Pick from Google Photos provider with ACTION_GET_CONTENT or OPEN_DOCUMENT

Question

I have no clue at why this happens, but I am not able to pick images from the Google Photos provider. Testing on API 27.

With ACTION_GET_CONTENT

If I use:<

Answer 1

I've done it with this code.

val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT)
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE)
intent.type = "image/*"
startActivityForResult(intent,100)

and for result

 override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
    when (requestCode) {
        100 -> {
            if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                val bitmap = generateBitmap(this,data!!.data)
                //TODO show bitmap to your View
                showPicture(bitmap!!)
            }
        }
    }
}

generateBitmap(context,uri) method in Kotlin

fun generateBitmap(context: Context, uri: Uri): Bitmap? {
    var filePath = ""
    var cursor: Cursor?
    var columnIndex = 0
    try {
        val column = arrayOf(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA)
        val sel = arrayOf(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID + "=?")
        if (uri.toString().startsWith("content://com.google.android.apps.photos.contentprovider")){
            val content = this.contentResolver.openInputStream(uri) ?: return null
            val pictureBitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(content)
            return pictureBitmap
        } else {
            filePath = ""
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
                val wholeID = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri)
                val id = arrayOf(wholeID.split(":")[1])
                cursor = context.contentResolver.query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, column, sel[0], id, null)
                columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(column[0])
                if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                    filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex)
                }
                cursor.close()
            } else {
                val cursorLoader = CursorLoader(context, uri, column, null, null, null)
                val cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground()
                if (cursor != null) {
                    var column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA)
                    cursor.moveToFirst()
                    filePath = cursor.getString(column_index)
                }
            }
            //TODO generate bitmap from file path
            return bitmap(filePath)
        }
    } catch (e: Exception) {
        print(e.message)
    }
    return null
}

for getBitmap from file path I used this method

 fun bitmap(path : String) : Bitmap{
    val image = File(path)
    val bmOptions = BitmapFactory.Options()
    return BitmapFactory.decodeFile(image.absolutePath, bmOptions)
}