Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(i, SELECT_IMAGE);

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (resultCode != RESULT_OK || data == null) {
      return;
    }
    //select an image
    if (requestCode == SELECT_IMAGE) {
      //get image path from uri
      String imagePath = getImagePath(data.getData());
      return;
    }
}
private String getImagePath(Uri selectedImage) {
    String[] filePathColumn = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
    Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage, filePathColumn, null, null, null);
    cursor.moveToFirst();
    int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
    String imagePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
    cursor.close();
    System.out.println("image path:" + imagePath);
    return imagePath;
}

//select image via system gallery, crop and save the new image file.
public void selectImageAndCrop(View view) {
    //After cropping, the image file will be stored here!
    cacheFile = imageCacheFolder + File.separator + "cache_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".jpg";
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    intent.setType("image/*");
    intent.putExtra("crop", "true");
    //width:height
    intent.putExtra("aspectX", 1);
    intent.putExtra("aspectY", 1);
    intent.putExtra("output", Uri.fromFile(new File(cacheFile)));
    intent.putExtra("outputFormat", "JPEG");
    startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Choose Image"), SELECT_IMAGE_CROP);
}

@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
      return;
    }
    //select an image and crop
    if (requestCode == SELECT_IMAGE_CROP) {
       //compress the original image to save memory.
      BitmapFactory.Options opt = new BitmapFactory.Options();
      opt.inSampleSize = 4;
      imageView.setImageBitmap(BitmapFactory.decodeFile(cacheFile, opt));
    }
}