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Prashant
Prashant

Reputation: 4614

Why is uri path not working with File?

Hi I am picking any file in android using following intent :

        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        intent.setType("*/*");
        startActivityForResult(intent, PICKFILE_REQUEST_CODE);

I am getting Uri for picked file & also I am getting file path by calling uri.getPath() method. After getting path I am creating file object using file = new File(new URI(filePath)); but I am getting IllegalArgumentException : URI is not absolute. Why is so ? How do I get Absolute Path ? Is there any other alternative to pick any file using Intent & then Uri ?

In android debugger uri object shows like (It is from downloads): content://com.android.providers.downloads.documents/document/67

& uri.getPath() gives me /document/67

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2011

Answers (1)

Sergio
Sergio

Reputation: 8209

Returned Uri may have scheme that differs from file://, i.e. it is not always a URI to local file or to file available to all device apps. E.g. it may be content:// URI and its path has nothing in common with local filesystem path. Fair way to workaround it - test if scheme is file:// and if not - open InputStream via context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri) and then copy content to local temporary file.

Upvotes: 4

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