is Dropbox or other similar local file path result = contentURI.getPath(); } else { cursor.moveToFirst(); int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA); if(idx >= 0) { result = cursor.getString(idx); } cursor.close(); } return result; } public static Bitmap scaleImageFile(File f) { try { // Decode image size BitmapFactory.Options o = new BitmapFactory.Options(); o.inJustDecodeBounds = true; BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f), null, o); // The new size we want to scale to final int REQUIRED_SIZE = 300; // Find the correct scale value. It should be the power of 2. int scale = 1; while (o.outWidth / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE && o.outHeight / scale / 2 >= REQUIRED_SIZE) { scale *= 2; } // Decode with inSampleSize BitmapFactory.Options o2 = new BitmapFactory.Options(); o2.inSampleSize = scale; return BitmapFactory.decodeStream(new FileInputStream(f), null, o2); } catch (FileNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } // Storage Permissions private static final int REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGE = 1; private static String[] PERMISSIONS_STORAGE = { Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE }; /** * Checks if the app has permission to write to device storage * * If the app does not has permission then the user will be prompted to grant permissions * * @param activity */ public static void verifyStoragePermissions(Activity activity) { // Check if we have write permission int permission = ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE); if (permission != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) { // We don't have permission so prompt the user ActivityCompat.requestPermissions( activity, PERMISSIONS_STORAGE, REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGE ); } } }