Image chosen from gallery disappears from Imageview after application closes

Question

I hope you can help me with my simple problem. I am trying to select an image to display on my Imageview from my gallery, It works but the thing is, It disappears after I close my app. Please check the code that I found below.

iv=(ImageView) rootView.findViewById(R.id.profpic);
            iv.setOnClickListener(this);



    private void showFileChooser() {

        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); 
        intent.setType("image/*"); 
        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);

        try {
            startActivityForResult(
                    Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select a File to Upload"),
                    FILE_SELECT_CODE);
        } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
            // Potentially direct the user to the Market with a Dialog
            Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "Please install a File Manager.", 
                 Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        switch (requestCode) {
            case FILE_SELECT_CODE:
            if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                // Get the Uri of the selected file 
                Uri uri = data.getData();
                iv.setImageURI(uri);
                Log.d(TAG, "File Uri: " + uri.toString());
               }
            break;
        }
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    }

and my xml:

  <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/profpic"
        android:layout_width="113dp"
        android:layout_height="113dp"
        android:paddingRight="1dp"
        android:src="@drawable/propic" />

I am new to android development and any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

When the activity is destroyed, so is the image – Eenvincible Aug 29 '14 at 03:38 — Eenvincible, Aug 29 '14 at 03:38

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 29 '14 at 03:37

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Once you upload the image , it won't retain their forever. You need to keep the path of the selected image in Sqlite database or a SharedPreference. Then on launching your activity you need to use the image path to load in to the ImageView.

answered Aug 29 '14 at 03:37

Viswanath Lekshmanan

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Thanks for the info. I will try to research more about this. – DEADPOOL Aug 29 '14 at 03:40

Image chosen from gallery disappears from Imageview after application closes

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