Mediamanager:getPicture

Available since: Gideros 2016.1
Class: Media

Description

Allows user to select picture from gallery.

(string) = mediamanager:getPicture()

ANDROID SDK 29+ HAS SOME BREAKING CHANGES, THIS FUNCTION WILL NOT WORK AS EXPECTED :-(

Return values

Returns (string) path to the picture

Example

local alertdialog = AlertDialog.new("ERROR", "TILE MUST BE 128 PIXELS\n", "OK")
btnloadtile:addEventListener("click", function() -- load external tile
	local function mediareceive(e)
		external_tile_bmp = Bitmap.new(Texture.new(e.path))
		local w, h = external_tile_bmp:getWidth(), external_tile_bmp:getHeight()
		if w == h and w <= 128 then
			g_tilesize = w
			scenemanager:changeScene("tile", 0.5, transitions[21], easing.outBack)
		else
			alertdialog:show()
		end
		mediamanager:removeEventListener(Event.MEDIA_RECEIVE, mediareceive)
	end
	mediamanager:getPicture() -- opens windows/android file explorer
	mediamanager:addEventListener(Event.MEDIA_RECEIVE, mediareceive)
end)

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• Mediamanager:deleteFile
• Mediamanager:getFile
• Mediamanager:getPicture
• Mediamanager:isCameraAvailable
• Mediamanager:playVideo
• Mediamanager:postPicture
• Mediamanager:saveFile
• Mediamanager:takePicture
• Mediamanager:takeScreenshot

• X Media:copy
• X Media:crop
• X Media:drawFill
• X Media:drawImage
• X Media:drawLine
• X Media:drawText
• X Media:flipHorizontal
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• X Media:floodFill
• X Media:getHeight
• X Media:getPath
• X Media:getPixel
• X Media:getRotation
• X Media:getWidth
• X Media:resize
• X Media:resizeHeight
• X Media:resizeWidth
• X Media:resizeWidth(newWidth, fixed)
• X Media:save
• X Media:setPixel
• X Media:setRotation
• X Media:trim

• Event.MEDIA RECEIVE
• Event.MEDIA CANCEL
• Event.VIDEO COMPLETE

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