Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import android.content.ContentResolver; import android.content.Context; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.provider.MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns; public class Main { /** * Try to return the absolute file path from the given Uri * * @param context * @param uri * @return the file path or null */ public static String getRealFilePath(final Context context, final Uri uri) { if (null == uri) return null; final String scheme = uri.getScheme(); String data = null; if (scheme == null) data = uri.getPath(); else if (ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE.equals(scheme)) { data = uri.getPath(); } else if (ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT.equals(scheme)) { Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, new String[] { ImageColumns.DATA }, null, null, null); if (null != cursor) { if (cursor.moveToFirst()) { int index = cursor.getColumnIndex(ImageColumns.DATA); if (index > -1) { data = cursor.getString(index); } } cursor.close(); } } return data; } }