Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //License from project: LGPL import android.content.Context; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; public class Main { public static String getPathFromUri(final Context context, final Uri uri) { // final boolean isKitKat = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT; // if (isKitKat && DocumentsContract.isDocumentUri(context, uri)) { // 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]; // } // } // 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)) { // 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); // } // } // else if ("content".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) { return getDataColumn(context, uri, null, null); } else if ("file".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) { return uri.getPath(); } return null; } private static String getDataColumn(Context context, Uri uri, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) { Cursor cursor = null; final String column = "_data"; final String[] projection = { column }; try { 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); } } finally { if (cursor != null) cursor.close(); } return null; } }