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androidandroid-intentkotlinfile-manager
Marcel Sonderegger
Marcel Sonderegger

Reputation: 820

start directory of a file explorer Intent for Android

What is the correct way to start a File Explorer by Intent in a specified directory?

Following code snippet works fine, except that it starts in the wrong directory.

The desired starting point would be at "selectedUri" 

 val selectedUri = Uri.parse(externalStorage.toString() + "DCIM/Camera/")
 val intent= Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT).apply{
         addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE)
         type = "image/*"
         addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)
 }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 119

Answers (1)

stefato
stefato

Reputation: 47

you forgot to set the intent data

val selectedUri = Uri.parse(externalStorage.toString() + "DCIM/Camera/")
val intent= Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT).apply{
         addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE)
         data = selectedUri
         type = "image/*"
         addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)
 }

Upvotes: 1

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