aFileChooser

(Complete rewrite 11/2012)

Android developers often desire a way to present a user with a method of selecting a file from "external" storage. Android's Intent system gives developers the ability to implicitly hook into other app's components, but if the user doesn't have a file explorer installed, the developer must instruct them to install one, or build one, themselves.

aFileChooser is an Android Library Project that simplifies this process.

Features:

• Provides a built-in file explorer
• Streamlines the Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT Intent calling process
• Easily convert a URI into s java File object
• Determine MIME data types
• Follows Android conventions (Fragments, Loaders) and is extremely simple to implement

Instructions

Full installation instructions can be found at GitHub.