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

Solution 1:

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;
}

Solution 2:

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();
    }
}

Solution 3:

Taken from Retrieving File information | Android developers

Retrieving a File's name.

private String queryName(ContentResolver resolver, Uri uri) {
    Cursor returnCursor =
            resolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null);
    assert returnCursor != null;
    int nameIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
    returnCursor.moveToFirst();
    String name = returnCursor.getString(nameIndex);
    returnCursor.close();
    return name;
}

Solution 4:

Easiest ways to get file name:

val fileName = File(uri.path).name
// or
val fileName = uri.pathSegments.last()

If they don't give you the right name you should use:

fun Uri.getName(context: Context): String {
    val returnCursor = context.contentResolver.query(this, null, null, null, null)
    val nameIndex = returnCursor.getColumnIndex(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME)
    returnCursor.moveToFirst()
    val fileName = returnCursor.getString(nameIndex)
    returnCursor.close()
    return fileName
}