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Selecting directories/files made a lot easier.

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Selecting directories/files made a lot easier.

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FilePicker

Super Lite Android Library to select files/directories from Device Storage.

Developed by

Angad Singh (@angads25)

Benchmark:

Where to Find:

Read all about internal classes and functions in the wiki.

Features

  • Easy to Implement.
  • No permissions required.
  • Files, Directory Selection.
  • Single or Multiple File selection.

Installation

  • Library is also Available in MavenCentral, So just put this in your app dependencies to use it:
gradle
    compile 'com.github.angads25:filepicker:1.1.1'

Usage

FilePickerDialog

  1. Start by creating an instance of DialogProperties.

    java
        DialogProperties properties = new DialogProperties();

    Now 'DialogProperties' has certain parameters.

  2. Assign values to each Dialog Property using DialogConfig class.

    java
        properties.selection_mode = DialogConfigs.SINGLE_MODE;
        properties.selection_type = DialogConfigs.FILE_SELECT;
        properties.root = new File(DialogConfigs.DEFAULT_DIR);
        properties.error_dir = new File(DialogConfigs.DEFAULT_DIR);
        properties.offset = new File(DialogConfigs.DEFAULT_DIR);
        properties.extensions = null;
  3. Next create an instance of FilePickerDialog, and pass Context and DialogProperties references as parameters. Optional: You can change the title of dialog. Default is current directory name. Set the positive button string. Default is Select. Set the negative button string. Defalut is Cancel.

    java
        FilePickerDialog dialog = new FilePickerDialog(MainActivity.this,properties);
        dialog.setTitle("Select a File");
  4. Next, Attach DialogSelectionListener to FilePickerDialog as below,

    java
        dialog.setDialogSelectionListener(new DialogSelectionListener() {
            @Override
            public void onSelectedFilePaths(String[] files) {
                //files is the array of the paths of files selected by the Application User.
            }
        });

    An array of paths is returned whenever user press the select button`.

  5. Use dialog.show() method to show dialog.

NOTE:

Marshmallow and above requests for the permission on runtime. You should override onRequestPermissionsResult in Activity/AppCompatActivity class and show the dialog only if permissions have been granted.

…
That's It. You are good to proceed further.

FilePickerPreference

  1. Start by declaring FilePickerPreference in your settings xml file as:

    xml
       
  2. Implement Preference.OnPreferenceChangeListener to class requiring selected values and Override onPreferenceChange(Preference, Object) method. Check for preference key using Preference reference.

    java
        @Override
        public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object o)
        {   if(preference.getKey().equals("your_preference_key"))
            {   ...
            }
            return false;
        }
  3. Typecast Object o into String Object and use split(String) function in String class to get array of selected files.

    java
        @Override
        public boolean onPreferenceChange(Preference preference, Object o)
        {   if(preference.getKey().equals("your_preference_key"))
            {   String value=(String)o;
                String arr[]=value.split(":");
                ...
                ...
            }
            return false;
        }

    That's It. You are good to move further.

Important:

  • defaultValue, error_dir, root_dir, offset_dir must have valid directory/file paths.
  • defaultValue paths should end with ':'.
  • defaultValue can have multiple paths, there should be a ':' between two paths.
  • extensions must not have '.'.
  • extensions should end with ':' , also have ':' between two extensions. eg. /sdcard:/mnt:

Note:

FilePickerPreference stores selected directories/files as a String. It delimits multiple files/directories using ':' char.

Read more on implementation here.

Screenshot

Theme.Black

Theme.Holo

Theme.Holo.Light

Theme.Material

Theme.DeviceDefault

Performance

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License

Copyright (C) 2016 Angad Singh

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

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PublishedAug 1, 2026
UpdatedSep 17, 2026
Category编程语言
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