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K.Os
K.Os

Reputation: 5486

How to find path to android image and create File from Uri

I have a problem with converting Uri path to URI(to create a file).

My code is:

private void uploadImageToServer(Uri path){
    String[] filePathColumn = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};

    android.database.Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(path, filePathColumn, null, null, null);
    if (cursor == null)
        return;

    cursor.moveToFirst();

    int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
    String filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
    cursor.close();

    File file = new File(filePath);
}

However my cursor is null.

My "Uri path" parameter from function is: file:///storage/emulated/0/Pictures/MyApp/IMG_20170411_170952.jpg

I was following this tutorial: https://medium.com/@adinugroho/upload-image-from-android-app-using-retrofit-2-ae6f922b184c

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7537

Answers (2)

Safal Kumar Ghimire
Safal Kumar Ghimire

Reputation: 318

try this and and I highly recommend not using 

content://

just use it as 

content:

String imagePath = "";
Uri targetUri = data.getData();
        if (data.toString().contains("content:")) {
            imagePath = getRealPathFromURI(targetUri);
        } else if (data.toString().contains("file:")) {
            imagePath = targetUri.getPath();
        } else {
            imagePath = null;
        }


 public String getRealPathFromURI(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);
    } finally {
        if (cursor != null) {
            cursor.close();
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 3

greenapps
greenapps

Reputation: 11214

My "Uri path" parameter from function is: 
file:///storage/emulated/0/Pictures/MyApp/IMG_20170411_170952.jpg

Then the path you are after is

/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/MyApp/IMG_20170411_170952.jpg

Code

private void uploadImageToServer(Uri uri){
   String filePath = uri.toString().replace("file://", "" );

   File file = new File(filePath);
}

Maybe you could even use uri.getPath() directly. Please check.

Upvotes: 0

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