I tried a solution (see below) that works fine, except in Android 4.4 the call to startActivityForResult()
brings up an activity titled "Open from", which has "Recent", "Images", "Downloads" as well as several apps to pick from. When I choose "Images" and try to resolve the returned content URI (using the code below), the call to cursor.getString()
returns null. If I choose the exact same file using the Gallery app, cursor.getString()
returns a file path. I've only tested this in API levels 16 and 19. Everything works as expected in 16. As far as 19 goes, I have to choose the Gallery or other app or it doesn't work.
private String getRealPathFromURI(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
Cursor cursor = null;
try {
String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
String path = cursor.getString(column_index);
return path;
} finally {
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
}
}
Best Answer
This will get the file path from the MediaProvider, DownloadsProvider, and ExternalStorageProvider, while falling back to the unofficial ContentProvider method you mention.
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