Single intent to let user take picture OR pick image from gallery in Android

Question

I\'m developing an app for Android 2.1 upwards. I want to enable my users to select a profile picture within my app (I\'m not using the contacts framework).

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Answer 1

My Answer is almost identical to @Macarse solution but I also add an additional intent to show gallery apps (Ex: Google Photos) and is written in Kotlin:

val REQUEST_CODE_GET_IMAGE = 101

private fun addProfileImage() {
    val pickImageFileIntent = Intent()
    pickImageFileIntent.type = "image/*"
    pickImageFileIntent.action = Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT

    val pickGalleryImageIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI)

    val captureCameraImageIntent = Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE)

    val pickTitle = "Capture from camera or Select from gallery the Profile photo"
    val chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(pickImageFileIntent, pickTitle)
    chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, arrayOf(captureCameraImageIntent, pickGalleryImageIntent))
    startActivityForResult(chooserIntent, REQUEST_CODE_GET_IMAGE)
}

Extract image from result intent:

private var imageTempFile: File? = null
private var imageMimeType: String? = null

private fun extractImage(intent: Intent?) {
    val imageUri = intent?.data
    imageUri?.let {
        Glide.with(this)
                .load(imageUri)
                .into(profileImageCiv)
        imageTempFile = MediaUtils.copyContentFromUriToCacheFile(this, imageUri, Settings.DIRECTORY_CACHE_TEMP_PROFILE_IMAGE)
        imageMimeType = MediaUtils.getMimeType(this, imageUri)
    } ?: run {
        intent?.extras?.get("data")?.let { bitmap ->    // Bitmap was returned as raw bitmap
            Glide.with(this)
                    .load(bitmap)
                    .into(profileImageCiv)
            imageTempFile = MediaUtils.writeBitmapToCacheFile(this, bitmap as Bitmap, Settings.DIRECTORY_CACHE_TEMP_PROFILE_IMAGE)
            imageMimeType = "image/jpeg"    // The bitmap was compressed as JPEG format. The bitmap itself doesn't have any format associated to it
        } ?: run {
            imageTempFile = null
            imageMimeType = null
            Log.e("Intent data is null.")
            Log.d("Error during photo selection")
        }
    }
}