get Path from Uri - Android android.net

Android examples for android.net:Uri

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Description

get Path from Uri

Demo Code

import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;

public class Main {

  public static String getPath(Context context, Uri uri) throws URISyntaxException {
    if ("content".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
      String[] projection = { "_data" };
      Cursor cursor = null;/*from w  ww  . ja v  a 2 s  . c o m*/
      try {
        cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, null, null, null);
        int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("_data");
        if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
          return cursor.getString(column_index);
        }
      } catch (Exception e) {
        // Eat it
      }
    } else if ("file".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
      return uri.getPath();
    }

    return null;
  }
}

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