[android] How to extract the file name from URI returned from Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT?

I am using 3rd party file manager to pick a file (PDF in my case) from the file system.

This is how I launch the activity:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.setType(getString(R.string.app_pdf_mime_type));
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);

String chooserName = getString(R.string.Browse);
Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(intent, chooserName);

startActivityForResult(chooser, ActivityRequests.BROWSE);

This is what I have in onActivityResult:

Uri uri = data.getData();
if (uri != null) {
    if (uri.toString().startsWith("file:")) {
        fileName = uri.getPath();
    } else { // uri.startsWith("content:")

        Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);

        if (c != null && c.moveToFirst()) {

            int id = c.getColumnIndex(Images.Media.DATA);
            if (id != -1) {
                fileName = c.getString(id);
            }
        }
    }
}

Code snippet is borrowed from Open Intents File Manager instructions available here:
http://www.openintents.org/en/node/829

The purpose of if-else is backwards compatibility. I wonder if this is a best way to get the file name as I have found that other file managers return all kind of things.

For example, Documents ToGo return something like the following:

content://com.dataviz.dxtg.documentprovider/document/file%3A%2F%2F%2Fsdcard%2Fdropbox%2FTransfer%2Fconsent.pdf

on which getContentResolver().query() returns null.

To make things more interesting, unnamed file manager (I got this URI from client log) returned something like:

/./sdcard/downloads/.bin

Is there a preferred way of extracting the file name from URI or one should resort to string parsing?

This actually worked for me:

private String uri2filename() {

    String ret;
    String scheme = uri.getScheme();

    if (scheme.equals("file")) {
        ret = uri.getLastPathSegment();
    }
    else if (scheme.equals("content")) {
        Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
        if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            ret = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME));
        }
   }
   return ret;
}

Taken from Retrieving File information | Android developers

Retrieving a File's name.

private String queryName(ContentResolver resolver, Uri uri) {
    Cursor returnCursor =
            resolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
    assert returnCursor != null;
    int nameIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
    returnCursor.moveToFirst();
    String name = returnCursor.getString(nameIndex);
    returnCursor.close();
    return name;
}

Stefan Haustein function for xamarin/c#:

public string GetFilenameFromURI(Android.Net.Uri uri)
        {
            string result = null;
            if (uri.Scheme == "content")
            {
                using (var cursor = Application.Context.ContentResolver.Query(uri, null, null, null, null))
                {
                    try
                    {
                        if (cursor != null && cursor.MoveToFirst())
                        {
                            result = cursor.GetString(cursor.GetColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DisplayName));
                        }
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                        cursor.Close();
                    }
                }
            }
            if (result == null)
            {
                result = uri.Path;
                int cut = result.LastIndexOf('/');
                if (cut != -1)
                {
                    result = result.Substring(cut + 1);
                }
            }
            return result;
        }

I use below code to get File Name & File Size from Uri in my project.

/**
 * Used to get file detail from uri.
 * <p>
 * 1. Used to get file detail (name & size) from uri.
 * 2. Getting file details from uri is different for different uri scheme,
 * 2.a. For "File Uri Scheme" - We will get file from uri & then get its details.
 * 2.b. For "Content Uri Scheme" - We will get the file details by querying content resolver.
 *
 * @param uri Uri.
 * @return file detail.
 */
public static FileDetail getFileDetailFromUri(final Context context, final Uri uri) {
    FileDetail fileDetail = null;
    if (uri != null) {
        fileDetail = new FileDetail();
        // File Scheme.
        if (ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE.equals(uri.getScheme())) {
            File file = new File(uri.getPath());
            fileDetail.fileName = file.getName();
            fileDetail.fileSize = file.length();
        }
        // Content Scheme.
        else if (ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT.equals(uri.getScheme())) {
            Cursor returnCursor =
                    context.getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
            if (returnCursor != null && returnCursor.moveToFirst()) {
                int nameIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
                int sizeIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.SIZE);
                fileDetail.fileName = returnCursor.getString(nameIndex);
                fileDetail.fileSize = returnCursor.getLong(sizeIndex);
                returnCursor.close();
            }
        }
    }
    return fileDetail;
}

/**
 * File Detail.
 * <p>
 * 1. Model used to hold file details.
 */
public static class FileDetail {

    // fileSize.
    public String fileName;

    // fileSize in bytes.
    public long fileSize;

    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public FileDetail() {

    }
}

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I got some information from the developer's website

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val cursor = context.contentResolver.query(fileUri, null, null, null, null)

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val nameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME)
val sizeIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.SIZE)
cursor.moveToFirst()
val fileName = cursor.getString(nameIndex)
val size = cursor.getLong(sizeIndex)

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Don't forget to close resources

Retrieving file information

First, you need to convert your URI object to URL object, and then use File object to retrieve a file name:

try
    {
        URL videoUrl = uri.toURL();
        File tempFile = new File(videoUrl.getFile());
        String fileName = tempFile.getName();
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {

    }

That's it, very easy.

If you want to have the filename with extension I use this function to get it. It also works with google drive file picks

public static String getFileName(Uri uri) {
    String result;

    //if uri is content
    if (uri.getScheme() != null && uri.getScheme().equals("content")) {
        Cursor cursor = global.getInstance().context.getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
        try {
            if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                //local filesystem
                int index = cursor.getColumnIndex("_data");
                if(index == -1)
                    //google drive
                    index = cursor.getColumnIndex("_display_name");
                result = cursor.getString(index);
                if(result != null)
                    uri = Uri.parse(result);
                else
                    return null;
            }
        } finally {
            cursor.close();
        }
    }

    result = uri.getPath();

    //get filename + ext of path
    int cut = result.lastIndexOf('/');
    if (cut != -1)
        result = result.substring(cut + 1);
    return result;
}

public String getFilename() 
{
/*  Intent intent = getIntent();
    String name = intent.getData().getLastPathSegment();
    return name;*/
    Uri uri=getIntent().getData();
    String fileName = null;
    Context context=getApplicationContext();
    String scheme = uri.getScheme();
    if (scheme.equals("file")) {
        fileName = uri.getLastPathSegment();
    }
    else if (scheme.equals("content")) {
        String[] proj = { MediaStore.Video.Media.TITLE };
        Uri contentUri = null;
        Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, proj, null, null, null);
        if (cursor != null && cursor.getCount() != 0) {
            int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Video.Media.TITLE);
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            fileName = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
        }
    }
    return fileName;
}

I'm using something like this:

String scheme = uri.getScheme();
if (scheme.equals("file")) {
    fileName = uri.getLastPathSegment();
}
else if (scheme.equals("content")) {
    String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.TITLE };
    Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
    if (cursor != null && cursor.getCount() != 0) {
        int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.TITLE);
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        fileName = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
    }
    if (cursor != null) {
        cursor.close();
    }
}

Combination of all the answers

Here is what I have arrived at after a read of all the answers presented here as well what some Airgram has done in their SDKs - A utility that I have open sourced on Github:

https://github.com/mankum93/UriUtilsAndroid/tree/master/app/src/main/java/com/androiduriutils

Usage

As simple as calling, UriUtils.getDisplayNameSize(). It provides both the name and size of the content.

Note: Only works with a content:// Uri

Here is a glimpse on the code:

/**
 * References:
 * - https://www.programcreek.com/java-api-examples/?code=MLNO/airgram/airgram-master/TMessagesProj/src/main/java/ir/hamzad/telegram/MediaController.java
 * - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5568874/how-to-extract-the-file-name-from-uri-returned-from-intent-action-get-content
 *
 * @author [email protected]/2HjxA0C
 * Created on: 03-07-2020
 */
public final class UriUtils {


    public static final int CONTENT_SIZE_INVALID = -1;

    /**
     * @param context context
     * @param contentUri content Uri, i.e, of the scheme <code>content://</code>
     * @return The Display name and size for content. In case of non-determination, display name
     * would be null and content size would be {@link #CONTENT_SIZE_INVALID}
     */
    @NonNull
    public static DisplayNameAndSize getDisplayNameSize(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull Uri contentUri){

        final String scheme = contentUri.getScheme();
        if(scheme == null || !scheme.equals(ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT)){
            throw new RuntimeException("Only scheme content:// is accepted");
        }

        final DisplayNameAndSize displayNameAndSize = new DisplayNameAndSize();
        displayNameAndSize.size = CONTENT_SIZE_INVALID;

        String[] projection = new String[]{MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA, OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, OpenableColumns.SIZE};
        Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentUri, projection, null, null, null);
        try {
            if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {

                // Try extracting content size

                int sizeIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.SIZE);
                if (sizeIndex != -1) {
                    displayNameAndSize.size = cursor.getLong(sizeIndex);
                }

                // Try extracting display name
                String name = null;

                // Strategy: The column name is NOT guaranteed to be indexed by DISPLAY_NAME
                // so, we try two methods
                int nameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
                if (nameIndex != -1) {
                    name = cursor.getString(nameIndex);
                }

                if (nameIndex == -1 || name == null) {
                    nameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
                    if (nameIndex != -1) {
                        name = cursor.getString(nameIndex);
                    }
                }
                displayNameAndSize.displayName = name;
            }
        }
        finally {
            if(cursor != null){
                cursor.close();
            }
        }

        // We tried querying the ContentResolver...didn't work out
        // Try extracting the last path segment
        if(displayNameAndSize.displayName == null){
            displayNameAndSize.displayName = contentUri.getLastPathSegment();
        }

        return displayNameAndSize;
    }
}

The most condensed version:

public String getNameFromURI(Uri uri) {
    Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
    c.moveToFirst();
    return c.getString(c.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME));
}

If you want it short this should work.

Uri uri= data.getData();
File file= new File(uri.getPath());
file.getName();

Easiest ways to get file name:

val fileName = File(uri.path).name
// or
val fileName = uri.pathSegments.last()

If they don't give you the right name you should use:

fun Uri.getName(context: Context): String {
    val returnCursor = context.contentResolver.query(this, null, null, null, null)
    val nameIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME)
    returnCursor.moveToFirst()
    val fileName = returnCursor.getString(nameIndex)
    returnCursor.close()
    return fileName
}

My version of the answer is actually very similar to the @Stefan Haustein. I found the answer on Android Developer page Retrieving File Information; the information here is even more condensed on this specific topic than on Storage Access Framework guide site. In the result from the query the column index containing file name is OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME. None of other answers/solutions for column indexes worked for me. Below is the sample function:

 /**
 * @param uri uri of file.
 * @param contentResolver access to server app.
 * @return the name of the file.
 */
def extractFileName(uri: Uri, contentResolver: ContentResolver): Option[String] = {

    var fileName: Option[String] = None
    if (uri.getScheme.equals("file")) {

        fileName = Option(uri.getLastPathSegment)
    } else if (uri.getScheme.equals("content")) {

        var cursor: Cursor = null
        try {

            // Query the server app to get the file's display name and size.
            cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null)

            // Get the column indexes of the data in the Cursor,
            // move to the first row in the Cursor, get the data.
            if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {

                val nameIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME)
                fileName = Option(cursor.getString(nameIndex))
            }

        } finally {

            if (cursor != null) {
                cursor.close()
            }

        }

    }

    fileName
}

Please try this :

  private String displayName(Uri uri) {

             Cursor mCursor =
                     getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
             int indexedname = mCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
             mCursor.moveToFirst();
             String filename = mCursor.getString(indexedname);
             mCursor.close();
             return filename;
 }

String Fpath = getPath(this, uri) ;
File file = new File(Fpath);
String filename = file.getName();

developer.android.com has nice example code for this: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider.html

A condensed version to just extract the file name (assuming "this" is an Activity):

public String getFileName(Uri uri) {
  String result = null;
  if (uri.getScheme().equals("content")) {
    Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
    try {
      if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        result = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME));
      }
    } finally {
      cursor.close();
    }
  }
  if (result == null) {
    result = uri.getPath();
    int cut = result.lastIndexOf('/');
    if (cut != -1) {
      result = result.substring(cut + 1);
    }
  }
  return result;
}

For Kotlin, You can use something like this :

object FileUtils {

   fun Context.getFileName(uri: Uri): String?
        = when (uri.scheme) {
            ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE -> File(uri.path).name
            ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT -> getCursorContent(uri)
            else -> null
        }

    private fun Context.getCursorContent(uri: Uri): String? 
        = try {
            contentResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null)?.let { cursor ->
                cursor.run {
                    if (moveToFirst()) getString(getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME))
                    else null
                }.also { cursor.close() }
            }
        } catch (e : Exception) { null }