How can you get a link to an image selected from the device's gallery?

To obtain a URI link to an image selected from the device gallery in Android, an Intent with the action Intent.ACTION_PICK or Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT is usually used. After selecting the image, you can get the URI of the selected image from the data Intent in the onActivityResult method.

Example:

val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK)
intent.type = "image/*"
startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_PICK_IMAGE)

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
    if (requestCode == REQUEST_CODE_PICK_IMAGE && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        val imageUri: Uri? = data?.data
        // imageUri is a link to the selected image
    }
}

The URI can be used to display the image or for further processing.