Choose picture Intent causes nullpointer exception

Question

``` public void uploadpicture(View view) { Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setType("image/*"); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), SELECT_PICTURE); } public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) { if (requestCode == SELECT_PICTURE) { Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData(); selectedImagePath = getPath(selectedImageUri); Toast.makeText(this,selectedImagePath,Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); Log.i("selectedImagePath",selectedImagePath.trim()); } } } ``` I got the this from Log-cat: ``` 05-24 15:57:51.054: E/AndroidRuntime(18016): FATAL EXCEPTION: main 05-24 15:57:51.054: E/AndroidRuntime(18016): java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=1, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://com.android.sec.gallery3d.provider/picasa/item/5147009501910019474 }} to activity {ncpl.talentapp/ncpl.talentapp.SignUp}: java.lang.Nu…

Accepted Answer

From your log it looks like you are trying to pick an image from Picasa folder `dat=content://com.android.sec.gallery3d.provider/picasa/item/5147009501910019474`, and these must be handled differently, because data in `MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA` column will be null for them. You can see how to handle picking images from Picasa correctly at this link:

http://dimitar.me/how-to-get-picasa-images-using-the-image-picker-on-android-devices-running-any-os-version/

Only you also need to handle URIs that start with "content://com.sec.android.gallery3d" (I see this on Samsung S3) so change

```
if (selectedImage.toString().startsWith("content://com.google.android.gallery3d"))
```

to

```
if (_selectedImage.toString().startsWith("content://com.google.android.gallery3d") 
    || selectedImage.toString().startsWith("content://com.sec.android.gallery3d"))
```

I'm not sure if there are any more special cases (probably yes).

Choose picture Intent causes nullpointer exception

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