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Android Studio – How do i add image picker on Android App?

im triying to use an image picker so I can open the gallery and choose a pic for the user profile.
Apparently the built-in image picker works only on Android 13 (API 33) so in order to add this feature i have to add this library.

The first step is not clear to me:

Gradle dependency:

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

implementation 'com.github.dhaval2404:imagepicker:2.1'

If you are yet to Migrate on AndroidX, Use support build artifact:

implementation 'com.github.dhaval2404:imagepicker-support:1.7.1'

I added the second section code in build.gradle (App level) in order to make it work but when i try to implement it in my code I get this message

Adding the dependency suggested by Android Studio does not solve the problem, 99% I’m missing something.

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  1. 0

    When you add a new library reference in your app/bundle.gradle file:

    dependencies {
 implementation 'com.github.dhaval2404:imagepicker-support:1.7.1'
// ..
}

    be sure to run Gradle sync:

    Gradle sync button

    Then to need to add import in the java/kotlin source code:

    import com.github.dhaval2404.imagepicker.ImagePicker

    just like in the sample of that library

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  2. 0

    Just in case you didn’t know, you can already open a file picker that only displays photos – the Photo Picker thing is a new feature in Android 13 (which isn’t even released yet), so this is still the standard way to do it!

    const val REQUEST_IMAGE_OPEN = 1

fun selectImage() {
    val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT).apply {
        type = "image/*"
        addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE)
    }
    // opens the standard document browser, filtered to images
    startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_IMAGE_OPEN)
}

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent) {
    if (requestCode == REQUEST_IMAGE_OPEN && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        val fullPhotoUri: Uri = data.data
        // Do work with full size photo saved at fullPhotoUri
    }
}

    There’s actually two versions at the link – one uses GET_CONTENT which copies the image, the other uses OPEN_DOCUMENT which gives you a URI pointing to the existing file on disk. Read the descriptions to see which works best for whatever you’re doing.

    So yeah, if you want something that looks like a plain photo gallery, you’ll either need the new picker or a library that does similar. If you just want to let the user load an image though, the standard document browser should be familiar

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