poly-picker

Android library project for selecting/capturing multiple images from the device.

Why?

Android does not provide multi-selection of images out of the box until API 18.

Features

• Allows taking pictures from camera as well.
• Multi-selection of images from gallery.
• Preview thumbnail of selected images.
• No dependecy.

Getting started

Add camera permissions and required features to your AndroidManifest.xml

<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ" />

Declare the PolyPicker activity in your AndroidManifest.xml

<activity
            android:name="nl.changer.polypicker.ImagePickerActivity"
            android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|touchscreen|orientation|uiMode|screenSize|keyboardHidden" />

Start the PolyPicker activity and get the result back.

private void getImages() {
	Intent intent = new Intent(mContext, ImagePickerActivity.class);
	startActivityForResult(intent, INTENT_REQUEST_GET_IMAGES);
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resuleCode, Intent intent) {
	super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resuleCode, intent);

	if (resuleCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
		if (requestCode == INTENT_REQUEST_GET_IMAGES) {
			Parcelable[] parcelableUris = intent.getParcelableArrayExtra(ImagePickerActivity.TAG_IMAGE_URI);
            
            if(parcelableUris == null) {
            	return;
            }

            // show images using uris returned.
		}
	}
}

Credits

This project is inspired by and modified from an existing project mentioned below.

android-multiple-image-picker

Alternative

• android-multiple-image-picker
• MultipleImagePick