Question

I am using the below code to browse and pick files from sd card.

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
intent.setType("file/*");
startActivityForResult(intent,PICKFILE_RESULT_CODE);

When user selects a file I am fetching its path using this line of code

String picturePath = data.getData().getPath();

But when I try to open this file using the below code I am getting file not found exception

InputStream inputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream( Uri.fromFile(new File(picturePath)));

I am getting this as the path to the selected file

/external/images/media/36

How can I do this in android?

Thanks

Answer 1

Did you try:

InputStream inputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(data.getData());

Alternatively, if you want to use a File:

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/io/FileInputStream.html

Be sure to use getAbsolutePath() instead of getPath();