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how to get real path from given uri in android filechooser dropbox and google drive? [duplicate]

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I want to implement file chooser in android. I have implemented below code to open file chooser.
public static void showFileChooser(Activity activity, Fragment fragment) {
try {
File imageStorageDir = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM), "example");
if (!imageStorageDir.exists()) {
imageStorageDir.mkdirs();
}
File file = new File(imageStorageDir + File.separator + "IMG_" + String.valueOf(System.currentTimeMillis()) + ".jpg");
mCapturedImageURI = Uri.fromFile(file); // save to the private variable
final Intent captureIntent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
captureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, mCapturedImageURI);
captureIntent.putExtra("capturedimageuri", mCapturedImageURI.toString());
// Intent for Audio Recording
final Intent audioRecordIntent = new Intent();
audioRecordIntent.setAction(IAdoddleConstants.ACTION_AUDIO_RECORD);
final Intent videoRecordIntent = new Intent();
videoRecordIntent.setAction(IAdoddleConstants.ACTION_VIDEO_RECORD);
// Use the GET_CONTENT intent from the utility class
Intent target = com.asite.adoddle.filechooser.FileUtils.createGetContentIntent();
// Create the chooser Intent
if (activity != null) {
Intent intent = Intent.createChooser(
target, activity.getString(R.string.chooser_title));
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[] { captureIntent,audioRecordIntent, videoRecordIntent});
activity.startActivityForResult(intent, IMAGE_ANNOTATION_REQUEST_CODE);
} else {
Intent intent = Intent.createChooser(
target, fragment.getString(R.string.chooser_title));
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, new Intent[] { captureIntent,audioRecordIntent, videoRecordIntent});
fragment.startActivityForResult(intent, IMAGE_ANNOTATION_REQUEST_CODE);
}
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
AdoddleLog.e(DEBUG_TAG, "Error:" + e);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
CommonUtilities.showToast(activity, activity.getString(R.string.error_message), Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
}
}
Now it opens filechooser same like below.
Now when I click on that "Documents" I get different apps from where I can choose files same like below.
Here you can see applications like Google Drive and Dropbox. Now I want to select files from this application.
Now when I select file from dropbox then in onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) I get content://com.dropbox.android.FileCache/filecache/2642b6eb-f9da-4775-b6c5-6cb4d6884018 uri from intent. Now How to get real path from this uri?
I want to attach this file in my activity. Also I am not able to get real path of google drive's file.

To get Image or Video Real Path use :
protected String getPhotoUriRealPath(Uri contentURI) {
String path = "";
if (contentURI == null) {
return path;
}
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentURI, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor == null) {
path = contentURI.getPath();
} else {
cursor.moveToFirst();
int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA);
path = cursor.getString(idx);
}
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
return path;
}
protected String getVideoUriRealPath(Uri contentURI) {
String path = "";
if (contentURI == null) {
return path;
}
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentURI, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor == null) {
path = contentURI.getPath();
} else {
cursor.moveToFirst();
int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Video.VideoColumns.DATA);
path = cursor.getString(idx);
}
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
return path;
}

Android get path of latest taken photo

I'm launching the camera from my app to take a photo. It also becomes available in the gallery.
The common issue with this, is how to know the path of the photo. The proposed solutions are:
save the path yourself, and send it over using EXTRA_OUTPUT
take the path from the last taken photo in the gallery.
Solution 1 isn't reliable.
I'm trying to make solution 2 work, with this code:
public static String getTakenPhotoPath(Context context) {
try {
String[] projection = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(
MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
projection, null, null, null);
int column_index_data = cursor
.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToLast();
return cursor.getString(column_index_data);
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
}
This doesn't return the path of the latest photo; it returns the previous one. Before asking for the path of the latest photo, I'm doing this:
private void addToGallery(Uri urlType, String path) {
if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(path)) {
ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
// Add the date meta data to ensure the image is added at the front of the gallery
values.put(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_ADDED, System.currentTimeMillis());
values.put(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_TAKEN, System.currentTimeMillis());
values.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA, path);
getContentResolver().insert(urlType, values);
Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
Uri contentUri = Uri.fromFile(new File(path));
mediaScanIntent.setData(contentUri);
sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);
}
}

You can it do like this: When you are opening the camera, you can pass your own preferred location for future captured image like this in given code. And in onActivityResult you can directly use that image path for your use.
File image ;
Intent photoCaptureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
File imagesFolder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "MyImages");
imagesFolder.mkdirs(); // <----
image = new File(imagesFolder, getFileName());
Uri uriSavedImage = Uri.fromFile(image);
photoCaptureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, uriSavedImage);
startActivityForResult(photoCaptureIntent, PICK_FROM_CAMERA);
private String getFileName() {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy_MM_dd_HH_mm_ss");
Date now = new Date();
String fileName = formatter.format(now) + ".jpg";
return fileName;
}
#Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
try {
setResult(resultCode, data);
switch (requestCode) {
case PICK_FROM_CAMERA:
try {
if (resultCode != RESULT_CANCELED) {
Intent upload = new Intent(EditProfile.this, ImageCropingFucAtivity.class);
prefs.edit().putBoolean("FromCamera", true).commit();
upload.putExtra(CropImage.IMAGE_PATH, image.toString());
upload.putExtra(CropImage.SCALE, true);
upload.putExtra(CropImage.ASPECT_X, 2);
upload.putExtra(CropImage.ASPECT_Y, 2);
startActivity(upload);
imageSelected = true;
finish();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
break;
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

why does mediastore take the last-1th picture from the gallery

Hello!
I have a problem between the picture gallery and the mediastore in my android application when i use the camera intent in my fragment.
I checked on the android website to learn how to take a picture in a fragment and on some forums to know how to get the last picture took but the media store always give me the last-1th picture as if it was not able to find the last picture.
This is my code :
private void dispatchTakePictureIntent() {
Intent takePictureIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
File photoFile = null;
try {
photoFile = createImageFile();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Log.i(LOG_TAG,"ERRRRROR: "+ex.toString());
}
if (photoFile != null) {
mCurrentPhotoPath = "file:" +photoFile.getAbsolutePath();
takePictureIntent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT,Uri.fromFile(photoFile));
startActivityForResult(takePictureIntent, REQ_CAMERA_PICTURE);
}
}
private void galleryAddPic() {
Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
File f = new File(mCurrentPhotoPath);
Uri contentUri = Uri.fromFile(f);
mCurrentPhotoUri = contentUri;
mediaScanIntent.setData(contentUri);
getActivity().sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);
Log.d(LOG_TAG,"Photo SAVED");
}
private File createImageFile() throws IOException {
// Create an image file name
String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(new Date());
String imageFileName = "JPEG_" + timeStamp + "_";
File storageDir = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES);
File image = File.createTempFile(
imageFileName, /* prefix */
".jpg", /* suffix */
storageDir /* directory */
);
mCurrentPhotoAbsolutePath = image.getAbsolutePath();
Log.i(LOG_TAG,"image path : "+image.getAbsolutePath());
return image;
}
#Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data)
{
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if (requestCode == REQ_CAMERA_PICTURE)
{
if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK)
{
galleryAddPic();
String filePath = getActivity().getPreferences(Context.MODE_PRIVATE).getString(TMP_PHOTO_FILE_LATEST_KEY, null);
handleCameraPicture(mCurrentPhotoUri.toString());
}
else
{
clearCurrentActionData();
}
}
}
private String getLastImagePath() {
String[] projection = new String[]{
MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns._ID,
MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA,
MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.BUCKET_DISPLAY_NAME,
MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN,
MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.MIME_TYPE
};
final Cursor cursor = getActivity().getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, projection, null,null, MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN + " DESC");
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
String imageLocation = cursor.getString(1);
File imageFile = new File(imageLocation);
Bitmap bm = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(imageLocation);
return imageFile.getPath().toString();
}
else{
return "";
}
}
The problem occurs HERE when i try to get the last image path
private void handleCameraPicture(String pictureFileUri)
{
_currentDataObjectBuilder.addParameter(DataObject.Parameter.IMAGE, String.valueOf(getFileCount()));
//create a copy of the file into the internal storage
final File pictureFile = new File(pictureFileUri);
Log.d(LOG_TAG,"picture file uri : "+pictureFileUri.toString());
FileOutputStream fos =null;
byte[] pictureData = new byte[0];
try
{
pictureData = compressImage(getLastImagePath());
fos = getActivity().openFileOutput(String.valueOf(getFileCount()), Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
fos.write(pictureData);
Log.i(LOG_TAG,"SETTING FILE OUTPUT STREAM");
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
finally {
try {
fos.close();
pictureFile.delete();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
if (_currentAction.equals(Action.PICTURE_CAPTION) || _currentAction.equals(Action.ARCHIVE))
{
showMessageView();
}
else
{
sendCurrentActionData();
}
}
The handleCameraPicture function allows me to send the "last picture" to an external website.
I don't know what i do wrong so please help me! I'm gonna lose my mind else...
Thank you!
Thomas

Wouw!
I finally found the solution, actually the uri when i created the picture was different from the one when i tried to save the picture in the gallery so my cursor dropped a null pointer exception.
I updated my GalleryAddPic function to
private void galleryAddPic(Uri uri) {
Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
mCurrentPhotoUri = uri;
mediaScanIntent.setData(uri);
getActivity().sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);
Log.d(LOG_TAG,"Photo SAVED");
}
And now everything works fine!

Android, MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, stores two images [duplicate]

I'm currently developing an app which uses the built-in Camera.
I call this snippet by clicking a button :
Intent intent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
//Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
path += "/myFolder/myPicture.jpg";
File file = new File( path );
//file.mkdirs();
Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile( file );
//String absoluteOutputFileUri = file.getAbsolutePath();
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);
After taking the picture with the camera, the jpg is well stored in sdcard/myFolder/myPicture.jpg, but it is also stored in /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/2011-06-14 10.36.10.jpg, which is the default path.
Is there a way to prevent the built-in Camera to store the picture in the default folder?
Edit : I think I will use the Camera class directly

Another way, tested on android 2.1, is take the ID or Absolute path of the gallery last image, then you can delete the duplicated image.
It can be done like that:
/**
* Gets the last image id from the media store
* #return
*/
private int getLastImageId(){
final String[] imageColumns = { MediaStore.Images.Media._ID, MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
final String imageOrderBy = MediaStore.Images.Media._ID+" DESC";
Cursor imageCursor = managedQuery(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, imageColumns, null, null, imageOrderBy);
if(imageCursor.moveToFirst()){
int id = imageCursor.getInt(imageCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID));
String fullPath = imageCursor.getString(imageCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA));
Log.d(TAG, "getLastImageId::id " + id);
Log.d(TAG, "getLastImageId::path " + fullPath);
imageCursor.close();
return id;
}else{
return 0;
}
}
And to remove the file:
private void removeImage(int id) {
ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
cr.delete(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, MediaStore.Images.Media._ID + "=?", new String[]{ Long.toString(id) } );
}
This code was based on the post: Deleting a gallery image after camera intent photo taken

While the answer from "Ilango J" provides the basic idea.. I thought I'd actually write in how I actually did it.
The temporary file path that we were setting in intent.putExtra() should be avoided as it's a non standard way across different hardwares. On HTC Desire (Android 2.2) it did not work, And i've heard it works on other phones. It's best to have a neutral approach which works every where.
Please note that this solution (using the Intent) requires that the phone's SD Card is available and is not mounted onto the PC. Even the normal Camera app wouldn't work when the SD Card is connected to the PC.
1) Initiate the Camera Capture intent. Note, I disabled temporary file writes (non-standard across different hardware)
Intent camera = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
startActivityForResult(camera , 0);
2) Handle callback and retrieve the captured picture path from the Uri object and pass it to step#3
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
switch (requestCode) {
case CAPTURE_PIC: {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null) {
Uri capturedImageUri = data.getData();
String capturedPicFilePath = getRealPathFromURI(capturedImageUri);
writeImageData(capturedImageUri, capturedPicFilePath);
break;
}
}
}
}
public String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
String[] projx = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor cursor = managedQuery(contentUri, projx, null, null, null);
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
}
3) Clone and delete the file. See that I used the Uri's InputStream to read the content.
The same can be read from the File of the capturedPicFilePath too.
public void writeImageData(Uri capturedPictureUri, String capturedPicFilePath) {
// Here's where the new file will be written
String newCapturedFileAbsolutePath = "something" + JPG;
// Here's how to get FileInputStream Directly.
try {
InputStream fileInputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(capturedPictureUri);
cloneFile(fileInputStream, newCapturedFileAbsolutePath);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// suppress and log that the image write has failed.
}
// Delete original file from Android's Gallery
File capturedFile = new File(capturedPicFilePath);
boolean isCapturedCameraGalleryFileDeleted = capturedFile.delete();
}
public static void cloneFile(InputStream currentFileInputStream, String newPath) {
FileOutputStream newFileStream = null;
try {
newFileStream = new FileOutputStream(newPath);
byte[] bytesArray = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = currentFileInputStream.read(bytesArray)) > 0) {
newFileStream.write(bytesArray, 0, length);
}
newFileStream.flush();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Prog", "Exception while copying file " + currentFileInputStream + " to "
+ newPath, e);
} finally {
try {
if (currentFileInputStream != null) {
currentFileInputStream.close();
}
if (newFileStream != null) {
newFileStream.close();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// Suppress file stream close
Log.e("Prog", "Exception occured while closing filestream ", e);
}
}
}

try this code:
Intent intent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
//Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
path += "/myFolder/myPicture.jpg";
File file = new File( path );
//file.mkdirs();
Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile( file );
//String absoluteOutputFileUri = file.getAbsolutePath();
intent.putExtra("output", outputFileUri);
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);

Built-in Camera, using the extra MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT stores pictures twice (in my folder, and in the default)

I'm currently developing an app which uses the built-in Camera.
I call this snippet by clicking a button :
Intent intent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
//Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
path += "/myFolder/myPicture.jpg";
File file = new File( path );
//file.mkdirs();
Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile( file );
//String absoluteOutputFileUri = file.getAbsolutePath();
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, outputFileUri);
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);
After taking the picture with the camera, the jpg is well stored in sdcard/myFolder/myPicture.jpg, but it is also stored in /sdcard/DCIM/Camera/2011-06-14 10.36.10.jpg, which is the default path.
Is there a way to prevent the built-in Camera to store the picture in the default folder?
Edit : I think I will use the Camera class directly

Another way, tested on android 2.1, is take the ID or Absolute path of the gallery last image, then you can delete the duplicated image.
It can be done like that:
/**
* Gets the last image id from the media store
* #return
*/
private int getLastImageId(){
final String[] imageColumns = { MediaStore.Images.Media._ID, MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
final String imageOrderBy = MediaStore.Images.Media._ID+" DESC";
Cursor imageCursor = managedQuery(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, imageColumns, null, null, imageOrderBy);
if(imageCursor.moveToFirst()){
int id = imageCursor.getInt(imageCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID));
String fullPath = imageCursor.getString(imageCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA));
Log.d(TAG, "getLastImageId::id " + id);
Log.d(TAG, "getLastImageId::path " + fullPath);
imageCursor.close();
return id;
}else{
return 0;
}
}
And to remove the file:
private void removeImage(int id) {
ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
cr.delete(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, MediaStore.Images.Media._ID + "=?", new String[]{ Long.toString(id) } );
}
This code was based on the post: Deleting a gallery image after camera intent photo taken

While the answer from "Ilango J" provides the basic idea.. I thought I'd actually write in how I actually did it.
The temporary file path that we were setting in intent.putExtra() should be avoided as it's a non standard way across different hardwares. On HTC Desire (Android 2.2) it did not work, And i've heard it works on other phones. It's best to have a neutral approach which works every where.
Please note that this solution (using the Intent) requires that the phone's SD Card is available and is not mounted onto the PC. Even the normal Camera app wouldn't work when the SD Card is connected to the PC.
1) Initiate the Camera Capture intent. Note, I disabled temporary file writes (non-standard across different hardware)
Intent camera = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
startActivityForResult(camera , 0);
2) Handle callback and retrieve the captured picture path from the Uri object and pass it to step#3
#Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
switch (requestCode) {
case CAPTURE_PIC: {
if (resultCode == RESULT_OK && data != null) {
Uri capturedImageUri = data.getData();
String capturedPicFilePath = getRealPathFromURI(capturedImageUri);
writeImageData(capturedImageUri, capturedPicFilePath);
break;
}
}
}
}
public String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
String[] projx = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor cursor = managedQuery(contentUri, projx, null, null, null);
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
}
3) Clone and delete the file. See that I used the Uri's InputStream to read the content.
The same can be read from the File of the capturedPicFilePath too.
public void writeImageData(Uri capturedPictureUri, String capturedPicFilePath) {
// Here's where the new file will be written
String newCapturedFileAbsolutePath = "something" + JPG;
// Here's how to get FileInputStream Directly.
try {
InputStream fileInputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(capturedPictureUri);
cloneFile(fileInputStream, newCapturedFileAbsolutePath);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// suppress and log that the image write has failed.
}
// Delete original file from Android's Gallery
File capturedFile = new File(capturedPicFilePath);
boolean isCapturedCameraGalleryFileDeleted = capturedFile.delete();
}
public static void cloneFile(InputStream currentFileInputStream, String newPath) {
FileOutputStream newFileStream = null;
try {
newFileStream = new FileOutputStream(newPath);
byte[] bytesArray = new byte[1024];
int length;
while ((length = currentFileInputStream.read(bytesArray)) > 0) {
newFileStream.write(bytesArray, 0, length);
}
newFileStream.flush();
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Prog", "Exception while copying file " + currentFileInputStream + " to "
+ newPath, e);
} finally {
try {
if (currentFileInputStream != null) {
currentFileInputStream.close();
}
if (newFileStream != null) {
newFileStream.close();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// Suppress file stream close
Log.e("Prog", "Exception occured while closing filestream ", e);
}
}
}

try this code:
Intent intent = new Intent("android.media.action.IMAGE_CAPTURE");
//Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
String path = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath();
path += "/myFolder/myPicture.jpg";
File file = new File( path );
//file.mkdirs();
Uri outputFileUri = Uri.fromFile( file );
//String absoluteOutputFileUri = file.getAbsolutePath();
intent.putExtra("output", outputFileUri);
startActivityForResult(intent, 0);