Get all photos from Android device android programming

Question

I am trying to fetch all the photos of my android device.

I have an onCreate function:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)          


        

Answer 1

First do not forget to

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" /> 

This method will return list of photo in your gallery

public static ArrayList<String> getImagesPath(Activity activity) {
    Uri uri;
    ArrayList<String> listOfAllImages = new ArrayList<String>();
    Cursor cursor;
    int column_index_data, column_index_folder_name;
    String PathOfImage = null;
    uri = android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;

    String[] projection = { MediaColumns.DATA,
            MediaStore.Images.Media.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME };

    cursor = activity.getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, null,
            null, null);

    column_index_data = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaColumns.DATA);
    column_index_folder_name = cursor
            .getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME);
    while (cursor.moveToNext()) {
        PathOfImage = cursor.getString(column_index_data);

        listOfAllImages.add(PathOfImage);
    }
    return listOfAllImages;
}

Answer 2

just give it a try even if your device has only internal storage no external storage,

try adding permissions:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

and read using

android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;