android: Get real path from uri

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I want to sen file to server and I need to get real path from uri. My code: ``` public String getPathFromURI(Context context, Uri contentUri) { if ( contentUri.toString().indexOf("file:///") > -1 ){ return contentUri.getPath(); } 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(); } } } ``` And onActivityResult: ``` ... imageName = data.getData(); imagePath = getPathFromURI(getBaseContext(),imageName); Picasso.with(getBaseContext()).load(imageName).into(imageView); ... ``` How it's possible that image shows in ImageView , but imagePath is ALWAYS null ? :) Thanks EDIT: How i send image to server ``` HttpClient httpClient = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpContext localContext = new BasicHttpContext(…

Accepted Answer

I went through some answers on stack, and found the solution...

```
public static String getPathFromURI(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];
            }
        }
        // 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;
}

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;
}

public static boolean isExternalStorageDocument(Uri uri) {
    return "com.android.externalstorage.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
}

public static boolean isDownloadsDocument(Uri uri) {
    return "com.android.providers.downloads.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
}

public static boolean isMediaDocument(Uri uri) {
    return "com.android.providers.media.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
}
```

This will find the real path in every case even for kitkat (that was the problem... kitkat)

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