Get/pick an image from Android's built-in Gallery app programmatically

Question

I am trying to open an image / picture in the Gallery built-in app from inside my application.

I have a URI of the picture (the picture is located on the SD card).

Answer 1

package com.ImageConvertingDemo;

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.ImageView;

public class MyActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main);
        EditText tv = (EditText)findViewById(R.id.EditText01);
        ImageView iv = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.ImageView01);
        FileInputStream in;
        BufferedInputStream buf;
            try 
            {
                in = new FileInputStream("/sdcard/smooth.png");
                buf = new BufferedInputStream(in,1070);
                System.out.println("1.................."+buf);
                byte[] bMapArray= new byte[buf.available()];
                tv.setText(bMapArray.toString());
                buf.read(bMapArray);
                Bitmap bMap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bMapArray, 0, bMapArray.length);

                /*for (int i = 0; i < bMapArray.length; i++) 
                {
                System.out.print("bytearray"+bMapArray[i]);
                }*/
                iv.setImageBitmap(bMap);
                //tv.setText(bMapArray.toString());
                //tv.setText(buf.toString());
                if (in != null) 
                {
                    in.close();
                }
                if (buf != null) 
                {
                    buf.close();
                }

            } 
            catch (Exception e) 
            {
                Log.e("Error reading file", e.toString());
            }
    }
}