android image.java

// To open up a gallery browser
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setType("image/*");
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"),1);

// To handle when an image is selected from the browser, add the following to your Activity
@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { 

	if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

		if (requestCode == 1) {

			// currImageURI is the global variable I'm using to hold the content:// URI of the image
			currImageURI = data.getData();
		}
	}
}

// And to convert the image URI to the direct file system path of the image file
public String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {

	// can post image
	String [] proj={MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
	Cursor cursor = managedQuery( contentUri,
			proj, // Which columns to return
			null,       // WHERE clause; which rows to return (all rows)
			null,       // WHERE clause selection arguments (none)
			null); // Order-by clause (ascending by name)
	int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
	cursor.moveToFirst();

	return cursor.getString(column_index);
}