After getting the contentURI, you can use the following method to get the actual Uri using following method.
// You can use call the method from your activity like this.
String path = getPath(this,contentURI);
//This the method to get the actual path from the uri
public static String getPath(final Context context, final Uri uri) {
final boolean isKitKat = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT;
// DocumentProvider
if (isKitKat && DocumentsContract.isDocumentUri(context, uri)) {
// ExternalStorageProvider
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];
}
// TODO handle non-primary volumes
}
// DownloadsProvider
else if (isDownloadsDocument(uri)) {
final String id = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);
final Uri contentUri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(
Uri.parse("content://downloads/public_downloads"), Long.valueOf(id));
return getDataColumn(context, contentUri, null, null);
}
// MediaProvider
else if (isMediaDocument(uri)) {
if (isGoogleDriveUri(uri)) {
return getDriveFilePath(uri, context);
}
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);
}
}
// MediaStore (and general)
else if ("content".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
return getDataColumn(context, uri, null, null);
}
// File
else if ("file".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
return uri.getPath();
}
return uri.getPath();
}
/**
* Method to check if the uri is external storage document
*
* @param uri uri
* @return true if the uri authority is of external storage
*/
private static boolean isExternalStorageDocument(Uri uri) {
return "com.android.externalstorage.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
}
/**
* Method to download the document
*
* @param uri uri
* @return true if uri is of type download documents
*/
private 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.
*/
private static boolean isMediaDocument(Uri uri) {
return "com.android.providers.media.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
}
/**
* Get the value of the data column for this Uri.
*/
private static String getDataColumn(Context context, Uri uri, String selection,
String[] selectionArgs) {
final String column = "_data";
final String[] projection = {
column
};
try (Cursor 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);
}
}
return null;
}
// isGoogleDriveUri method
private static boolean isGoogleDriveUri(Uri uri) {
return "com.google.android.apps.docs.storage".equals(uri.getAuthority()) || "com.google.android.apps.docs.storage.legacy".equals(uri.getAuthority());
}
//getDriveFilePath method
private static String getDriveFilePath(Uri uri, Context context) {
Uri returnUri = uri;
Cursor returnCursor = context.getContentResolver().query(returnUri, null, null, null, null);
/*
* Get the column indexes of the data in the Cursor,
* * move to the first row in the Cursor, get the data,
* * and display it.
* */
int nameIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
int sizeIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.SIZE);
returnCursor.moveToFirst();
String name = (returnCursor.getString(nameIndex));
String size = (Long.toString(returnCursor.getLong(sizeIndex)));
File file = new File(context.getCacheDir(), name);
try {
InputStream inputStream = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
FileOutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream(file);
int read = 0;
int maxBufferSize = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
int bytesAvailable = inputStream.available();
//int bufferSize = 1024;
int bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize);
final byte[] buffers = new byte[bufferSize];
while ((read = inputStream.read(buffers)) != -1) {
outputStream.write(buffers, 0, read);
}
Log.e("File Size", "Size " + file.length());
inputStream.close();
outputStream.close();
Log.e("File Path", "Path " + file.getPath());
Log.e("File Size", "Size " + file.length());
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Exception", e.getMessage());
}
return file.getPath();
}
//For whatsapp u can use:
// whatsapp returns the uri in this particular way - content://com.whatsapp.provider.media/item/xxxxx
InputStream is = getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
Now u have to get the file path using this input stream. Then u have to read from input stream.
U may have to add it in the last if else block like:-
if ("content".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
String path = "";
try{
path = getDataColumn(context, uri, null, null);
}catch (Exception e){
try {
InputStream is = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
//TODO: read this input stream to get data
} catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
return path;
}
// File
else if ("file".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
String path = "";
try{
path = uri.getPath();
}catch (Exception e){
try {
InputStream is = context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
//TODO: read this input stream to get data
} catch (FileNotFoundException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
return path;
}
