Android: Let user pick image or video from Gallery

Question

Is it possible to to start Gallery in such a way so both pictures and videos are shown?

Thanks

Answer 1

UPDATE 2021

FINALLY a solution working for Android 9.

This piece of code only open image apps, and you can select both images and videos. I tried a bunch of different combinations and this exact code will make it work.

    libraryIntent.setType("video/*, image/*");
    String[] mimetypes = {"image/*", "video/*"};
    libraryIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_MIME_TYPES, mimetypes);

Answer 2

When you need to determine what kind of content was returned, you can do it using content resolver to get the MIME type of the returned content:

if( data != null) {
    Uri selectedUri = data.getData();   
    String[] columns = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA,
                         MediaStore.Images.Media.MIME_TYPE };

    Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedUri, columns, null, null, null);
    cursor.moveToFirst();

    int pathColumnIndex     = cursor.getColumnIndex( columns[0] );
    int mimeTypeColumnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex( columns[1] );

    String contentPath = cursor.getString(pathColumnIndex);
    String mimeType    = cursor.getString(mimeTypeColumnIndex);
    cursor.close();

    if(mimeType.startsWith("image")) {
          //It's an image
    }
    else if(mimeType.startsWith("video")) {
         //It's a video
    }       
}
else {
    // show error or do nothing
}

Answer 3

intent.setType("*/*");

This presents user with dialog but works on at least ICS. Haven't tested on other platforms.

Answer 4

You need use the following as picking Intent

Intent photoLibraryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
photoLibraryIntent.setType("image/* video/*");

Answer 5

Pick Audio file from Gallery:

//Use MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

Pick Video file from Gallery:

//Use MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

Pick Image from gallery:

//Use  MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

Pick Media Files or images:

 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
intent.setType("image/* video/*");

Answer 6

You start the gallery as such:

Intent pickIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
pickIntent.setType("image/* video/*");
startActivityForResult(pickIntent, IMAGE_PICKER_SELECT);

then in your onActivityResult you can check if video or image was selected by doing this:

public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
    Uri selectedMediaUri = data.getData();
    if (selectedMediaUri.toString().contains("image")) {
        //handle image
    } else  if (selectedMediaUri.toString().contains("video")) {
        //handle video
    }
}