Android Gallery on Android 4.4 (KitKat) returns di

Question

Before KitKat (or before the new Gallery) the Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT returned a URI like this

content://media/external/images/media/3951.

Using the ContentResolver and quering for MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA returned the file URL.

In KitKat however the Gallery returns a URI (via "Last") like this:

content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image:3951

How do I handle this?

Answer 1

If anyone's interested, I made a working Kotlin version for ACTION_GET_CONTENT:

var path: String = uri.path // uri = any content Uri
val databaseUri: Uri
val selection: String?
val selectionArgs: Array<String>?
if (path.contains("/document/image:")) { // files selected from "Documents"
    databaseUri = MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
    selection = "_id=?"
    selectionArgs = arrayOf(DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri).split(":")[1])
} else { // files selected from all other sources, especially on Samsung devices
    databaseUri = uri
    selection = null
    selectionArgs = null
}
try {
    val projection = arrayOf(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA,
        MediaStore.Images.Media._ID,
        MediaStore.Images.Media.ORIENTATION,
        MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_TAKEN) // some example data you can query
    val cursor = context.contentResolver.query(databaseUri,
        projection, selection, selectionArgs, null)
    if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        // do whatever you like with the data
    }
    cursor.close()
} catch (e: Exception) {
    Log.e(TAG, e.message, e)
}

Answer 2

This is what I do:

Uri selectedImageURI = data.getData();    imageFile = new File(getRealPathFromURI(selectedImageURI)); 

private String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentURI) {
  Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentURI, null, null, null, null);
  if (cursor == null) { // Source is Dropbox or other similar local file path
      return contentURI.getPath();
      } else { 
      cursor.moveToFirst(); 
      int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA); 
      return cursor.getString(idx); 
  }
}

NOTE: managedQuery() method is deprecated, so I am not using it.

This answer is from m3n0R on question android get real path by Uri.getPath() and I claim no credit. I just thought that people who haven't solved this issue yet could use this.

Answer 3

For those who is still using @Paul Burke's code with Android SDK version 23 and above, if your project met the error saying that you are missing EXTERNAL_PERMISSION, and you are very sure you have already added user-permission in your AndroidManifest.xml file. That's because you may in Android API 23 or above and Google make it necessary to guarantee permission again while you make the action to access the file in runtime.

That means: If your SDK version is 23 or above, you are asked for READ & WRITE permission while you are selecting the picture file and want to know the URI of it.

And following is my code, in addition to Paul Burke's solution. I add these code and my project start to work fine.

private static final int REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGE = 1;
private static final String[] PERMISSINOS_STORAGE = {
    Manifest.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
    Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
};

public static void verifyStoragePermissions(Activity activity) {
    int permission = ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE);

    if (permission != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(
                activity,
                PERMISSINOS_STORAGE,
                REQUEST_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
        );
    }
}

And in your activity&fragment where you are asking for the URI:

private void pickPhotoFromGallery() {

    CompatUtils.verifyStoragePermissions(this);
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    intent.setType("image/*");
    // startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_PHOTO_LIBRARY);
    startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "选择照片"),
            REQUEST_PHOTO_LIBRARY);
}

In my case, CompatUtils.java is where I define the verifyStoragePermissions method (as static type so I can call it within other activity).

Also it should make more sense if you make an if state first to see whether the current SDK version is above 23 or not before you call the verifyStoragePermissions method.

Answer 4

This Android library handles the case changes in KitKat(including the oldere versions - 2.1+):
https://github.com/iPaulPro/aFileChooser

Use the String path = FileUtils.getPath(context, uri) to convert the returned Uri to a path string useable on all OS version. See more about it here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/20559175/860488

Answer 5

I've combine multiple answers into one working solution that results with file path

Mime type is irrelevant for the example purpose.

            Intent intent;
            if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19){
                intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
                intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, false);
                intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_PERSISTABLE_URI_PERMISSION);
            }else{
                intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
            }
            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
            intent.setType("application/octet-stream");
            if(isAdded()){
                startActivityForResult(intent, RESULT_CODE);
            }

Handling result

    @Override
    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    if( requestCode == RESULT_CODE && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
        Uri uri = data.getData();
        if (uri != null && !uri.toString().isEmpty()) {
            if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19){
                final int takeFlags = data.getFlags() & Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION;
                //noinspection ResourceType
                getActivity().getContentResolver()
                        .takePersistableUriPermission(uri, takeFlags);
            }
            String filePath = FilePickUtils.getSmartFilePath(getActivity(), uri);
            // do what you need with it...
        }
    }
}

FilePickUtils

import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.content.ContentUris;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.provider.DocumentsContract;
import android.provider.MediaStore;

public class FilePickUtils {
    private static String getPathDeprecated(Context ctx, Uri uri) {
        if( uri == null ) {
            return null;
        }
        String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
        Cursor cursor = ctx.getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, null, null, null);
        if( cursor != null ){
            int column_index = cursor
                    .getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            return cursor.getString(column_index);
        }
        return uri.getPath();
    }

    public static String getSmartFilePath(Context ctx, Uri uri){

        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 19) {
            return getPathDeprecated(ctx, uri);
        }
        return  FilePickUtils.getPath(ctx, uri);
    }

    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
    public static String getPath(final Context context, final Uri uri) {
        final boolean isKitKat = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT;
        // DocumentProvider
        if (isKitKat && DocumentsContract.isDocumentUri(context, uri)) {
            // ExternalStorageProvider
            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];
                }

                // TODO handle non-primary volumes
            }
            // DownloadsProvider
            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);
            }
        }
        // MediaStore (and general)
        else if ("content".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
            return getDataColumn(context, uri, null, null);
        }
        // File
        else if ("file".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
            return uri.getPath();
        }

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Get the value of the data column for this Uri. This is useful for
     * MediaStore Uris, and other file-based ContentProviders.
     *
     * @param context The context.
     * @param uri The Uri to query.
     * @param selection (Optional) Filter used in the query.
     * @param selectionArgs (Optional) Selection arguments used in the query.
     * @return The value of the _data column, which is typically a file path.
     */
    public 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;
    }


    /**
     * @param uri The Uri to check.
     * @return Whether the Uri authority is ExternalStorageProvider.
     */
    public static boolean isExternalStorageDocument(Uri uri) {
        return "com.android.externalstorage.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
    }

    /**
     * @param uri The Uri to check.
     * @return Whether the Uri authority is DownloadsProvider.
     */
    public static boolean isDownloadsDocument(Uri uri) {
        return "com.android.providers.downloads.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
    }

    /**
     * @param uri The Uri to check.
     * @return Whether the Uri authority is MediaProvider.
     */
    public static boolean isMediaDocument(Uri uri) {
        return "com.android.providers.media.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
    }

}

Answer 6

Please try to avoid using takePersistableUriPermission method because it raised runtime exception for me. /** * Select from gallery. */

public void selectFromGallery() {
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < AppConstants.KITKAT_API_VERSION) {

        Intent intent = new Intent(); 
        intent.setType("image/*");
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        ((Activity)mCalledContext).startActivityForResult(intent,AppConstants.GALLERY_INTENT_CALLED);

    } else {

        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        intent.setType("image/*");
        ((Activity)mCalledContext).startActivityForResult(intent, AppConstants.GALLERY_AFTER_KITKAT_INTENT_CALLED);
    }
}

OnActivity for result to handle the image data:

@Override protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {

    //gallery intent result handling before kit-kat version
    if(requestCode==AppConstants.GALLERY_INTENT_CALLED 
            && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

        Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
        String[] filePathColumn = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
        Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(selectedImage,filePathColumn, null, null, null);
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0]);
        String filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
        cursor.close();
        photoFile = new File(filePath);
        mImgCropping.startCropImage(photoFile,AppConstants.REQUEST_IMAGE_CROP);

    }
    //gallery intent result handling after kit-kat version
    else if (requestCode == AppConstants.GALLERY_AFTER_KITKAT_INTENT_CALLED 
            && resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

        Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
        InputStream input = null;
        OutputStream output = null;

        try {
            //converting the input stream into file to crop the 
            //selected image from sd-card.
            input = getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().openInputStream(selectedImage);
            try {
                photoFile = mImgCropping.createImageFile();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }catch(Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            output = new FileOutputStream(photoFile);

            int read = 0;
            byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];

            while ((read = input.read(bytes)) != -1) {
                try {
                    output.write(bytes, 0, read);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


    }