Reading File From Uri Gives Java.io.filenotfoundexception: Open Failed: Enoent

When picking an image using an ACTION_GET_CONTENT intent, I get a URI that I can't open the file from. If I try to open the file, like this: InputStream in = new FileInputStream(ne

Solution 1:

If I try to open the file, like this:

That will not work for most modern Android devices. Most likely, you received a content:Uri. This is fairly normal on newer versions of Android. Future versions of Android might block file:Uri values.

I need to get the file to do decoding to make it smaller.

There does not have to be a file associated with a given Uri. That Uri might point to:

• A local file on external storage
• A local file on internal storage for the other app
• A local file on removable storage
• A local file that is encrypted and needs to be decrypted on the fly
• A stream of bytes held in a BLOB column in a database
• A piece of content that needs to be downloaded by the other app first
• ...and so on

Use a ContentResolver and openInputStream() to get an InputStream on the content pointed to by the Uri. Then, pass that to your decoding logic, such as BitmapFactory and its decodeStream() method.