Android Kotlin - registerForActivityResult pick image or video file

Issue

Since startActivityForResult is deprecated I try to make the new method work.

This is how I pick a file (not tested yet because result code not ready):

    intent.type = "image/*"

    intent.putExtra(
        Intent.EXTRA_MIME_TYPES,
        arrayOf("image/png", "image/jpeg", "image/gif", "video/mp4")
    )

    intent.action = Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT
    getCommentMedia.launch(intent)

and this is how I try to receive it:

    val getCommentMedia = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { result ->
        Log.d(tagg, "returned")
    
        if (result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            selectedFileUri = result.data
        }
    }

I get

Type mismatch: inferred type is Intent? but Uri? was expected

on

result.data

Solution

ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult() returns an intent as a result. To get the Uri of the result data, call data method on the intent. See the below code:

val getCommentMedia = registerForActivityResult(ActivityResultContracts.StartActivityForResult()) { result ->
        Log.d(tagg, "returned")
    
        if (result.resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            selectedFileUri = result.data?.data
        }
    }

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