Allow a user to select a folder on an SD card

Question

I'm looking for a way to allow a user to press a button to browse the contents of the SD card, and then select a folder, whose path will be returned to the application. Similar to how you pull up the "Browse..." dialog on Windows for installations.

Answer 1

Okay, so what I ended up doing was just using a ListActivity with a ListView (choiceMode:simple_list_item_multiple_choice) where the user can check the folders they wish to use. Then I used a custom layout that placed a Submit button below the ListView, which the user can press to confirm the selection.

Answer 2

There is nothing built into Android for it AFAIK. You can integrate something like OpenIntents File Manager, but that is a separate APK that users would need to install.