Get photos and videos from the new Google Photos app on Android

Question

I want the user to import a bunch of videos / photos into my application. This is the code I used before:

        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true);
        intent.setType("image/*,video/*");
        activity.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_PICK_MEDIA);

The problem I encountered is that the above only returns photos from the new Google Photos app. If I change the data type only to "video / *", the Photos application will return the video. This is for KitKat +

EDIT:

I tried the following code: it works on some galleries, but not with most, and not with Google Photos:

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
    intent.setType("*/*");
    if (AndroidHelper.isKitKatAndAbove()) {
        Log.d(TAG, "Pick from gallery (KitKat+)");
        String[] mimeTypes = {"image/*", "video/*"};
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_MIME_TYPES, mimeTypes);
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true);
        activity.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_PICK_MEDIA);
    } else {
        Log.d(TAG, "Pick from gallery (Compatibility)");
        activity.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_PICK_MEDIA);
    }

Answer 1

Here is what I did:

        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
        intent.setType("*/*");
        if (AndroidHelper.isKitKatAndAbove()) {
            Log.d(TAG, "Pick from gallery (KitKat+)");
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true);
            activity.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_PICK_MEDIA);
        } else {
            Log.d(TAG, "Pick from gallery (Compatibility)");
            activity.startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_CODE_PICK_MEDIA);
        }        

Then, when I get the results, I check the file type. It seems to be working fine.