How to Use Intent for Choosing File Browser to Select File

How to use intent for choosing file browser to select file

You can use something like this:

    ....  
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    intent.setType("file/*");
    startActivityForResult(intent, YOUR_RESULT_CODE);
    .... 

But I really doubt that you can set a filter third-party file browsers.
Or you can try to use this file dialog: http://code.google.com/p/android-file-dialog/

How to Select File on android using Intent

the type of a file is .txt

Then use text/plain as a MIME type. As Ian Lake noted in a comment, file/* is not a valid MIME type.

Beyond that, delete getRealPathFromURI() (which will not work). There is no path, beyond the Uri itself. You can read in the contents identified by this Uri by calling openInputStream() on a ContentResolver, and you can get a ContentResolver by calling getContentResolver() on your Activity.

Select File from file manager via Intent

You can use this:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
intent.setType("*/*"); 
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE);

For samsung devices to open file manager use this:

Intent intent = new Intent("com.sec.android.app.myfiles.PICK_DATA");
intent.putExtra("CONTENT_TYPE", "*/*");
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);

For more reference checkout http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider.html

Pick any kind of file via an Intent in Android

Not for camera but for other files..

In my device I have ES File Explorer installed and This simply thing works in my case..

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.setType("file/*");
startActivityForResult(intent, PICKFILE_REQUEST_CODE);

Android Select File Intent

My goal is to pic ANY file via the standard file manager of Android/Samsung.

Android does not have a "standard file manager".

If your minSdkVersion is 19 or higher, you are welcome to use the Storage Access Framework (e.g., ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT), which is the closest thing that Android now has to a "standard file manager".

Otherwise, you are limited to whatever ACTION_GET_CONTENT-supporting apps that the user has installed, or creating your own file-selection UI, or using one of many existing libraries for selecting files.

android browse file intent with defined extension

I want file manager to show only txt files to user, so user couldn't choose file with wrong extension

That is not literally possible. You are welcome to use a MIME type of text/plain instead of */*, but:

• There is no guarantee that this will only return files with a .txt extension
• There is no guarantee that there is any app on the device that can handle ACTION_GET_CONTENT of that MIME type
• There is no guarantee that any "file manager" will honor your MIME type; they may elect to display all files anyway

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