How to extract real file URI or file data from a path that looks like "/ content: / media / external / video / media / 19"?

Question

I am desperate to send the captured video to the server. The problem is that the URI that is set by the camera’s embedded application is not a real file path. It looks like this: /content:/media/external/video/media/19 .

How can I access the real path or data directly from this type of URI?

After reading the Android documentation, I saw that it looked like a content provider notation, but I still don't know how to find the data I need. Please, help!!!

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Answer 1

How can I access the real path or data directly from this type of URI?

Not. It may not exist as a file. Or it may not exist as a file that you can read, except through ContentProvider .

Instead, use a ContentResolver to open an InputStream on this Uri , and use an InputStream to send data to the server.

Answer 2

 public String getRealPathFromURI(Context context, Uri contentUri) { Cursor cursor = null; try { String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA }; cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null); int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA); cursor.moveToFirst(); return cursor.getString(column_index); } finally { if (cursor != null) { cursor.close(); } } } 

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