Create File from Uri type android

android, file, java, loopj, uri

Solution

 Uri currImageURI = data.getData();

printing currImageURI will give you some thing like this:

content://media/external/images/media/47

But what we need is the absolute path of that particular image . So we need to get real path from uri

public String getRealPathFromURI(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
  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();
    }
  }
}

Now modifiy your code like

public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
            if (requestCode == 1) {
                // currImageURI is the global variable I’m using to hold the content:
                currImageURI = data.getData();
                //Save the currImageUri (URI type) to global variable.
                photosHolder.getInstance().setOneIm(getRealPathFromURI(getActivity(),currImageURI));
            }
        }
    }

public String getRealPathFromURI(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
  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();
    }
  }
}

Problem

I'm trying to select image from gallery then convert this image to File and send it via HttpPost but I'm getting always `FileNotFoundException`. This my Code : Selecting the photo ``` public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) { if (requestCode == 1) { // currImageURI is the global variable I’m using to hold the content: currImageURI = data.getData(); //Save the currImageUri (URI type) to global variable. photosHolder.getInstance().setOneIm(currImageURI); } } } ``` Converting the photo ``` // First Try File myFile = new File((photosHolder.getInstance().getOneIm()).toString()); params.put("visit_report[photos_attributes][0][file]",myFile); **The exception Raised here // second try File myFile2 = new File((photosHolder.getInstance().getOneIm()).getPath()); params.put("visit_report[photos_attributes][1][file]",myFile2); ** Also here ``` And those are myFiles Value while debuging : ``` mFile : content:/com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image%3A19143 myFile2 : /document/image:19143 ``` So any help ? Update I have tried this solution also : ``` //get The real path from uri then save it (and then use it to create the file) photosHolder.getInstance().setUriString(getRealPathFromURI(currImageURI)); //Convert the image URI to the direct file system path of the image file private String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentURI) { String result = ""; try { Cursor cursor = getActivity().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); // Exception raised HERE cursor.close(); } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return result; } ``` But I got `java.lang.IllegalStateException: Couldn't read row 0, col -1 from CursorWindow. Make sure the Cursor is initialized correctly before accessing data from it` and the `idx` var == to `-1` Also I have tried @Praneeth Kalluri Solution but it returns always null as result.

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