how to get file path from sd card in android

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hi all i have mp3 files in sd card  how to get file path of mp3 song from sd card   please assist me

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There are different Names of SD-Cards   This Code check every possible Name  I don t guarantee that these are all names but the most are included   It prefers the main storage    private String SDPath         String sdcardpath              Datas     if  new File   data sdext4    exists    amp  amp  new File   data sdext4    canRead             sdcardpath     data sdext4              if  new File   data sdext3    exists    amp  amp  new File   data sdext3    canRead             sdcardpath     data sdext3              if  new File   data sdext2    exists    amp  amp  new File   data sdext2    canRead             sdcardpath     data sdext2              if  new File   data sdext1    exists    amp  amp  new File   data sdext1    canRead             sdcardpath     data sdext1              if  new File   data sdext    exists    amp  amp  new File   data sdext    canRead             sdcardpath     data sdext                 MNTS      if  new File  mnt sdcard external sd    exists    amp  amp  new File  mnt sdcard external sd    canRead             sdcardpath    mnt sdcard external sd              if  new File  mnt extsdcard    exists    amp  amp  new File  mnt extsdcard    canRead             sdcardpath    mnt extsdcard              if  new File  mnt external sd    exists    amp  amp  new File  mnt external sd    canRead             sdcardpath    mnt external sd              if  new File  mnt emmc    exists    amp  amp  new File  mnt emmc    canRead             sdcardpath    mnt emmc              if  new File  mnt sdcard0    exists    amp  amp  new File  mnt sdcard0    canRead             sdcardpath    mnt sdcard0              if  new File  mnt sdcard1    exists    amp  amp  new File  mnt sdcard1    canRead             sdcardpath    mnt sdcard1              if  new File  mnt sdcard    exists    amp  amp  new File  mnt sdcard    canRead             sdcardpath    mnt sdcard                 Storages     if  new File   storage removable sdcard1    exists    amp  amp  new File   storage removable sdcard1    canRead             sdcardpath     storage removable sdcard1              if  new File   storage external SD    exists    amp  amp  new File   storage external SD    canRead             sdcardpath     storage external SD              if  new File   storage ext sd    exists    amp  amp  new File   storage ext sd    canRead             sdcardpath     storage ext sd              if  new File   storage sdcard1    exists    amp  amp  new File   storage sdcard1    canRead             sdcardpath     storage sdcard1              if  new File   storage sdcard0    exists    amp  amp  new File   storage sdcard0    canRead             sdcardpath     storage sdcard0              if  new File   storage sdcard    exists    amp  amp  new File   storage sdcard    canRead             sdcardpath     storage sdcard              if  sdcardpath contentEquals               sdcardpath   Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   getAbsolutePath               Log v  SDFinder   Path      sdcardpath       return sdcardpath

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this code helps to get it easily              Actually in some devices external sdcard default name is showing as extSdCard and for other it is sdcard1  This code snippet helps to find out that exact path and helps to retrive you the path of external device    String sdpath sd1path usbdiskpath sd0path    if new File   storage extSdCard    exists          sdpath   storage extSdCard      Log i  Sd Cardext Path  sdpath       if new File   storage sdcard1    exists          sd1path   storage sdcard1      Log i  Sd Card1 Path  sd1path       if new File   storage usbcard1    exists          usbdiskpath   storage usbcard1      Log i  USB Path  usbdiskpath       if new File   storage sdcard0    exists          sd0path   storage sdcard0      Log i  Sd Card0 Path  sd0path

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maybe you are having the same problem i had  my tablet has a SD card on it  in  mnt sdcard and the sd card external was in  mnt extcard  you can look it on the android file manager  going to your sd card and see the path to it   Hope it helps

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By using the following code you can find name  path  size as like this all kind of information of all audio song files  String   STAR                 Uri allaudiosong   MediaStore Audio Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI  String audioselection   MediaStore Audio Media IS MUSIC        0   Cursor cursor  cursor   managedQuery allaudiosong  STAR  audioselection  null  null    if  cursor    null        if  cursor moveToFirst              do               String song name   cursor                     getString cursor                               getColumnIndex MediaStore Audio Media DISPLAY NAME                System out println  Audio Song Name    song name                int song id   cursor getInt cursor                      getColumnIndex MediaStore Audio Media  ID                System out println  Audio Song ID    song id                String fullpath   cursor getString cursor                      getColumnIndex MediaStore Audio Media DATA                System out println  Audio Song FullPath    fullpath                String album name   cursor getString cursor                      getColumnIndex MediaStore Audio Media ALBUM                System out println  Audio Album Name    album name                int album id   cursor getInt cursor                      getColumnIndex MediaStore Audio Media ALBUM ID                System out println  Audio Album Id    album id                String artist name   cursor getString cursor                      getColumnIndex MediaStore Audio Media ARTIST                System out println  Audio Artist Name    artist name                int artist id   cursor getInt cursor                      getColumnIndex MediaStore Audio Media ARTIST ID                System out println  Audio Artist ID    artist id              while  cursor moveToNext

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Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   will NOT return path to micro SD card Storage       how to get file path from sd card in android   By sd card  I am assuming that  you meant removable micro SD card    In API level 19 i e  in Android version 4 4 Kitkat  they have added File   getExternalFilesDirs  String type  in Context Class that allows apps to store data files in micro SD cards    Android 4 4 is the first release of the platform that has actually allowed apps to use SD cards for storage  Any access to SD cards before API level 19 was through private  unsupported APIs   Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   was there from API level 1  getExternalFilesDirs String type  returns absolute paths to application-specific directories on all shared external storage devices  It means  it will return paths to both internal and external memory  Generally  second returned path would be the storage path for microSD card  if any    But note that      Shared storage may not always be available  since removable media can   be ejected by the user  Media state can be checked using   getExternalStorageState File        There is no security enforced with these files  For example  any   application holding WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE can write to these files    The Internal and External Storage terminology according to Google official Android docs is quite different from what we think

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You can get the path of sdcard from this code   File extStore   Environment getExternalStorageDirectory      Then specify the foldername and file name  for e g     LazyList   serialno get position  trim     jpg

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As some people indicated  the officially accepted answer does not quite return the external removable SD card  And i ran upon the following thread that proposes a method I ve tested on some Android devices and seems to work reliably  so i thought of re-sharing here as i don t see it in the other responses    http   forums androidcentral com samsung-galaxy-s7 668364-whats-external-sdcard-path html  Kudos to paresh996 for coming up with the answer itself  and i can attest I ve tried on Samsung S7 and S7edge and seems to work   Now  i needed a method that returned a valid path where to read files  and that considered the fact that there might not be an external SD  in which case the internal storage should be returned  so i modified the code from paresh996 to this    File getStoragePath         String removableStoragePath      File fileList     new File   storage    listFiles        for  File file   fileList           if  file getAbsolutePath   equalsIgnoreCase Environment getExternalStorageDirectory   getAbsolutePath     amp  amp  file isDirectory    amp  amp  file canRead                  return file                      return Environment getExternalStorageDirectory

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