Android examples for android.net:Uri
get Path From Uri via CursorLoader
import android.content.Context; import android.content.CursorLoader; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.provider.MediaStore; public class Main { public static String getPathFromUri(Context context, Uri contentUri) { if (contentUri != null) { if (contentUri.getScheme().toString().compareTo("content") == 0) { String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA }; CursorLoader loader = new CursorLoader(context, contentUri, proj, null, null, null); Cursor cursor = loader.loadInBackground(); int index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA); cursor.moveToFirst();//from w ww .ja v a2s.c o m return cursor.getString(index); } else if (contentUri.getScheme().toString().compareTo("file") == 0) { String fileName = contentUri.toString().replace("file://", ""); return fileName; } } return null; } }