Android: Folder Picker ONLY

Question

I have an application where when i press on a button it should open the folder picker and allow the user to browse and select a folder ONLY. Then i want to get the folder's path so that i can do some manipulation with it.

I've tried using this code:

val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT)
intent.type = "*/*"
startActivityForResult(intent, 8778)

But it doesn't work.

Can you please help by providing me with some code. Thank you.

For those who looking code snippet -> https://stackoverflow.com/a/45366423/14682570 — Dev007, Mar 21 '22 at 16:58

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '19 at 12:39

it should open the folder picker and allow the user to browse and select a folder ONLY

The closest thing that Android has to something like that is ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE. This allows the user to pick a document tree, which could be a directory on the filesystem, something offered by a cloud storage provider, or other document tree structures.

Then i want to get the folder's path so that i can do some manipulation with it.

If by "path" you mean "filesystem path", you have two problems:

A document tree is not necessarily a directory on the filesystem, and you have no reliable means of getting a filesystem path for one
You have no access to arbitrary filesystem locations on Android Q (by default) and Android R+ (for all apps)

You may want to spend some time learning about the Storage Access Framework in general and ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE in particular.

This answer is terrible, show me the code! – eri0o Jan 08 '22 at 22:58 — eri0o, Jan 08 '22 at 22:58

Android: Folder Picker ONLY

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