Need high-quality photos, illustrations or vector graphics? Want to get them for free and use them anywhere, anytime for free?
Open Images Gold, a free Android app lets you search Pixabay.com’s database of over 400 000 high-quality images.
Select your favourites to view later or share an image with friends using your favourite app.
You can also save the images in your Dropbox or Google Drive.
Open Images, a FREE Android app, lets you access Pixabay’s “…over 440,000 free photos, vectors and art illustrations.”
Pixabay is “…a repository for stunning public domain pictures. It’s “…your source for royalty free stock photos and copyright free vector graphics.”
“You can use any Pixabay image without attribution in digital and printed form, even for commercial applications.”
Please note that the developer of Open Images is not in any way affiliated to Pixabay.
Regrettably this app will not work after 31 January 2016 and is no longer available on Google Play. Please see Open Images Gold.
Open Images lets you:
You will need an internet connection to use Open Images. An error page displays if you’re not connected.
You also need to have Google Play Services (usually comes pre-installed on newer devices) and the Google Drive app installed if you want to save the images in your Google Drive.
Once connected, you’ll see the start-up page which is displayed while the app prepares itself in the background. Once everything is ready, a Go button appears. Click the Go button to display the search screen.
The not connected screen appears if there is no internet connection. Press the Go button to get started
Enter your search terms, separated by a space (maximum of 100 characters)
A Reset button appears as soon as you enter any text. Press the Reset button to clear the text field and start again.
Press Go to start the search or Filter to refine your search.
Make your selection to refine your query and press Done when you’re ready
Select the Filter button or the Refine menu option to display the refine screen. Make your selections then press the Done button when you’re finished. Your query will now return results matching your selection.
Query results are displayed as thumbnails in a grid. You can view them in either portrait or landscape mode
You can change the background colour, between black or white at any time
Long-press on an image and a Context menu appears. Choose from the context menu what you want to do with the image
Long-press an image to display a Context menu. Selecting a menu item will now apply to that image. The options are:
The Pixabay website displays more information about your selected image and also offers more download options
The Pixabay website page for the selected images lets you:
The Pixabay page offers more download options and gives you more information about the selected image
You can also display a larger version of the thumbnail image
You can select from the list of apps installed on your device capable of sharing an image to share the selected image
Sharing an image displays the Chooser if there is more than one application capable of sharing the image. You can then choose an app to share the image.
Double-tap an image to save it in your Google Drive
Double tap the image to save it in your Google Drive. (You can also select the Save in Google Drive option from the Context menu). A notification is sent on successfully saving the image in your Google Drive. Touch the notification to open your Google Drive (you can also select Open Google Drive from the options menu).
Single-tap an image to select and save it for later browsing
Single-tap an image to select it. This “saves” the image, enabling you to review it later.
Toolbar icons provide for easy navigation
Use the toolbar icons to help you navigate through the app.
More options are provided in the overflow menu
The Options menu offers the following options:
Regrettably this app is no longer available. Please see Open Images Gold.
You may also want to check out the Free Clip Art, Gold edition app for downloading great clip art. It's built with Android's Material design visual language, making for a better user experience.