Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.annotation.SuppressLint; import android.content.Context; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.provider.DocumentsContract; import android.provider.MediaStore; public class Main { @SuppressLint("NewApi") public static String getRealPathFromURI_API19(Context context, Uri uri) { String filePath = ""; String wholeID = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri); // Split at colon, use second item in the array String id = wholeID.split(":")[1]; String[] column = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA }; // where id is equal to String sel = MediaStore.Images.Media._ID + "=?"; Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, column, sel, new String[] { id }, null); int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(column[0]); if (cursor.moveToFirst()) { filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex); } cursor.close(); return filePath; } }