Android select mp3 file

Question

Sorry if this has already been answered, but I can\'t specify my question very well. I have an activity that needs a song file from your device, and I want it when I press a

Answer 1

I use the following to select an mp3 file :

Intent intent;
intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.setType("audio/mpeg");
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, getString(R.string.select_audio_file_title)), REQ_CODE_PICK_SOUNDFILE);

and then you can get the Uri back in onActivityResult :

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (requestCode == REQ_CODE_PICK_SOUNDFILE && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK){
        if ((data != null) && (data.getData() != null)){
            Uri audioFileUri = data.getData();
            // Now you can use that Uri to get the file path, or upload it, ...
            }
        }
}

I believe selecting other types of audio files would be a matter of setting a wild card in the MIME type by doing intent.setType("audio/*) although I haven't tested that.

Please let me know if that works for you ;-)