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Polaris Nation
Polaris Nation

Reputation: 1225

How to get real path of selected video from device

I want to retrieve real path of video from URI

I open video gallery with startActivityForResult

startActivityForResult(
                        Intent.createChooser(
                                new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT)
                                .setType("video/*"), "Choose Video"),
                        REQUEST_VIDEO
                        );

and I am receiving it in onActivityResult

@Override
    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

        if(resultCode == RESULT_OK){
            if(requestCode == REQUEST_VIDEO){

                Uri uri = data.getData();
                String realpath = getRealPathFromURI(getContext(),uri);

            }
}

In getRealPathFromUri is like this;

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();
            }
        }
    }

But realpath always return null;

I search for that but still returns null

It currents with sdk_version?

or is it changed for MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA to MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA?

I am stuck here, having no clue, kindly suggest! Any help will be very valuable

--Thanks!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4141

Answers (4)

AliAndArdDev
AliAndArdDev

Reputation: 191

I guess you have not granted reading and writing to external storage permission. I have the same problem and granting the permission didn't solve it. Who knows, may it solves yours!

Upvotes: 0

Aliton Oliveira
Aliton Oliveira

Reputation: 1349

As far as I could understand, the way you get "real" file path depends on the Android's SDK version.

Scenario 1) I was running targetSdkVersion 28 on Emulator and I can get the "real" file path with this simple command in onActivityResult:

data.getData().getPath();

Scenario 2) But in my physical device SDK level 25, I get exactly what you showed: a content path or something like this.

content://media/external/file/3131

Where the "real" file path was:

/storage/emulated/0/Download/lista_produtos.xlsx

In order to get the "real" file path in my physical device and also take into account my emulator, I used this piece of code inside the onActivityResult:

    Uri uri = data.getData();
    String realPath;
    if (DocumentsContract.isDocumentUri(getApplicationContext(), uri)) {

        String[] path = uri.getPath().split(":");
        realPath = path[1];
        Log.i("debinf ProdAct", "Real file path on Emulator: "+realPath);
    } else {

        CursorLoader cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(getApplicationContext(), uri, null, null, null,null);
        Cursor cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();
        int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Files.FileColumns.DATA);
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        realPath = cursor.getString(idx);
        Log.i("debinf ProdAct", "Real file path in physical device "+realPath);
        cursor.close();
    }

I guess in your case, the more appropiated index is:

int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA);

I hope it helps, because I have not used your code. And as I said before, it depends on the Android's SDK version.

See also: https://stackoverflow.com/a/49687681/4300670

Upvotes: 1

OBX
OBX

Reputation: 6114

Once you have the Uri , you can obtain the absolute file path this way:

File myFile = new File(uri.getPath());
myFile.getAbsolutePath();

Upvotes: 0

Meena Dev
Meena Dev

Reputation: 82

Try this,

public static String getRealVideoPathFromURI(ContentResolver contentResolver,
                                                 Uri contentURI) {
        Cursor cursor = contentResolver.query(contentURI, null, null, null,
                null);
        if (cursor == null)
            return contentURI.getPath();
        else {
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(Video.VideoColumns.DATA);
            try {
                return cursor.getString(idx);
            } catch (Exception exception) {
                return null;
            }
        }
    }

Upvotes: 1

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