Read an Image/file from External storage Android

Question

I\'m trying to load an image from external storage. I set the permissions, I tried different ways, but none of them works.

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Answer 1

If you have a file path, just use BitmapFactory directly, but tell it to use a format that preserves alpha:

BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();

options.inPreferredConfig = Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888;

Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(photoPath, options);
selected_photo.setImageBitmap(bitmap);