How to Upload Multiple files in one request along with other string parameters in android?

Hello everyone,

I have shown two methods to upload files in android.
In today’s tutorial I will show another simple method to upload files. With this method you can upload multiple files in one request + you can send your own string parameters with them.

These are the things to do after creating the project.
1. You have to include two libraries in the your project build path(Download these libraries from here apache-mime4j-0.6.jar and httpmime-4.0.1.jar).
2. Add these libraries to the project build path.
3. Here you can see the the other things you need to remember while connecting to a server.

Refer the image

Note : I am working here on the local system as server. So I have used the server domain name as 10.0.2.2. Please change this according to your need.

OK Now open your main java file and copy this code into it.

package pack.coderzheaven;   import java.io.File; import org.apache.http.HttpEntity; import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient; import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost; import org.apache.http.entity.mime.MultipartEntity; import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.FileBody; import org.apache.http.entity.mime.content.StringBody; import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient; import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils; import android.app.Activity; import android.app.ProgressDialog; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.graphics.Color; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.provider.MediaStore; import android.util.Log; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.Toast;   public class FileUploadTest extends Activity {         private static final int SELECT_FILE1 = 1 ;       private static final int SELECT_FILE2 = 2 ;       String selectedPath1 = "NONE" ;       String selectedPath2 = "NONE" ;       TextView tv, res;       ProgressDialog progressDialog;       Button b1,b2,b3;       HttpEntity resEntity;        @Override      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {          super .onCreate(savedInstanceState);          setContentView(R.layout.main);            tv = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.tv);          res = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.res);          tv.setText(tv.getText() + selectedPath1 + "," + selectedPath2);          b1 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Button01);          b2 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.Button02);          b3 = (Button)findViewById(R.id.upload);          b1.setOnClickListener( new OnClickListener() {                 @Override                 public void onClick(View v) {                      openGallery(SELECT_FILE1);                 }            });          b2.setOnClickListener( new OnClickListener() {                 @Override                 public void onClick(View v) {                      openGallery(SELECT_FILE2);                 }            });          b3.setOnClickListener( new OnClickListener() {                 @Override                 public void onClick(View v) {                      if (!(selectedPath1.trim().equalsIgnoreCase( "NONE" )) && !(selectedPath2.trim().equalsIgnoreCase( "NONE" ))){                           progressDialog = ProgressDialog.show(FileUploadTest. this , "" , "Uploading files to server....." , false );                            Thread thread= new Thread( new Runnable(){                                   public void run(){                                          doFileUpload();                                       runOnUiThread( new Runnable(){                                           public void run() {                                               if (progressDialog.isShowing())                                                    progressDialog.dismiss();                                           }                                       });                                   }                         });                         thread.start();                      } else {                                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Please select two files to upload." , Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();                      }               }            });        }        public void openGallery( int req_code){              Intent intent = new Intent();          intent.setType( "image/*" );          intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);          startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select file to upload " ), req_code);     }       public void onActivityResult( int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {             if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {            Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData();               if (requestCode == SELECT_FILE1)               {                   selectedPath1 = getPath(selectedImageUri);                 System.out.println( "selectedPath1 : " + selectedPath1);               }               if (requestCode == SELECT_FILE2)               {                   selectedPath2 = getPath(selectedImageUri);                 System.out.println( "selectedPath2 : " + selectedPath2);               }               tv.setText( "Selected File paths : " + selectedPath1 + "," + selectedPath2);           }       }        public String getPath(Uri uri) {           String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };           Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, projection, null , null , null );           int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);           cursor.moveToFirst();           return cursor.getString(column_index);       }        private void doFileUpload(){         File file1 = new File(selectedPath1);       File file2 = new File(selectedPath2);          String urlString = "http://10.0.2.2/upload_test/upload_media_test.php" ;          try          {             HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient();               HttpPost post = new HttpPost(urlString);                FileBody bin1 = new FileBody(file1);                FileBody bin2 = new FileBody(file2);                MultipartEntity reqEntity = new MultipartEntity();                reqEntity.addPart( "uploadedfile1" , bin1);                reqEntity.addPart( "uploadedfile2" , bin2);                reqEntity.addPart( "user" , new StringBody( "User" ));                post.setEntity(reqEntity);                HttpResponse response = client.execute(post);                resEntity = response.getEntity();                final String response_str = EntityUtils.toString(resEntity);                if (resEntity != null ) {                    Log.i( "RESPONSE" ,response_str);                  runOnUiThread( new Runnable(){                            public void run() {                                 try {                                     res.setTextColor(Color.GREEN);                                          res.setText( "n Response from server : n " + response_str);                                          Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Upload Complete. Check the server uploads directory." , Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();                                     } catch (Exception e) {                                          e.printStackTrace();                                     }                               }                        });                }          }          catch (Exception ex){               Log.e( "Debug" , "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);          }        } }

Now the layout for this file main.xml

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?> < LinearLayout xmlns:android = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"      android:orientation = "vertical"      android:layout_width = "fill_parent"      android:layout_height = "fill_parent"      > < TextView      android:layout_width = "fill_parent"      android:layout_height = "wrap_content"      android:text = "Multiple File Upload from CoderzHeaven"      /> < Button      android:id = "@+id/Button01"      android:layout_width = "wrap_content"      android:layout_height = "wrap_content"      android:text = "Get First File" > </ Button > < Button      android:id = "@+id/Button02"      android:layout_width = "wrap_content"      android:layout_height = "wrap_content"      android:text = "Get Second File" > </ Button > < Button      android:id = "@+id/upload"      android:layout_width = "wrap_content"      android:layout_height = "wrap_content"      android:text = "Start Upload" > </ Button > < TextView       android:id = "@+id/tv"      android:layout_width = "fill_parent"      android:layout_height = "wrap_content"      android:text = "Selected File path : "      />   < TextView       android:id = "@+id/res"     android:layout_width = "fill_parent"     android:layout_height = "wrap_content"     android:text = ""     /> </ LinearLayout > 1   < strong >Now the AndroidManifest file(Remember to add the permission for accessing internet)</ strong > 1 <? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8" ?> < manifest xmlns:android = "http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"        package = "pack.coderzheaven"        android:versionCode = "1"        android:versionName = "1.0" >          < uses-permission android:name = "android.permission.INTERNET" />        < application android:icon = "@drawable/icon" android:label = "@string/app_name" >          < activity android:name = ".FileUploadTest"                    android:label = "@string/app_name" >              < intent-filter >                  < action android:name = "android.intent.action.MAIN" />                  < category android:name = "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />              </ intent-filter >          </ activity >      </ application > </ manifest >

Now the server side(Here it is written in PHP)
upload_media_test.php file contents

<?php $target_path1 = "uploads/" ; $target_path2 = "uploads/" ; /* Add the original filename to our target path. Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */ $target_path1 = $target_path1 . basename ( $_FILES [ 'uploadedfile1' ][ 'name' ]); if (move_uploaded_file( $_FILES [ 'uploadedfile1' ][ 'tmp_name' ], $target_path1 )) {      echo "The first file " .  basename ( $_FILES [ 'uploadedfile1' ][ 'name' ]).      " has been uploaded." ; } else {      echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!" ;      echo "filename: " .  basename ( $_FILES [ 'uploadedfile1' ][ 'name' ]);      echo "target_path: " . $target_path1 ; }   $target_path2 = $target_path2 . basename ( $_FILES [ 'uploadedfile2' ][ 'name' ]); if (move_uploaded_file( $_FILES [ 'uploadedfile2' ][ 'tmp_name' ], $target_path2 )) {      echo "n The second file " .  basename ( $_FILES [ 'uploadedfile2' ][ 'name' ]).      " has been uploaded." ; } else {      echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!" ;      echo "filename: " .  basename ( $_FILES [ 'uploadedfile2' ][ 'name' ]);      echo "target_path2: " . $target_path2 ; }   $user = $_REQUEST [ 'user' ]; echo "n String Parameter send from client side : " . $user ; ?>