get path from Google Drive URI

Question

I\'m using Android file selection and selecting files from app storage (images, videos, documents). I have an function \"getPath\" . Im getting path from uri. I have no problem

Answer 1

I have no problem with gallery images or download documents

You will, on many devices.

But when i select a file from google drive i cant get path

There is no path. ACTION_GET_CONTENT does not allow the user to choose a file. It allows the user to choose a piece of content. That content might be a local file. That content might also be:

• Something on a file server on the network
• Something in a cloud storage service, such as Google Drive, and therefore is not on the device at the moment
• Something in an encrypted volume
• Something that is a file, but is not a file that you can access directly, such as from internal storage of another app
• And so on

You have two main options. If you only want files, then use a third-party file chooser library to replace all of the code in your question.

Or, if you still want to use ACTION_GET_CONTENT or ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT, you can take the Uri that you get from data.getData() in onActivityResult() and do two things with it:

• First, use DocumentFile.fromSingleUri() to get a DocumentFile object pointing to that Uri. You can call getName() on the DocumentFile to get a "display name" for the content, which should be something that the user will recognize.

• Then, use a ContentResolver and openInputStream() to get at the content itself, similar to how you might use a FileInputStream to get at the bytes in a file.