Try in your activity:
private static final int SELECT_PICTURE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE = 0; .... private void selectPicture() { Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK); intent.setType("image/*"); startActivityForResult(intent, SELECT_PICTURE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE); } .... @Override protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent imageReturnedIntent) { super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, imageReturnedIntent); switch (requestCode) { case SELECT_PICTURE_ACTIVITY_REQUEST_CODE: if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) { Uri selectedImage = imageReturnedIntent.getData(); String[] filePathColumn = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA}; Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage, filePathColumn, null, null, null); if (cursor.moveToFirst()) { int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]); String filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex); Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(filePath); ......... } cursor.close(); } break; } }