PathURI from the camera library crashes

Question

I am selecting a picture from the android device library as follows

public static void showFileChooser(Activity activity) {
 Intent intent = new Intent();
 intent.setType("image/*");
 intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
 activity.startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), 1);
}

and trying to get realPathFromURI as follows, but idx always returns -1. I wonder what I am missing.

Manifest file

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

Update 1:

Update 2: I even tried the following, path returns null

Yes, I did. please see my updated question,I have added manifest — casillas, Feb 15 '16 at 05:13
possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17546101/get-real-path-for-uri-android — Jay Rathod, Feb 15 '16 at 05:19
please check my update-2, which your mark duplication, still getting the same error. — casillas, Feb 15 '16 at 05:35
Are you selecting picture from any synced device folder like google drive? — Adarsh Yadav, Feb 15 '16 at 05:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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If you are selecting image from devices synced folder then it must be the problem with image URI, Checkout this question and this answer.

Hope this will help you !!!

edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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answered Feb 15 '16 at 06:47

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AMD · Answer 2 · 2016-02-15T06:48:49.647

use media projection

 public static String getPath(Uri uri, Activity mActivity) {        
            try {
                String[] projection = {MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA};
                Cursor cursor = mActivity.managedQuery(uri, projection, null, null, null);
                int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA);
                cursor.moveToFirst();           
                return cursor.getString(column_index);
            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                return "";
            } 
        }

Just use getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri) to get an InputStream from a URI. in case of drive path

if input stream contains null you need to integrate drive api

please see the update in my question after I have applied your solution, still getting the error. — casillas, Feb 15 '16 at 05:30

PathURI from the camera library crashes

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