file path return null always in lollipop android

Question

this is my code when i'm getting image from internal storage (gallery). In lollipop file path return always null.

if (requestCode == PICK_IMAGE)  {
        if(resultCode == RESULT_OK){
            //image successfully picked
            // launching upload activity
            Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
            String[] filePathColumn = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
            Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,filePathColumn, null, null, null);
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            columnindex = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
            file_path = cursor.getString(columnindex);
            Log.d(getClass().getName(), "file_path"+file_path);
            fileUri = Uri.parse("file://" + file_path);
            cursor.close();
            launchUploadActivity(true, PICK_IMAGE);
        }else if (resultCode == RESULT_CANCELED) {
            // user cancelled recording
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"User cancelled image  selection", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else {
            // failed to record video
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Sorry! failed to pick image", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '15 at 10:27

Thanx all,I found the solution.

    Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
            String wholeID = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(selectedImage);

            // 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();
            setImageFromIntent(filePath);

Thanks for the compliment !! @mostvenerablesir it's 3 days struggle result :) — Gopal Singh, Nov 02 '18 at 05:24

Ravi Bhandari · Answer 2 · 2015-03-19T12:37:03.570

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Add permission to your manifest -

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

you have to define read permission, before read any content.

EDITED

Update your code -

        Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
        String[] filePathColumn = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
        Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,filePathColumn, null, null, null);

        columnindex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        file_path = cursor.getString(columnindex);
        Log.d(getClass().getName(), "file_path"+file_path);
        fileUri = Uri.parse("file://" + file_path);
        cursor.close();
        launchUploadActivity(true, PICK_IMAGE);

So here if any exception in getting data from cursor then it throws exception.

edited Mar 19 '15 at 12:37

answered Mar 19 '15 at 12:26

Ravi Bhandari

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image path is showing null..but when i click image from camera it works fine. one more thing problem is in only lollipop version. – Gopal Singh Mar 19 '15 at 12:30
again image path is null. Log.d(getClass().getName(), "file_path"+file_path); – Gopal Singh Mar 19 '15 at 12:47
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is it throwing any exception?? – Ravi Bhandari Mar 19 '15 at 12:47
yes!! Unable to decode stream: java.io.FileNotFoundException: : open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory) – Gopal Singh Mar 19 '15 at 12:49
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try this line of code - bm = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(this.getContentResolver(), selectedImage ); – Ravi Bhandari Mar 19 '15 at 12:54
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/73344/discussion-between-gopal-singh-and-ravi). – Gopal Singh Mar 19 '15 at 13:04
If cursor is null also try `path = uri.getpath()` as a fallback. it worked for me on both, 5.0 above and below. Original answer (here) [http://stackoverflow.com/a/25538686/1149398] – sud007 Nov 02 '16 at 17:10

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

Lollipop decided to take another course with getting files from the system. (Some say it is from KitKat, but I haven't encountered it yet on KitKat). The code below is to get the filepath on lollipop

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT && 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.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
        }

        final String selection = "_id=?";
        final String[] selectionArgs = new String[] {
                split[1]
        };

        String filePath = getDataColumn(context, contentUri, selection, selectionArgs);
    }

isMediaDocument:

public static boolean isMediaDocument(Uri uri)
{
    return "com.android.providers.media.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
}

getDataColumn:

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 column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(column);
            return cursor.getString(column_index);
        }
    } finally {
        if (cursor != null)
            cursor.close();
    }
    return null;
}

If you still have problems, this is the full answer that checks for images, audio, video, files, etc.

In lollipop images are also seen as documents. So getDocumentId retrieves the id of the image. This is used for getting type (in this case only images) and to get the right image back from the query (see getDataColumn -> selection). Here is the developers website with DocumentsContract: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/provider/DocumentsContract.html#getDocumentId(android.net.Uri) — Kevin van Mierlo, Mar 20 '15 at 10:07
uri==>> content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image%3A13358 but i found the solution which work for me. i have posted that here. — Gopal Singh, Mar 20 '15 at 10:31
thanks, this helped me, but i changed `MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;` to `MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;` because with `xx.audio.xxx` i was getting an MP3 file name while i have selected a photo, also i changed `Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >=` to `Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >` as kitkat was fine with my application — Yazan, Feb 04 '16 at 12:43

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 04 '15 at 09:46

///////////////////create file obj:
private File mFileTemp;

String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState();
        if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)) {
            mFileTemp = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), InternalStorageContentProvider.TEMP_PHOTO_FILE_NAME);
        }
        else {
            mFileTemp = new File(getFilesDir(), InternalStorageContentProvider.TEMP_PHOTO_FILE_NAME);
        }
/////////////////// use in start activity for result
try {

                    InputStream inputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(data.getData());
                    FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(mFileTemp);
                    copyStream(inputStream, fileOutputStream);
                    fileOutputStream.close();
                    inputStream.close();

                     imagepath = mFileTemp.getPath();

                } catch (Exception e) {

                    Log.e("TAG", "Error while creating temp file", e);
                }
/////////////////
    public static void copyStream(InputStream input, OutputStream output)
            throws IOException 
            {
        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        int bytesRead;
        while ((bytesRead = input.read(buffer)) != -1) 
        {
            output.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
        }
    }

Please explain your code. While a purely code answer might get the asker's code working, it wont answer their question because they usually won't understand the solution. — SuperBiasedMan, Jun 04 '15 at 09:27

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 22 '19 at 14:28

public void String(Uri file_uri){
    String path = null;
    Cursor returnCursor = getContext().getContentResolver().query(file_uri, null, 
                             null, null, null);
    if (returnCursor != null && returnCursor.moveToFirst()) {
        //to get file name 
        int nameIndex = 
        returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
        //string filename will get a filename which you have choosen
        String fileName = returnCursor.getString(nameIndex); 
        //to get full path of image
        path = returnCursor.getString(returnCursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA));
    }
    return path;

}

Could you [edit] your answer and add some explanation why/how does it solve the issue? — barbsan, Feb 21 '19 at 12:03

file path return null always in lollipop android

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