how to get file path from content uri in android?-CodePudding

So my problem is that I want to get file path from content uri, I had googled but I didn't get any of the solutions, please help me out of this problem.

here is my code what I have tried

 Intent getPdf = getIntent();
        String action = getPdf.getAction();
        String type = getPdf.getType();
        Log.d("sdsfgsdfsdf","" type);
        if (Intent.ACTION_SEND.equals(action) ||Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(action) || type != null){
            if (type.startsWith("application/pdf")){
                viewPdf(getPdf,action);
            }
        }

     private void viewPdf(Intent getPdf, String action) {
        Uri uri = Uri.parse(getPdf.getData().toString());

        if (uri != null) {
            File file = new File(String.valueOf(uri.getPath()));
            name = file.getName();
            path = String.valueOf(uri);
            Log.d("sdsfgsdfsdf","" name);
        }else {
//            Toast.makeText(this, ""  uri.toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

        }
    }

This is the output content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/document/primary:WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Documents/AJAX_And_PHP_Building_Responsive_Web_Applications-(2006).pdf

but I want to get file:// path instead of content uri

CodePudding user response：

It is unclear where you got that uri that content scheme from.

You should have started with that

Further it makes no sense trying to get a path for it as mostly you will not have read access then.

Further you did not tell why you want a path

Use the uri! Use the content scheme.

CodePudding user response：

You can use PickiT library for get path from URI.

Sample code for how to use it.

PickiT pickiT = new PickiT(this, new PickiTCallbacks() {
        @Override
        public void PickiTonUriReturned() {
        }

        @Override
        public void PickiTonStartListener() {
        }

        @Override
        public void PickiTonProgressUpdate(int progress) {
        }

        @Override
        public void PickiTonCompleteListener(String filePath, boolean wasDriveFile, boolean wasUnknownProvider, boolean wasSuccessful, String Reason) {
            if (wasSuccessful) {
                // Use file path
            }
        }
        @Override
        public void PickiTonMultipleCompleteListener(ArrayList<String> paths, boolean wasSuccessful, String Reason) {

        }
    }, this);

pickiT.getPath(uri, Build.VERSION.SDK_INT);