Get Path from another app WhatsApp

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I m not getting Path from image or video from uri that I receive from whatsApp   Uri comes like this  content   com whatsapp provider media item 16695  Media coming from Gallery  Downloads ands others are fine    Anyone know how to get Path  This is the code I m using   public String getMediaPath Context context  Uri uri         if  DEBUG          Log d TAG     File -                    Authority      uri getAuthority                                Fragment      uri getFragment                                Port      uri getPort                                Query      uri getQuery                                Scheme      uri getScheme                                Host      uri getHost                                Segments      uri getPathSegments   toString                      DocumentProvider     if  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 the remote address         if  isGooglePhotosUri uri                 return uri getLastPathSegment                       return getDataColumn context  uri  null  null                File     else if   file  equalsIgnoreCase uri getScheme               return uri getPath               return null      public String getDataColumn Context context  Uri uri  String selection                              String   selectionArgs         Cursor cursor   null      final String   column     MediaStore Images Media DATA        final String   projection                 column 0              try           cursor   context getContentResolver   query uri  projection  selection  selectionArgs                  null           if  cursor    null  amp  amp  cursor moveToFirst                  if  DEBUG                  DatabaseUtils dumpCursor cursor                final int index   cursor getColumnIndexOrThrow column 0                return cursor getString 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        public static boolean isGooglePhotosUri Uri uri        return  com google android apps photos contentprovider  equals uri getAuthority         The result of this log        if  DEBUG      Log d TAG     File -                Authority      uri getAuthority                            Fragment      uri getFragment                            Port      uri getPort                            Query      uri getQuery                            Scheme      uri getScheme                            Host      uri getHost                            Segments      uri getPathSegments   toString            is this    Authority  com whatsapp provider media  Fragment  null  Port  -1  Query  null  Scheme  content  Host  com whatsapp provider media  Segments   item  16348    And the cursor on getDataColumn looks like this    gt  gt  gt  gt  gt  Dumping cursor  android content ContentResolver CursorWrapperInner 1fc81ac I System out  0   I System out    I System out   lt  lt  lt  lt  lt

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You can t get a path to file from WhatsApp  They don t expose it now  The only thing you can get is InputStream   InputStream is   getContentResolver   openInputStream Uri parse  content   com whatsapp provider media item 16695       Using is you can show a picture from WhatsApp in your app

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you can try to this   then you get a bitmap of selected image and then you can easily find it s native path from Device Default Gallery   Bitmap roughBitmap  null      try          Works with content     file     or android resource    URIs     InputStream inputStream       getContentResolver   openInputStream uri       roughBitmap  BitmapFactory decodeStream inputStream           calc exact destination size     Matrix m   new Matrix        RectF inRect   new RectF 0  0  roughBitmap Width  roughBitmap Height       RectF outRect   new RectF 0  0  dstWidth  dstHeight       m SetRectToRect inRect  outRect  Matrix ScaleToFit Center       float   values   new float 9       m GetValues values            resize bitmap if needed     Bitmap resizedBitmap   Bitmap CreateScaledBitmap roughBitmap   int   roughBitmap Width   values 0     int   roughBitmap Height   values 4    true        string name    IMG     new Java Text SimpleDateFormat  yyyyMMdd HHmmss   Format new Java Util Date        png       var sdCardPath  Environment GetExternalStoragePublicDirectory  DCIM   AbsolutePath      Java IO File file   new Java IO File sdCardPath       if   file Exists                  file Mkdir              var filePath   System IO Path Combine sdCardPath  name         catch  FileNotFoundException e           Inform the user that things have gone horribly wrong

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You can try this it will help for you You can t get path from WhatsApp directly If you need an file path first copy file and send new file path  Using the code below   public static String getFilePathFromURI Context context  Uri contentUri        String fileName   getFileName contentUri       if   TextUtils isEmpty fileName             File copyFile   new File TEMP DIR PATH    fileName   jpg            copy context  contentUri  copyFile           return copyFile getAbsolutePath              return null     public static String getFileName Uri uri        if  uri    null  return null      String fileName   null      String path   uri getPath        int cut   path lastIndexOf           if  cut    -1            fileName   path substring cut   1             return fileName     public static void copy Context context  Uri srcUri  File dstFile        try           InputStream inputStream   context getContentResolver   openInputStream srcUri           if  inputStream    null  return          OutputStream outputStream   new FileOutputStream dstFile           IOUtils copy inputStream  outputStream           inputStream close            outputStream close          catch  IOException e            e printStackTrace          catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace              Then IOUtils class is like below  public class IOUtils      private static final int BUFFER SIZE   1024   2   private IOUtils            Utility class     public static int copy InputStream input  OutputStream output  throws Exception  IOException       byte   buffer   new byte BUFFER SIZE        BufferedInputStream in   new BufferedInputStream input  BUFFER SIZE       BufferedOutputStream out   new BufferedOutputStream output  BUFFER SIZE       int count   0  n   0      try           while   n   in read buffer  0  BUFFER SIZE      -1                out write buffer  0  n               count    n                    out flush          finally           try               out close              catch  IOException e                Log e e getMessage    e toString                       try               in close              catch  IOException e                Log e e getMessage    e toString                         return count

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Using the code example below will return to you the bitmap    BitmapFactory decodeStream getContentResolver   openInputStream Uri parse  content   com whatsapp provider media item 128752       After that you all know what you have to do

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protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState                     Your OnCreate             Intent intent   getIntent        String action   intent getAction        String type   intent getType       VIEW  if  Intent ACTION VIEW equals action   amp  amp  type    null   viewhekper intent    Handle text being sent

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You can also convert the URI to file and then to bytes if you want to upload the photo to your server      Check out    https   www stackoverflow com a 49575321

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It works for me for opening small text file    I didn t try in other file  protected void viewhelper Intent intent        Uri a   intent getData        if   a toString   startsWith  content               return              Ok Let s do it     String content   readUri a         do something with this content     here is the readUri Uri uri  method  private String readUri Uri uri        InputStream inputStream   null      try           inputStream   getContentResolver   openInputStream uri           if  inputStream    null                byte   buffer   new byte 1024               int result              String content                   while   result   inputStream read buffer      -1                    content   content concat new String buffer  0  result                              return content                  catch  IOException e            Log e  receiver    IOException when reading uri   e         finally           if  inputStream    null                try                   inputStream close                  catch  IOException e                    Log e  receiver    IOException when closing stream   e                                     return null      I got it from this repository https   github com zhutq android-file-provider-demo blob master FileReceiver app src main java com demo filereceiver MainActivity java I modified some code so that it work   Manifest file        lt activity android name   MainActivity  gt           lt intent-filter  gt               lt action android name  android intent action VIEW    gt               lt category android name  android intent category DEFAULT    gt               lt data android mimeType         gt           lt  intent-filter gt       lt  activity gt    You need to add   Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState                     Your OnCreate             Intent intent   getIntent        String action   intent getAction        String type   intent getType           VIEW      if  Intent ACTION VIEW equals action   amp  amp  type    null            viewhelper intent      Handle text being sent

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