Android: Let user pick image or video from Gallery

Question

Is it possible to to start Gallery in such a way so both pictures and videos are shown?

Thanks

Answer 1

No, it's not possible with the stock Gallery app. You can try and search for an app that does this.

Answer 2

You need use the following as picking Intent

Intent photoLibraryIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
photoLibraryIntent.setType("image/* video/*");

Answer 3

CoolIris which came with my galaxy tab can do it. However the cooliris on my acer betouch will not :S On my milestone you can not start the gallery with a pick intent on the video url however when you start it on the images url, you can select a video and it will return a video url too.

Answer 4

Pick Audio file from Gallery:

//Use MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

Pick Video file from Gallery:

//Use MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

Pick Image from gallery:

//Use  MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);

Pick Media Files or images:

 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
intent.setType("image/* video/*");

Answer 5

(EDIT: I don't use it anymore, we went back to the two choices "pick image" and "pick video". The problem was with some Sony phone. So, it's not 100% solution below, be careful! )

This is what I use:

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 19) {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    intent.setType("image/* video/*");
    startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, getResources().getString(R.string.select_picture)), SELECT_GALLERY);
} else {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
    intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
    intent.setType("image/*");
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_MIME_TYPES, new String[] {"image/*", "video/*"});
    startActivityForResult(intent, SELECT_GALLERY_KITKAT);
}

The key here is intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_MIME_TYPES, new String[] {"image/*", "video/*"});

Answer 6

intent.setType("*/*");

This presents user with dialog but works on at least ICS. Haven't tested on other platforms.