Preview image before return intent ACTION_PICK

Question

In my application i want to open the gallery and choose an image from it. So i do

gallery.setOnClickListener {
            val imageIntent = Intent().apply {
                type = "image/*"
                action = Intent.ACTION_PICK
            }
            startActivityForResult(
                Intent.createChooser(imageIntent, "Select an image"), IMAGE_REQUEST_CODE
            )
        }

However, when i choose an image i want the user to be able to preview the image that he selected before i get it in the ActivityResult. In some devices and some apps (Google Photos) they do this by default, but in other devices i can't get that feature. How can i have this functionality by default in every device?

Answer 1

How can i have this functionality by default in every device?

You can't.

You are starting an activity from a third-party app. What the third-party app does is up to the developers of the third-party app.

In some cases, there are Intent extras that provide hints as to what we want the third-party app to do. In this case, there is no standard "please provide a full-screen preview" extra. And, even if there were, there is no requirement for any given ACTION_PICK activity to pay attention to that extra.