Android Gallery on Android 4.4 (KitKat) returns different URI for Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT

Question

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

content://media/external/images/media/39

Answer 1

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.