Open images with Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT, Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT and Intent.ACTION_PICK

Example show how to select images by calling startActivityForResult() with Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT (Android 4.4, API level 19, and higher), Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT and Intent.ACTION_PICK, then load it using InputStream.

Tested on Nexus 7 running Android 5.1.1, to load photos from local and from cloud of Google Photos.

In my test:
- if select photos with Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT or Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT, both photos on local storage and on Google Photos cloud storage can be loaded using InputStream.
- if select photos with Intent.ACTION_PICK, cannot load from Google Photos cloud storage. (or may be by other method, I don't know).


MainActivity.java

package com.blogspot.android_er.androidloadphoto;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.InputStream;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    Button btnOpen, btnGet, btnPick;
    TextView textInfo1, textInfo2;
    ImageView imageView;

    private static final int RQS_OPEN_IMAGE = 1;
    private static final int RQS_GET_IMAGE = 2;
    private static final int RQS_PICK_IMAGE = 3;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        btnOpen = (Button)findViewById(R.id.open);
        btnGet = (Button)findViewById(R.id.get);
        btnPick = (Button)findViewById(R.id.pick);
        textInfo1 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.info1);
        textInfo2 = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.info2);
        imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.image);

        btnOpen.setOnClickListener(btnOpenOnClickListener);
        btnGet.setOnClickListener(btnGetOnClickListener);
        btnPick.setOnClickListener(btnPickOnClickListener);
    }

    View.OnClickListener btnOpenOnClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
            intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
            intent.setType("image/*");

            startActivityForResult(intent, RQS_OPEN_IMAGE);
        }
    };

    View.OnClickListener btnGetOnClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
            intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
            intent.setType("image/*");

            startActivityForResult(intent, RQS_OPEN_IMAGE);
        }
    };

    View.OnClickListener btnPickOnClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK,
                    android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
            startActivityForResult(intent, RQS_PICK_IMAGE);
        }
    };

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {


            if (requestCode == RQS_OPEN_IMAGE ||
                    requestCode == RQS_GET_IMAGE ||
                    requestCode == RQS_PICK_IMAGE) {

                imageView.setImageBitmap(null);
                textInfo1.setText("");
                textInfo2.setText("");

                Uri mediaUri = data.getData();
                textInfo1.setText(mediaUri.toString());
                String mediaPath = mediaUri.getPath();
                textInfo2.setText(mediaPath);

                //display the image
                try {
                    InputStream inputStream = getBaseContext().getContentResolver().openInputStream(mediaUri);
                    Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(inputStream);
                    imageView.setImageBitmap(bm);
                } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

activity_main.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:padding="16dp"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    tools:context="com.blogspot.android_er.androidloadphoto.MainActivity">

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:autoLink="web"
        android:text="http://android-er.blogspot.com/"
        android:textStyle="bold" />
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/open"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="OPEN Image"/>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/get"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="GET Image"/>
    <Button
        android:id="@+id/pick"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="PICK Image"/>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/info1"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textStyle="bold"/>
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/info2"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textStyle="italic"/>
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/image"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />
</LinearLayout>