Question

G’day!

I want to start gallery with multi select mode, but I was failed.

Intent photoPickerIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
photoPickerIntent.setType("image/*");
startActivityForResult(photoPickerIntent, 1);

and I added the next:

    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND_MULTIPLE" />
    </intent-filter>

for get images from gallery, but it work only I start gallery as app and select files there.

How can I start gallery with multi select mode from my app?

Answer 1

No, You can’t. As Android Native Gallery application is only responds for Single Select response with Intent Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT.

For Multi Selection mode you have to use Either some File-Manager or write your own File-Explorer.