Is it possible to get File from sd card, which is picked using some 3rd apps (file manager) ?
I mean that i have activity with button open file and when user press open it shows him suggestions to use some other app to open file, and when he pick open i get back to my activity with path of that file ?
use this
button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setType("image/*"); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); startActivityForResult( Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"), SELECT_PICTURE); } }); and add two methods in your activity
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) { if (requestCode == SELECT_PICTURE) { Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData(); String s1 = data.getDataString(); //String s1 = selectedImageUri.getPath(); Log.e("GetPath",s1); //s1 = s1.replaceAll("file://",""); //Uri a = Uri.fromParts(s1,null,null); Log.e("OK",""+selectedImageUri); //Log.e("A",""+a); selectedImagePath = getPath(selectedImageUri); if(selectedImagePath==null && s1 != null) { selectedImagePath = s1.replaceAll("file://",""); } // selectedImagePath = getPath(a); Intent intent = new Intent(this, PhotoEditorActivity.class); intent.putExtra("path", selectedImagePath); startActivity(intent); finish(); } } } /////////////////////////////////// public String getPath(Uri uri) { try{ String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA }; Log.e("OK 1",""+projection); Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, projection, null, null, null); Log.e("OK 2",""+cursor); if(cursor==null) { return null; } int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA); Log.e("OK 3",""+column_index); cursor.moveToFirst(); Log.e("OK 4",""+cursor.getString(column_index)); return cursor.getString(column_index); } catch(Exception e) { Toast.makeText(PhotoActivity.this, "Image is too big in resolution please try again", 5).show(); return null; } } and add this int as class member
private static final int SELECT_PICTURE = 1; enjoy coading..
