Android Get Real Path By Uri.getPath()
Answer : This is what I do: Uri selectedImageURI = data.getData(); imageFile = new File(getRealPathFromURI(selectedImageURI)); and: private String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentURI) { String result; Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(contentURI, null, null, null, null); if (cursor == null) { // Source is Dropbox or other similar local file path result = contentURI.getPath(); } else { cursor.moveToFirst(); int idx = cursor.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA); result = cursor.getString(idx); cursor.close(); } return result; } NOTE: managedQuery() method is deprecated, so I am not using it. Last edit: Improvement. We should close cursor!! Is it really necessary for you to get a physical path? For example, ImageView.setImageURI() and ContentResolver.openInputStream() allow you to access the contents of a file without knowing its real path. @Rene Juuse - above in comments... Thanks ...