In my application, I let users choose PDF files. My solution worked before but now it doesn't work and I can't find out what causes the problem. The Intent data of the method onActivityResult is now returning a different URI path, which ends with different numbers at the end of the URI when picking any PDF file. My code:
public void addPDF(View v){
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <19){
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.setType("application/pdf");
try {
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Choose a pdf file"), 10);
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
//show error
}
}else{
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
intent.setType("application/pdf");
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
try {
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Choose a pdf file"), 11);
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
//show error
}
}
}
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, final Intent data) {
if ((requestCode == 10 || requestCode == 11) && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {
Uri pdf_uri = data.getData();
//WILL RETURN SOMTHING LIKE content://com.android.providers.downloads.documents/document/15
//or content://com.android.providers.downloads.documents/document/527 depending on different PDF files I pick
pdf_path = pdf_uri.getPath();
}
}
I wonder why the path is received as different numbers (in the end of the path), what are these numbers indicading and how do I solve this issue to get the right path of each PDF file?
