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Get Real Path for Android 10

Astha Gupta

Lurker
Jul 29, 2020
1
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I'm using this code to get the real path for Android 10, but it always returns null. Can anyone please provide a solution for it?


import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.content.ContentUris;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.DocumentsContract;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.provider.OpenableColumns;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.util.Log;
import android.widget.Toast;

import androidx.loader.content.CursorLoader;

import java.io.IOException;

import static androidx.constraintlayout.widget.Constraints.TAG;

public class RealPath {

public static String getRealPath(Context context, Uri fileUri) {
String realPath;
// SDK < API11
try {
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 11)
realPath = getRealPathFromURI_BelowAPI11(context, fileUri);
// SDK >= 11 && SDK < 19
else if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 19)
realPath = getRealPathFromURI_API11to18(context, fileUri);
// SDK > 19 (Android 4.4)
else
realPath = getRealPathFromURI_API19(context, fileUri);
return realPath;
} catch (Exception e) {
// Toast.makeText(context, "Exception in getRealPath: " + e, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
throw e;
}
}

@SuppressLint("NewApi")
public static String getRealPathFromURI_API11to18(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
String[] proj = {MediaStore.Images.Media._ID};
String result = null;

CursorLoader cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(context, contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
Cursor cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();

if (cursor != null) {
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID);
cursor.moveToFirst();
result = cursor.getString(column_index);
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
}
return result;
}

public static String getRealPathFromURI_BelowAPI11(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
String[] proj = {MediaStore.Images.Media._ID};
Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
int column_index = 0;
String result = "";
if (cursor != null) {
column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media._ID);
cursor.moveToFirst();
result = cursor.getString(column_index);
if (cursor != null) {
cursor.close();
}
return result;
}
return result;
}

private static String getRealPathFromURI_API19(final Context context, final Uri uri) {
final boolean isKitKat = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT;
if (isKitKat && DocumentsContract.isDocumentUri(context, uri)) {
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];
}
} else if (isDownloadsDocument(uri)) {
final String id = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);
String fileName = getFilePath(context, uri);
if (fileName != null) {
return Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/Download/" + fileName;
}
try {
final Uri contentUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(Uri.parse("content://downloads/public_downloads"), Long.valueOf(id));
return getDataColumn(context, contentUri, null, null);
} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
return null;
}
} 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);
}
} else if ("content".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
try {
if (isGooglePhotosUri(uri))
return uri.getLastPathSegment();
return getDataColumn(context, uri, null, null);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
} else if ("file".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
try {
return uri.getPath();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
return null;
}

private 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 && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
final int index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(column);
return cursor.getString(index);
}

} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (cursor == null) {
cursor.close();
}
}
return null;
}

public static String getFilePath(Context context, Uri uri) {

Cursor cursor = null;
final String[] projection = {
MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME
};

try {
cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, null, null,
null);
if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
final int index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
return cursor.getString(index);
}
} finally {
if (cursor != null)
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());
}

/**
* @param uri The Uri to check.
* @return Whether the Uri authority is Google Photos.
*/
public static boolean isGooglePhotosUri(Uri uri) {
return "com.google.android.apps.photos.content".equals(uri.getAuthority());
}
}
 

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