Get real path from URI, Android KitKat new storage access framework [duplicate]

This will get the file path from the MediaProvider, DownloadsProvider, and ExternalStorageProvider, while falling back to the unofficial ContentProvider method you mention.

/** * Get a file path from a Uri. This will get the the path for Storage Access * Framework Documents, as well as the _data field for the MediaStore and * other file-based ContentProviders. * * @param context The context. * @param uri The Uri to query. * @author paulburke */public static String getPath(final Context context, final Uri uri) {    final boolean isKitKat = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT;    // DocumentProvider    if (isKitKat && DocumentsContract.isDocumentUri(context, uri)) {        // ExternalStorageProvider        if (isExternalStorageDocument(uri)) {            final String docId = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);            final String[] split = docId.split(":");            final String type = split[0];            if ("primary".equalsIgnoreCase(type)) {                return Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/" + split[1];            }            // TODO handle non-primary volumes        }        // DownloadsProvider        else if (isDownloadsDocument(uri)) {            final String id = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);            final Uri contentUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(                    Uri.parse("content://downloads/public_downloads"), Long.valueOf(id));            return getDataColumn(context, contentUri, null, null);        }        // MediaProvider        else if (isMediaDocument(uri)) {            final String docId = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);            final String[] split = docId.split(":");            final String type = split[0];            Uri contentUri = null;            if ("image".equals(type)) {                contentUri = MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;            } else if ("video".equals(type)) {                contentUri = MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;            } else if ("audio".equals(type)) {                contentUri = MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;            }            final String selection = "_id=?";            final String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {                    split[1]            };            return getDataColumn(context, contentUri, selection, selectionArgs);        }    }    // MediaStore (and general)    else if ("content".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {        return getDataColumn(context, uri, null, null);    }    // File    else if ("file".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {        return uri.getPath();    }    return null;}/** * Get the value of the data column for this Uri. This is useful for * MediaStore Uris, and other file-based ContentProviders. * * @param context The context. * @param uri The Uri to query. * @param selection (Optional) Filter used in the query. * @param selectionArgs (Optional) Selection arguments used in the query. * @return The value of the _data column, which is typically a file path. */public static String getDataColumn(Context context, Uri uri, String selection,        String[] selectionArgs) {    Cursor cursor = null;    final String column = "_data";    final String[] projection = {            column    };    try {        cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs,                null);        if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {            final int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(column);            return cursor.getString(column_index);        }    } finally {        if (cursor != null)            cursor.close();    }    return null;}/** * @param uri The Uri to check. * @return Whether the Uri authority is ExternalStorageProvider. */public static boolean isExternalStorageDocument(Uri uri) {    return "com.android.externalstorage.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());}/** * @param uri The Uri to check. * @return Whether the Uri authority is DownloadsProvider. */public static boolean isDownloadsDocument(Uri uri) {    return "com.android.providers.downloads.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());}/** * @param uri The Uri to check. * @return Whether the Uri authority is MediaProvider. */public static boolean isMediaDocument(Uri uri) {    return "com.android.providers.media.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());}

These are taken from my open source library, aFileChooser.

Note: This answer addresses part of the problem. For a complete solution (in the form of a library), look at Paul Burke's answer.

You could use the URI to obtain document id, and then query either MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI or MediaStore.Images.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI (depending on the SD card situation).

To get document id:

// Will return "image:x*"String wholeID = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uriThatYouCurrentlyHave);// Split at colon, use second item in the arrayString id = wholeID.split(":")[1];String[] column = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };     // where id is equal to             String sel = MediaStore.Images.Media._ID + "=?";Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().                          query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,                           column, sel, new String[]{ id }, null);String filePath = "";int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(column[0]);if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {    filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);}   cursor.close();

Reference: I'm not able to find the post that this solution is taken from. I wanted to ask the original poster to contribute here. Will look some more tonight.

the answer below is written by https://stackoverflow.com/users/3082682/cvizv on a page which does not exist anymore, since he has not enough rep to answer a question, I am posting it. No credits by me.

public String getImagePath(Uri uri){   Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);   cursor.moveToFirst();   String document_id = cursor.getString(0);   document_id = document_id.substring(document_id.lastIndexOf(":")+1);   cursor.close();   cursor = getContentResolver().query(    android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,   null, MediaStore.Images.Media._ID + " = ? ", new String[]{document_id}, null);   cursor.moveToFirst();   String path = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA));   cursor.close();   return path;}

Edit: There is a flow on the code; if device has more than one external storage (external sdcard, external usb etc.), above the code won't work non primary storages.