Android: How to query a list of bucket name

Question

I want to retrieve only the name of the bucket (Albums). E.g. Camera, Download etc but not a list of Camera, Download etc from all the the photos so how do I retrieve one ro

Answer 1

Here it is. it works for me:

Uri images = MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
    String[] projection = new String[]{   
            MediaStore.Images.Media.BUCKET_ID,
            MediaStore.Images.Media.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME,
            MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_TAKEN,
            MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA
    };

    String BUCKET_ORDER_BY = MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_MODIFIED + " DESC";
    String BUCKET_GROUP_BY = "1) GROUP BY 1,(2";
    Cursor imagecursor = managedQuery(images,
            projection, // Which columns to return
            BUCKET_GROUP_BY,       // Which rows to return (all rows)
            null,       // Selection arguments (none)
            BUCKET_ORDER_BY        // Ordering
            );

    this.imageUrls = new ArrayList();
    this.imageBuckets  = new ArrayList();
    for (int i = 0; i < imagecursor.getCount(); i++)
    {
        imagecursor.moveToPosition(i);
        int bucketColumnIndex = imagecursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME);
        String bucketDisplayName = imagecursor.getString(bucketColumnIndex);
        imageBuckets.add(bucketDisplayName);
        int dataColumnIndex = imagecursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
        imageUrls.add(imagecursor.getString(dataColumnIndex));

    }

imageBuckets Arraylist is containing album names

imageUrls Arraylist is containing path of last modifided image of album you can use it as thumbnail