This is what I do:
Uri selectedImageURI = data.getData();
imageFile = new File(getRealPathFromURI(selectedImageURI));
and:
private String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentURI) {
String result;
Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentURI, null, null, null, null);
if (cursor == null) { // Source is Dropbox or other similar local file path
result = contentURI.getPath();
} else {
cursor.moveToFirst();
int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA);
result = cursor.getString(idx);
cursor.close();
}
return result;
}
NOTE: managedQuery()
method is deprecated, so I am not using it.
Last edit: Improvement. We should close cursor!!
Is it really necessary for you to get a physical path?
For example, ImageView.setImageURI()
and ContentResolver.openInputStream()
allow you to access the contents of a file without knowing its real path.
@Rene Juuse – above in comments… Thanks for this link !
.
the code to get the real path is a bit different from one SDK to another so below we have three methods that deals with different SDKs.
getRealPathFromURI_API19(): returns real path for API 19 (or above but not tested)
getRealPathFromURI_API11to18(): returns real path for API 11 to API 18
getRealPathFromURI_below11(): returns real path for API below 11
public class RealPathUtil {
@SuppressLint("NewApi")
public static String getRealPathFromURI_API19(Context context, Uri uri){
String filePath = "";
String wholeID = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);
// Split at colon, use second item in the array
String id = wholeID.split(":")[1];
String[] column = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
// where id is equal to
String sel = MediaStore.Images.Media._ID + "=?";
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
column, sel, new String[]{ id }, null);
int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(column[0]);
if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
}
cursor.close();
return filePath;
}
@SuppressLint("NewApi")
public static String getRealPathFromURI_API11to18(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
String result = null;
CursorLoader cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(
context,
contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
Cursor cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();
if(cursor != null){
int column_index =
cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
result = cursor.getString(column_index);
}
return result;
}
public static String getRealPathFromURI_BelowAPI11(Context context, Uri contentUri){
String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor 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);
}
font: http://hmkcode.com/android-display-selected-image-and-its-real-path/
UPDATE 2016 March
To fix all problems with path of images i try create a custom gallery as facebook and other apps. This is because you can use just local files ( real files, not virtual or temporary) , i solve all problems with this library.
https://github.com/nohana/Laevatein (this library is to take photo from camera or choose from galery , if you choose from gallery he have a drawer with albums and just show local files)