How to get the file path from URI?

Question

Please find my code below. I need to get the file path of the pdf document, selected by the user from SDcard. The issue is that the URI.getPath() returns:

/file:///mnt/sdcard/my%20Report.pdf/my Report.pdf

The correct path is:

/sdcard/my Report.pdf

Please note that i searched on stackoverflow but found the example of getting the filePath of image or video, there is no example of how to get the filepath in case of PDF?

My code , NOT all the code but only the pdf part:

 public void openPDF(View v)
 {
     Intent intent = new Intent();
     //intent.setType("pdf/*");
     intent.setType("application/pdf");
     intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
     startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Pdf"), SELECT_PDF_DIALOG);
 }
 public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent result) 
 {
     if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) 
     {
         if (requestCode == SELECT_PDF_DIALOG) 
         {
             Uri data = result.getData();
             if(data.getLastPathSegment().endsWith("pdf"))
             {
                String pdfPath = data.getPath();
             } 
             else 
             {
                 CommonMethods.ShowMessageBox(CraneTrackActivity.this, "Invalid file type");   
             }               
          }
      }
 }

Can some please help me how to get the correct path from URI?

Here is the correct answer to the question [have a look][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3401579/get-filename-and-path-from-uri-from-mediastore — sheetal, Feb 20 '13 at 07:59

score 22 · Answer 1 · edited May 08 '15 at 13:21

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File myFile = new File(uri.toString());
myFile.getAbsolutePath()

should return u the correct path

EDIT

As @Tron suggested the working code is

File myFile = new File(uri.getPath());
myFile.getAbsolutePath()

edited May 08 '15 at 13:21

Ahmad Dwaik 'Warlock'

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answered Jan 17 '12 at 09:46

Seshu Vinay

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I don't have the FILE here, i need to get it from the Uri. – Yaqub Ahmad Jan 17 '12 at 09:48
Its returning: /content:/com.quickoffice.mx.samsung/file%3A%2F%2F%2Fmnt%2Fsdcard%2FMy%2520Report.pdf/My%20Report.pdf?MIME-TYPE=application%2Fpdf – Yaqub Ahmad Jan 17 '12 at 10:31
http://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/File.html – Seshu Vinay Jan 17 '12 at 10:35
U can see that method in that link. Description says it returns correct path. – Seshu Vinay Jan 17 '12 at 10:37
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Great thanks for your help but its not working. I tried both the getAbsolutePath() & getPath(), but its not returning the correct path. You can try it & you will see the results. – Yaqub Ahmad Jan 17 '12 at 11:04
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@Seshu Vinay anwser is wrong. File cann't create object, that start with scheme string `file://`. @Yaqub Ahmad devode after uri.getPath string with `URLDecoder.decode`. – Yura Shinkarev Aug 29 '13 at 21:09
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To correct this use: **File myFile = new File(uri.getPath());** - works well for file://... URIs. – Quark Mar 27 '15 at 11:50
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It needs to be build specific. Kitkat won't return the same as Lollipop. It's a friggin mess. – Oliver Dixon Apr 06 '16 at 08:24
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Not working. Testing on API 23 – eC Droid Sep 08 '17 at 11:37

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 05 '21 at 23:44

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Here is the answer to the question here

Actually we have to get it from the sharable ContentProvider of Camera Application.

EDIT . Copying answer that worked for me

private String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
    String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
    CursorLoader loader = new CursorLoader(mContext, contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
    Cursor cursor = loader.loadInBackground();
    int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
    cursor.moveToFirst();
    String result = cursor.getString(column_index);
    cursor.close();
    return result;
}

edited Jul 05 '21 at 23:44

Boken

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answered Feb 20 '13 at 08:00

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That's been the only way of getting the "real" file path for my physical device. I do not know why but my device and my emulator works in a different way. – Aliton Oliveira May 16 '19 at 17:11
MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA is deprecated – Milan Sheth Jun 19 '20 at 16:18

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