Android How can I call Camera or Gallery Intent Together

Question

If I want to capture image from native camera, I can do:

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
        intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTR         


        

Answer 1

Let's say that you have two intents. One that would open a camera, one that would open a gallery. I will call these cameraIntent and gallerIntent in the example code. You can use intent chooser to combine these two:

Kotlin:

val chooser = Intent.createChooser(galleryIntent, "Some text here")
chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, arrayOf(cameraIntent))
startActivityForResult(chooser, requestCode)

Java:

Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(galleryIntent, "Some text here");
chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[] { cameraIntent });
startActivityForResult(chooser, requestCode);

This is, as you asked, how you can put the two together (without having to make your own UI/ dialog).