android pick images from gallery

Absolutely. Try this:

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

Don't forget also to create the constant PICK_IMAGE, so you can recognize when the user comes back from the image gallery Activity:

public static final int PICK_IMAGE = 1;@Overridepublic void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data){    if (requestCode == PICK_IMAGE) {        //TODO: action    }}

That's how I call the image gallery. Put it in and see if it works for you.

EDIT:

This brings up the Documents app. To allow the user to also use any gallery apps they might have installed:

    Intent getIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);    getIntent.setType("image/*");    Intent pickIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);    pickIntent.setType("image/*");    Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(getIntent, "Select Image");    chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[] {pickIntent});    startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, PICK_IMAGE);

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.

You can follow the code bellow or look at my updated gist.

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

public void FromCamera() {    Log.i("camera", "startCameraActivity()");    File file = new File(path);    Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile(file);    Intent intent = new Intent(            android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);    intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);    startActivityForResult(intent, 1);}public void FromCard() {    Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,            android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);    startActivityForResult(i, 2);} protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);    if (requestCode == 2 && resultCode == RESULT_OK            && null != data) {        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();        bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(picturePath);        image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);        if (bitmap != null) {            ImageView rotate = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.rotate);        }    } else {        Log.i("SonaSys", "resultCode: " + resultCode);        switch (resultCode) {        case 0:            Log.i("SonaSys", "User cancelled");            break;        case -1:            onPhotoTaken();            break;        }    }}protected void onPhotoTaken() {    // Log message    Log.i("SonaSys", "onPhotoTaken");    taken = true;    imgCapFlag = true;    BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();    options.inSampleSize = 4;    bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(path, options);    image.setImageBitmap(bitmap);}