How to extract the file name from URI returned from Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT?

Question

I am using 3rd party file manager to pick a file (PDF in my case) from the file system.

This is how I launch the activity:

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Answer 1

I'm using something like this:

String scheme = uri.getScheme();
if (scheme.equals("file")) {
    fileName = uri.getLastPathSegment();
}
else if (scheme.equals("content")) {
    String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.TITLE };
    Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
    if (cursor != null && cursor.getCount() != 0) {
        int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.TITLE);
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        fileName = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
    }
    if (cursor != null) {
        cursor.close();
    }
}

Answer 2

String Fpath = getPath(this, uri) ;
File file = new File(Fpath);
String filename = file.getName();

Answer 3

developer.android.com has nice example code for this: https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/providers/document-provider.html

A condensed version to just extract the file name (assuming "this" is an Activity):

public String getFileName(Uri uri) {
  String result = null;
  if (uri.getScheme().equals("content")) {
    Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
    try {
      if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        result = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME));
      }
    } finally {
      cursor.close();
    }
  }
  if (result == null) {
    result = uri.getPath();
    int cut = result.lastIndexOf('/');
    if (cut != -1) {
      result = result.substring(cut + 1);
    }
  }
  return result;
}

Answer 4

For Kotlin, You can use something like this :

object FileUtils {

   fun Context.getFileName(uri: Uri): String?
        = when (uri.scheme) {
            ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE -> File(uri.path).name
            ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT -> getCursorContent(uri)
            else -> null
        }

    private fun Context.getCursorContent(uri: Uri): String? 
        = try {
            contentResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null)?.let { cursor ->
                cursor.run {
                    if (moveToFirst()) getString(getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME))
                    else null
                }.also { cursor.close() }
            }
        } catch (e : Exception) { null }

Answer 5

Please try this :

  private String displayName(Uri uri) {

             Cursor mCursor =
                     getApplicationContext().getContentResolver().query(uri, null, null, null, null);
             int indexedname = mCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
             mCursor.moveToFirst();
             String filename = mCursor.getString(indexedname);
             mCursor.close();
             return filename;
 }