MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA is deprecated, and I want to load images from gallery to my app

Question

I want to load all the pictures from the galley to my app by using MediaStore.MediaColumns.DATA , but it is deprecated. So, what is the other way to load them?

I use this

Answer 1

I finally solved the problem by creating this class

class FileHelper {
val mediaType = "multipart/form-data".toMediaTypeOrNull()

fun getPartBodyFromUri(context: Context, uri: Uri): MultipartBody.Part {
    val realPath = getPathFromURI(context, uri)
    val fileImage = createFile(realPath)
    val requestBody = createRequestBody(fileImage)
    return createPart(fileImage, requestBody)
}

private fun createFile(realPath: String): File {
    return File(realPath)
}

private fun createRequestBody(file: File): RequestBody {
    return file.asRequestBody(mediaType)
}

private fun createPart(file: File, requestBody: RequestBody): MultipartBody.Part {
    return MultipartBody.Part.createFormData("imageFile", file.name, requestBody)
}

private fun getPathFromURI(context: Context, uri: Uri): String {
    var realPath = String()
    uri.path?.let { path ->

        val databaseUri: Uri
        val selection: String?
        val selectionArgs: Array?
        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 column = "_data"
            val projection = arrayOf(column)
            val cursor = context.contentResolver.query(
                databaseUri,
                projection,
                selection,
                selectionArgs,
                null
            )
            cursor?.let {
                if (it.moveToFirst()) {
                    val columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(column)
                    realPath = cursor.getString(columnIndex)
                }
                cursor.close()
            }
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            println(e)
        }
    }
    return realPath
}

}

Media.DATA it's deprecate and "MediaStore.Images.Media._ID" to get the correct column, not working so I create column I need

val column = "_data"
val projection = arrayOf(column)

then I use getColumnIndexOrThrow() method to get correct index

val columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(column)
realPath = cursor.getString(columnIndex)