A FileBrowser / FileChooser for Android that you can integrate to your app to browse/select files from internal/external storage.
<dependency>
<groupId>com.adityak</groupId>
<artifactId>browsemyfiles</artifactId>
<version>1.9</version>
<type>pom</type>
</dependency>compile 'com.adityak:browsemyfiles:1.9'
It easily integrates with your app's color scheme. You can change the color scheme using the following in your styles.xml
<item name="colorPrimary">@color/colorPrimary</item>
<item name="colorPrimaryDark">@color/colorPrimaryDark</item>
<item name="colorAccent">@color/colorAccent</item>
<item name="android:actionModeBackground">@color/actionModeToolbar</item>There are 3 main classes to use the library.
- FileBrowser - Used to just Browse files in storage (has all file IO features)
- FileChooser - Used to select single/multiple files in storage (has some IO features)
- FolderChooser - Used to select single/multiple folders in storage (has some IO features)
- FileBrowserWithCustomHandler - Used to run custom code when files are selected (has all IO features)
Use following Intent to start the FileBrowser
Intent i4 = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), FileBrowser.class);
startActivity(i4);Use following Intent to start the FileChooser
- For Single Selection
Intent i2 = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), FileChooser.class);
i2.putExtra(Constants.SELECTION_MODE, Constants.SELECTION_MODES.SINGLE_SELECTION.ordinal());
startActivityForResult(i2, PICK_FILE_REQUEST);To get the selected file, In your calling activity's onActivityResult method, use the following
if (requestCode == PICK_FILE_REQUEST && data!=null) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
Uri file = data.getData();
}
}
- For Multiple Selection
Intent i2 = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), FileChooser.class);
i2.putExtra(Constants.SELECTION_MODE, Constants.SELECTION_MODES.MULTIPLE_SELECTION.ordinal());
startActivityForResult(i2, PICK_FILE_REQUEST);To get the selected file, In your calling activity's onActivityResult method, use the following
if (requestCode == PICK_FILE_REQUEST && data!=null) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
ArrayList<Uri> selectedFiles = data.getParcelableArrayListExtra(Constants.SELECTED_ITEMS);
}
}
Use following Intent to start the FolderChooser
- For Single Selection
Intent i2 = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), FolderChooser.class);
i2.putExtra(Constants.SELECTION_MODE, Constants.SELECTION_MODES.SINGLE_SELECTION.ordinal());
startActivityForResult(i2, PICK_FOLDER_REQUEST);To get the selected folder, In your calling activity's onActivityResult method, use the following
if (requestCode == PICK_FOLDER_REQUEST && data!=null) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
Uri file = data.getData();
}
}
- For Multiple Selection
Intent i2 = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), FolderChooser.class);
i2.putExtra(Constants.SELECTION_MODE, Constants.SELECTION_MODES.MULTIPLE_SELECTION.ordinal());
startActivityForResult(i2, PICK_FOLDER_REQUEST);To get the selected file, In your calling activity's onActivityResult method, use the following
if (requestCode == PICK_FOLDER_REQUEST && data!=null) {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
ArrayList<Uri> selectedFiles = data.getParcelableArrayListExtra(Constants.SELECTED_ITEMS);
}
}
Register a Broadcast receiver and handle the onReceive method like below
public class FileSelectedBroadCastReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
Uri filePath = intent.getParcelableExtra(com.aditya.filebrowser.Constants.BROADCAST_SELECTED_FILE);
}
}Register the receiver like the following snippet
<receiver android:name=".FileSelectedBroadCastReceiver"
android:exported="false"
android:enabled="true">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.adityak.filebrowser.FILE_SELECTED_BROADCAST" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
If you also need some other parameters to be sent with the broadcast use the following when creating the activity
Intent i = new Intent(mContext, FileBrowserWithCustomHandler.class);
Bundle ib = new Bundle();
//add extras
i.putExtras(ib);
startActivity(i);and in the broadcast receiver use the following to get the extras
Bundle b = intent.getExtras()Add the following in the intent
Intent i = new Intent(this, FileBrowser.class); //works for all 3 main classes (i.e FileBrowser, FileChooser, FileBrowserWithCustomHandler)
i.putExtra(Constants.INITIAL_DIRECTORY, new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath(),"Movies").getAbsolutePath());Add the following in the intent
Intent i = new Intent(this, FileBrowser.class); //works for all 3 main classes (i.e FileBrowser, FileChooser, FileBrowserWithCustomHandler)
i.putExtra(Constants.ALLOWED_FILE_EXTENSIONS, "mkv;mp4;avi");Use file extensions delimited by semicolon
Currently folder size is calculated using Java's Api getTotalSpace() which gives the size of the partition of the path which may not always give the desired result. To get the exact size, properties can be used which gives the exact result. If Exact size is to be known, then UI would lag as it would take some time to calculate size - Fix for this is postponed
If you have any questions/queries/Bugs/Hugs please mail @ [email protected]