I'm using the Android's DownloadManager class. It returns Uri with content:// scheme after clicking on the "downloaded file" notification. I have a method which is now only able to open files using file Uris (with "file" scheme). What is the easiest way to get the File file from the content Uri. Any examples are welcome.
public PlsReader(URI path) {
File file = new File(path);
}
Use Context#getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri) to get an InputStream from a Uri.
Or use Context#getContentResolver().openFileDescriptor() to get a ParcelFileDescriptor. Then use ParcelFileDescriptor#getFileDescriptor() to get a FileDescriptor.
try this
1st method to get is below
Uri.getPath();
this will give u whole absolute path of any file
and 2nd method is below
Strinf absolutepath = getRealPathFromURI(this,URI);
and method getRealPathFromURI is here
public 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();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
} finally {
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
}
}
then pass this absolutepath string to your file like this
public PlsReader(String absolutepath ) {
File file = new File(absolutepath );
}
best of luck dude :)
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I am selecting an image of the gallery from my app,
using
ACTION_GET_CONTENT
Now I want the path of this image:
But i get it like this:
content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image%3A5793
How can i get the path?
I tried this to get path:
Uri uri = data.getData();
Log.e("Path is: "+uri);
The answer is don't try and get the path because in Android 10 and later you won't be able to get it or use it.
You can get a FileDescriptor or input/output Stream that can be used in most methods that need to access the file contents.
See https://developer.android.com/training/data-storage/ for more details, since it is a picture then using Media store is probably best.
Try this :
Uri uri = data.getData();
String picturePath = getPath( getActivity( ).getApplicationContext( ), uri);
Log.e("Picture Path", picturePath);
public static String getPath( Context context, Uri uri ) {
String result = null;
String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver( ).query( uri, proj, null, null, null );
if(cursor != null){
if ( cursor.moveToFirst( ) ) {
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow( proj[0] );
result = cursor.getString( column_index );
}
cursor.close( );
}
if(result == null) {
result = "Not found";
}
return result;
}
I have a method below:
private String getRealPathFromUriForVideos(Uri selectedVideoUri) {
String wholeID = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(selectedVideoUri);
String id = wholeID.split(":")[1];
String[] column = { MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA };
String sel = MediaStore.Video.Media._ID + "=?";
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, column, sel, new String[]{ id }, null);
String filePath = "";
int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(column[0]);
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
}
cursor.close();
return filePath;
}
This works just fine getting the file for videos that hte user selects. However, I want to allow users to also create new videos (from my app) and then get the URI and the file from there. The URI for newly created videos is: content://media/external/video/media/41. For selected videos is like content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/video%3A42.
It works with the second one but not the first one. First one I get IllegalArgumentException because its not a document URI. How can I get the file from the first URI?
This works just fine getting the file for videos that hte user selects
It may work in a few situations. It will not work in general. A Uri that you get from something like ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT does not have to represent a file, let alone one that you can access via the filesystem, let alone one that this script-kiddie algorithm will let you access.
The URI for newly created videos is: content://media/external/video/media/41
Not necessarily. I suppose that there is a way that you get a Uri like that for a recorded video, though off the top of my head I cannot think of a recommended way that would give you such a Uri. If you are using MediaRecorder or ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE, you create your own file (and, for ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE, your own Uri for that file). And, if you are creating your own file, you know where that file is.
Need to be able to upload to my server
For the video, record to a file that you control, then use that file.
Use some library that lets you upload from a Uri or InputStream. Otherwise:
Use ContentResolver and openFileInput() to get an InputStream on the content represented by the Uri
Create a FileOutputStream on some file that you control (e.g., in getCacheDir())
Copy the content from the InputStream to the OutputStream
Use your copy for the upload
Delete your copy when the work is done
You treat a foreign Uri as if it were a URL to a Web server: stream the content.
Seems to get it from the second URI I need this:
private String getRealPathFromUriForImagesAndVideo(Uri contentUri) {
Cursor cursor = null;
try {
String[] proj = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
} catch (Exception e) {
return contentUri.getPath();
} finally {
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
}
}
I have two type of Uris.
type one :
content://media/external/images/media/465
content://media/external/images/media/466
type two :
file:///storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/20151112_185009.jpg
file:///storage/emulated/0/testFolder/20151112_185010.jpg
What is difference and how to convert file uri to content uri?
Because, file uri is just causing error. When I call method :
ContentResolver contentResolver = getContentResolver();
fis = (FileInputStream) contentResolver.openInputStream(fileTypeUri);
how do I fix this?
Try It :)
public static Uri getImageContentUri(Context context, File file) {
String filePath = file.getAbsolutePath();
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(
MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
new String[] { MediaStore.Images.Media._ID },
MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA + "=? ",
new String[] { filePath }, null);
if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
int id = cursor.getInt(cursor
.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.MediaColumns._ID));
Uri baseUri = Uri.parse("content://media/external/images/media");
return Uri.withAppendedPath(baseUri, "" + id);
} else {
if (file.exists()) {
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
values.put(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA, filePath);
return context.getContentResolver().insert(
MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, values);
} else {
return null;
}
}
}
If you're trying to share data that is stored as part of your app with another app you'll need to use a content:// scheme and not a file:// scheme. This can be accomplished using the FileProvider class found here: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/content/FileProvider.html.
By using the FileProvider class you can more precisely and more securely define what files your app can share.
Though be aware that external-cache-path and external-files-path don't work despite what the documentation says. See: how to set FileProvider for file in External Cache dir for more info.
I am desperately trying to send a captured video to a server. The problem is that the URI that is given by the built-in camera application is not the real file path. It looks like this - /content:/media/external/video/media/19.
How can I access the real path or the data directly from this kind of URIs?
After reading the android documentation I saw that it looks like a content provider's notation, but I still don't have a clue how to reach the data that I need. Please help!!!
thanks in advance
How can I access the real path or the data directly from this kind of URIs?
You don't. It might not exist as a file. Or, it might not exist as a file that you can read except via the ContentProvider.
Instead, use a ContentResolver to open an InputStream on that Uri, and use that InputStream to transfer the data to a server.
public 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();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
} finally {
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
}
}
see following post for
Get filename and path from URI from mediastore
I'm using the follow code to take a picture using the native camera:
private File mImageFile;
private String mTempImagePath;
public static Uri imageUri;
public void imageFromCamera() {
Intent intent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
if (!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)){
Log.d("fototemp", "No SDCARD");
} else {
mImageFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+File.separator+"testFolder", "Pic"+System.currentTimeMillis()+".jpg");
imageUri = Uri.fromFile(mImageFile);
DataClass dc = (DataClass) getApplicationContext();
File tempFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+File.separator+"testFolder");
Uri tempUri = Uri.fromFile(tempFile);
dc.setString(DataClass.IMAGE_PATH, tempUri.toString());
Log.d("fototemp", "ImagePath: " + tempUri.toString());
mTempImagePath = mImageFile.getAbsolutePath();
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, Uri.fromFile(mImageFile));
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);
}
}
The ImagePath I print out in the imageFromCamera() method is: 4file:///file%3A/mnt/sdcard/testFolder
Now when I try to access these foto's by using managedQuery I get a different directory.
MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI.toString() gives content://media/external/images/thumbnails
What is the difference between these 2 paths? And how can I get the managedQuery to go to the testFolder map to look for pictures?
edit:
I'm trying to connect:
Uri phoneUriII = Uri.parse(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+File.separator+"testFolder");
imagecursor = managedQuery(phoneUriII, img, null,null, MediaStore.Images.Thumbnails.IMAGE_ID + "");
but this code crashes
Sorry don't really understand your question.
Just send this as the URI path.
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+File.separator+"testFolder"
Also
Check if you have the permissions to write to the sd card.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
I'm using this function in a couple of projects and it works fine.
/**
* Retrieves physical path to the image from content Uri
* #param contentUri
* #return
*/
private String getRealImagePathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor cursor = managedQuery(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
}