Material file picker library for Android by Arte al Programar
- Require Android Jelly Bean 4.1.x (API 16+)
- Android 10 Compatibility
- Material Components for Android Support
- Night Mode Support
- New Icon Designs
Download library and add it to your project
or use JitPack.io
build.gradle (Project)
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
maven { url "https://jitpack.io" }
}
}
build.gradle (Module: app)
dependencies {
...
implementation 'com.github.arteaprogramar:Android_MaterialFilePicker:version'
}
- Add to Values
colors.xml
<resources>
...
<color name="colorBackground">#fafafa</color>
...
</resources>
styles.xml
<resources>
...
<item name="android:colorBackground">@color/colorBackground</item>
...
</resources>
- Open your class and add the following code
...
public static final int FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE = 989
...
MaterialFilePicker()
// Pass a source of context. Can be:
// .withActivity(Activity activity)
// .withFragment(Fragment fragment)
// .withSupportFragment(androidx.fragment.app.Fragment fragment)
.withActivity(this)
// With cross icon on the right side of toolbar for closing picker straight away
.withCloseMenu(true)
// Entry point path (user will start from it)
.withPath(alarmsFolder.absolutePath)
// Root path (user won't be able to come higher than it)
.withRootPath(externalStorage.absolutePath)
// Showing hidden files
.withHiddenFiles(true)
// Want to choose only jpg images
.withFilter(Pattern.compile(".*\\.(jpg|jpeg)$"))
// Don't apply filter to directories names
.withFilterDirectories(false)
.withTitle("Sample title")
.withRequestCode(FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE)
.start()
...
Override on activity result:
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode == FILE_PICKER_REQUEST_CODE && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
String filePath = data.getStringExtra(FilePickerActivity.RESULT_FILE_PATH);
// Do anything with file
}
}To create a compatible (Light/Dark) theme, you can change the following colors to suit your theme.
<!-- App Colors -->
<color name="colorPrimary">?colorPrimary</color>
<color name="colorPrimaryDark">?colorPrimaryDark</color>
<color name="colorAccent">?colorAccent</color>
<color name="colorBackground">?android:colorBackground</color>
<!-- Default Colors -->
<color name="textColorPrimary">#212121</color>
<color name="colorControlHighlight">#4000695C</color>
<!-- (API 21 Status Bar Color) (API 23 Navigation Bar Color)-->
<color name="colorPrimaryDarkVariant">#8a000000</color>
Runtime permissions:
You should handle runtime permissions in activity, from what you called Material File Picker. Look here for example code.