Convert file: Uri to File in Android
use
InputStream inputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri); directly and copy the file. Also see:
https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider.html
After searching for a long time this is what worked for me:
File file = new File(getPath(uri));public String getPath(Uri uri) { String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA }; Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, null, null, null); if (cursor == null) return null; int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA); cursor.moveToFirst(); String s=cursor.getString(column_index); cursor.close(); return s; }