Get real path from URI Android KitKat new storage access framework

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Before the new gallery access in Android 4 4  KitKat  I got my real path on the SD card with this method   public String getPath Uri uri       String   projection     MediaStore Images Media DATA       Cursor cursor   managedQuery uri  projection  null  null  null      startManagingCursor cursor      int column index   cursor getColumnIndexOrThrow MediaStore Images Media DATA      cursor moveToFirst     return cursor getString column index       Now  the Intent ACTION GET CONTENT return different data   Before   content   media external images media 62   Now   content   com android providers media documents document image 62   How could I manage to obtain the real path on the SD card

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Before new gallery access in KitKat I got my real path in sdcard with this method

That was never reliable. There is no requirement that the Uri that you are returned from an ACTION_GET_CONTENT or ACTION_PICK request has to be indexed by the MediaStore, or even has to represent a file on the file system. The Uri could, for example, represent a stream, where an encrypted file is decrypted for you on the fly.

How could I manage to obtain the real path in sdcard?

There is no requirement that there is a file corresponding to the Uri.

Yes, I really need a path

Then copy the file from the stream to your own temporary file, and use it. Better yet, just use the stream directly, and avoid the temporary file.

I have changed my Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT for Intent.ACTION_PICK

That will not help your situation. There is no requirement that an ACTION_PICK response be for a Uri that has a file on the filesystem that you can somehow magically derive.

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I had the exact same problem  I need the filename so to be able to upload it to a website   It worked for me  if I changed the intent to PICK  This was tested in AVD for Android 4 4 and in AVD for Android 2 1   Add permission READ EXTERNAL STORAGE     lt uses-permission android name  android permission READ EXTERNAL STORAGE    gt    Change the Intent    Intent i   new Intent    Intent ACTION PICK    android provider MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI      startActivityForResult i  66453666       OLD CODE Intent intent   new Intent    intent setType  image      intent setAction Intent ACTION GET CONTENT   startActivityForResult    Intent createChooser  intent   Select Image       66453666           I did not have to change my code the get the actual path      Convert the image URI to the direct file system path of the image file  public String mf szGetRealPathFromURI final Context context  final Uri ac Uri           String result            boolean isok   false        Cursor cursor   null        try            String   proj     MediaStore Images Media DATA            cursor   context getContentResolver   query ac Uri   proj  null  null  null           int column index   cursor getColumnIndexOrThrow MediaStore Images Media DATA           cursor moveToFirst            result   cursor getString column index           isok   true          finally           if  cursor    null              cursor close                             return isok   result

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This answer is based on your somewhat vague description  I assume that you fired an intent with action  Intent ACTION GET CONTENT  And now you get content   com android providers media documents document image 62 back instead of the previously media provider URI  correct   On Android 4 4  KitKat  the new DocumentsActivity gets opened when an Intent ACTION GET CONTENT is fired thus leading to grid view  or list view  where you can pick an image  this will return the following URIs to calling context  example   content   com android providers media documents document image 62  these are the URIs to the new document provider  it abstracts away the underlying data by providing generic document provider URIs to clients    You can however access both gallery and other activities responding to Intent ACTION GET CONTENT by using the drawer in the DocumentsActivity  drag from left to right and you ll see a drawer UI with Gallery to choose from   Just as pre KitKat   If you still which to pick in DocumentsActivity class and need the file URI  you should be able to do the following  warning this is hacky   query  with contentresolver  content   com android providers media documents document image 62 URI and read the  display name value from the cursor  This is somewhat unique name  just the filename on local files  and use that in a selection  when querying  to mediaprovider to get the correct row corresponding to this selection from here you can fetch the file URI as well   The recommended ways of accessing document provider can be found here  get an inputstream or file descriptor to read file bitmap    Examples of using documentprovider

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Here is an updated version of Paul Burke s answer  In versions below Android 4 4  KitKat  we don t have the DocumentsContract class   In order to work on versions below KitKat create this class   public class DocumentsContract       private static final String DOCUMENT URIS            com android providers media documents              com android externalstorage documents              com android providers downloads documents              com android providers media documents        private static final String PATH DOCUMENT    document       private static final String TAG   DocumentsContract class getSimpleName         public static String getDocumentId Uri documentUri            final List lt String gt  paths   documentUri getPathSegments            if  paths size    lt  2                throw new IllegalArgumentException  Not a document      documentUri                      if   PATH DOCUMENT equals paths get 0                  throw new IllegalArgumentException  Not a document      documentUri                     return paths get 1              public static boolean isDocumentUri Uri uri            final List lt String gt  paths   uri getPathSegments            Logger v TAG   paths     paths                 if  paths size    lt  2                return false                    if   PATH DOCUMENT equals paths get 0                  return false                    return DOCUMENT URIS contains uri getAuthority

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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  gt   Build VERSION CODES KITKAT          DocumentProvider     if  isKitKat  amp  amp  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  amp  amp  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

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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 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   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

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Try this     KITKAT i   new Intent Intent ACTION PICK android provider MediaStore Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI   startActivityForResult i  CHOOSE IMAGE REQUEST     Use the following in the onActivityResult   Uri selectedImageURI   data getData    input   c getContentResolver   openInputStream selectedImageURI   BitmapFactory decodeStream input   null  opts

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We need to do the following changes fixes in our earlier onActivityResult   s gallery picker code to run seamlessly on Android 4 4  KitKat  and on all other earlier versions as well   Uri selectedImgFileUri   data getData     if  selectedImgFileUri    null             The user has not selected any photo    try       InputStream input   mActivity getContentResolver   openInputStream selectedImgFileUri      mSelectedPhotoBmp   BitmapFactory decodeStream input     catch  Throwable tr            Show message to try again

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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

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