Getting the Absolute File Path from Content URI for searched images

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If you absolutely need a local copy of the file, you are going to need to open the InputStream copy the contents to a local file that you know the path to and then go from there. Sidenote: Guava’s ByteStreams#copy is an easy way to accomplish this.

Of course this file is no longer backed by the original Uri source, so I don’t think this is what you want. Instead, you should work with the Uri’s intended API. Take a look at the Storage Access Framework

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Here is how you can get an InputStream from your Uri

InputStream inputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);

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