How to Copy Image File from Gallery to another folder programmatically in Android

Question

I want to pick image from gallery and copy it in to other folder in SDCard.

Code to Pick Image from Gallery

Intent photoPickerIntent = new Intent(Int         


        

Answer 1

Even though I have upvoted the answer by @AAnkit, I borrowed and went ahead to modify some items. He mentions to use Cursor but without proper illustration it can be confusing to newbies.

I think this is simpler than the most voted answer.

String mCurrentPhotoPath = "";


private File createImageFile() throws IOException {
    String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
    String imageFileName = "JPEG_" + timeStamp + "_";
    File storageDir = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
    File image = File.createTempFile(
            imageFileName,  /* prefix */
            ".jpg",         /* suffix */
            storageDir      /* directory */
    );

    mCurrentPhotoPath = image.getAbsolutePath();
    return image;
}


                   /*Then I proceed to select from gallery and when its done selecting it calls back the onActivityResult where I do some magic*/


private void snapOrSelectPicture() {
    Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
    if (takePictureIntent.resolveActivity(getPackageManager()) != null) {
        File photoFile = null;
        try {
            photoFile = createImageFile();
        } catch (IOException ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
        if (photoFile != null) {
            Uri photoURI = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this,
                    "com.example.android.fileprovider",
                    photoFile);
            takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, photoURI);
            startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(takePictureIntent, "SELECT FILE"), 1001);
        }
    }
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

        try {
            /*data.getDataString() contains your path="content://media/external/images/media/681 */

            Uri u = Uri.parse(data.getDataString());
            Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(u, null, null, null, null);
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            File doc = new File(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("_data")));
            File dnote = new File(mCurrentPhotoPath);
            FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream(dnote, false);
            fout.write(Files.toByteArray(doc));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}