Android: Choose Photo from Gallery

Question

I am trying to access photo libraray in android device using this code:

txtSelectPhoto.setOnClickListener(v->{
        Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
        i.setType("image/*");
        startActivityForResult(i,GALLERY_CHANGE_PROFILE);
    });

but when it opens it just gives me a blank screen of the device folders with no photos like this although there are photos on the device.. is there any way to solve this?

Answer 1

Remove setType() and instead pass a Uri in the Intent constructor, representing the collection that you want the user to pick from:

txtSelectPhoto.setOnClickListener(v->{
    Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
    startActivityForResult(i, GALLERY_CHANGE_PROFILE);
});

Or, keep the MIME type and switch to ACTION_GET_CONTENT :

txtSelectPhoto.setOnClickListener(v->{
    Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    i.setType("image/*");
    startActivityForResult(i, GALLERY_CHANGE_PROFILE);
});