This post describes how to start a Service and stop a Service on Button click.
Create your layout in activity_main.xml. Add a TextView, a Button and an ImageView.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
tools:context=".MainActivity">
<TextView
android:id="@+id/textView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="Hello World!"
android:padding="10dp"
android:layout_margin="10dp"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<Button
android:id="@+id/button1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:text="PICK FILE"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/textView1"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
<ImageView
android:id="@+id/imageView1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:scaleType="fitCenter"
app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/textView1"
tools:srcCompat="@tools:sample/avatars" />
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>In MainActivity.java add following code.
package com.example.pickfile;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
ImageView image1;
TextView text1;
public static final int PICK_FILE =99;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button button1 = findViewById(R.id.button1);
image1 = findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
text1 = findViewById(R.id.textView1);
button1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
intent.setType("image/*");
startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_FILE);
}
});
}
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, @Nullable Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode == PICK_FILE && resultCode == RESULT_OK){
if (data != null){
Uri uri = data.getData();
image1.setImageURI(uri);
text1.setText(uri.toString());
}
}
}
}Now run the app.
If you want to use the Activity Result APIs (ActivityResultContract and ActivityResultCallback to return an ActivityResultLauncher), use following code in MainActivity.java.
package com.example.pickfile;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.ImageView;
import android.widget.TextView;
import androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultCallback;
import androidx.activity.result.ActivityResultLauncher;
import androidx.activity.result.contract.ActivityResultContracts;
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
ImageView image1;
TextView text1;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button button1 = findViewById(R.id.button1);
image1 = findViewById(R.id.imageView1);
text1 = findViewById(R.id.textView1);
button1.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
mGetContent.launch("image/*");
}
});
}
ActivityResultLauncher<String> mGetContent = registerForActivityResult(new ActivityResultContracts.GetContent(),
new ActivityResultCallback<Uri>() {
@Override
public void onActivityResult(Uri uri) {
image1.setImageURI(uri);
text1.setText(uri.toString());
}
});
}Now run the app.