FilePicker

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Language
Java
Version
1.4.0-beta01 (May 27, 2020)
Created
Jun 10, 2018
Updated
Dec 6, 2021 (Retired)
Owner
Jaisel Rahman (jaiselrahman)
Contributor
Jaisel Rahman (jaiselrahman)
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FilePicker Library for Android

A FilePicker library for Android for selecting multiple types of files and also to capture Images and Videos.

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Usage

Step 1: Add it in your root build.gradle at the end of repositories

    allprojects {
        repositories {
            ...
            maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
        }
    }

Step 2: Add the dependency

    dependencies {
        ...
        implementation 'com.github.jaiselrahman:FilePicker:1.3.2'
    }

Step 3: Start FilePickerActivity using startActivityForResult(...).

    Intent intent = new Intent(this, FilePickerActivity.class);
    startActivityForResult(intent, FILE_REQUEST_CODE);

Step 4: Receive results in onActivityResult(...).

    case FILE_REQUEST_CODE:
        ArrayList<MediaFile> files = data.getParcelableArrayListExtra(FilePickerActivity.MEDIA_FILES);
        //Do something with files
        break;

Configuration

The FilePickerActivity can be configured by using Configurations.Builder methods

Example

    intent.putExtra(FilePickerActivity.CONFIGS, new Configurations.Builder()
                .setCheckPermission(true)
                .setShowImages(true)
                .enableImageCapture(true)
                .setMaxSelection(10)
                .setSkipZeroSizeFiles(true)
                .build());

Builder Methods

Methods Default value Uses
setShowImages(boolean) true Whether to load Images files
setShowVideos(boolean) true Whether to load Videos files
setShowAudios(boolean) false Whether to load Audio files
setShowFiles(boolean) false Whether to load Files for given suffixes
enableImageCapture(boolean) false Enables camera for capturing of images
enableVideoCapture(boolean) false Enables camera for capturing of videos
setCheckPermission(boolean) false Whether to request permissions on runtime for API >= 23 if not granted
setSuffixes(String...) "txt", "pdf", "html", "rtf", "csv", "xml",
"zip", "tar", "gz", "rar", "7z","torrent",
"doc", "docx", "odt", "ott",
"ppt", "pptx", "pps",
"xls", "xlsx", "ods", "ots"
Suffixes for file to be loaded, overrides default value
setMaxSelection(int) -1 Maximum no of items to be selected, -1 for no limits
setSingleChoiceMode(boolean) false Can select only one file, overrides setMaxSelection(int)
use setSelectedMediaFile(MediaFile) to set default selection
setSelectedMediaFile(MediaFile) null Default file selection in singleChoiceMode
setSelectedMediaFiles(ArrayList<MediaFile>) null Default files to be marked as selected
setSingleClickSelection(boolean) true Start selection mode on single click else on long click
setSkipZeroSizeFiles(boolean) true Whether to load zero byte sized files
setLandscapeSpanCount(int) 5 Grid items in landscape mode
setPortraitSpanCount(int) 3 Grid items in portrait mode
setImageSize(int) Screen width/portraitSpanCount Size of height, width of image to be loaded in Px
setRootPath(String) External storage Set custom directory path to load files from
setIgnorePaths(String... ignorePaths) null Regex patterns of paths to ignore
setIgnoreNoMedia(boolean) true Whether to ignore .nomedia file
setIgnoreHiddenFile(boolean) true Whether to ignore hidden file

MediaFile methods

Method Description
long getId() Id of the file in MediaStore database
String getName() Name of file without suffix
String getPath() Absolute path of the file
long getSize() Size of the file
long getDate() Date when file is added to MediaStore database
String getMimeType() Mime type of the file
int getMediaType() One of TYPE_FILE, TYPE_IMAGE, TYPE_AUDIO, TYPE_VIDEO
long getDuration() Duration of Audio, Video files in ms, else 0
Uri getThumbnail() Album Art of Audio files
long getHeight() Height of Image, Video files in Px for API>=16, else 0
long getWidth() Width of Image, Video files in Px for API>=16, else 0
String getBucketId() Id of Parent Directory in MediaStore database
String getBucketName() Name of Parent Directory

Contributions

Feel free to contribute to this project. Before creating issues or pull request please take a look at following templates.

Credits

License

Copyright (c) 2018, Jaisel Rahman

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.