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I have the following button in my activity, that opens the gallery to select single or multiple images, and below this, the
OnActivityResult
function, that is returning result as
RESULT_CANCELLED
for multiple images, and
RESULT_OK
for a single image. Not sure why it's happening. Can someone please help.
buttonGallery.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true);
intent.setType("image/*");
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent,"Select Picture"), choose_picture);
//startActivity(intent);
//OnActivityResult for the above
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if(requestCode == choose_picture) {
Uri imageUri = (Uri)data.getParcelableExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM);
//Do something
I'm getting data.getData()
as null
, data.getExtras()
as null
.
Can someone guide me how to get the required results from the above code. I want the URIs
of all images that the user selects from the gallery.
PS : It's working fine for a single image, not sure why.
Finally I got the solution to this. When using EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE
, when there is more than one content that the user is selecting, instead of being returned in intent.getExtra()
, the data from the intent is returned in ClipData
, which is only supported for SDK versions 18 and higher. From there, the data can be retrieved using the following code ->
if ((Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN_MR2)
&& (null == data.getData()))
ClipData clipdata = data.getClipData();
for (int i=0; i<clipdata.getItemCount();i++)
try {
Bitmap bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(this.getContentResolver(), clipdata.getItemAt(i).getUri());
//DO something
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
I've put the null check for intent.getData()
because in case of a single image, the data is received in intent.getData()
, while in case of multiple selection, this is received as null
.
So, for sdk versions below 18, and for single selection (irrespective of sdk version), the data can be simply retrieved in the following manner :
InputStream ist = this.getContentResolver()
.openInputStream(data.getData());
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(ist);
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