I’m trying to record a video and then upload it to a server upon its completion. Relevant code is here:
public void recordVideo(View view){
Intent takeVideoIntent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
startActivityForResult(takeVideoIntent, VIDEO_RESULT);
}
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
if (requestCode == VIDEO_RESULT){
handleCameraVideo(data);
}
}
private void handleCameraVideo(Intent intent) {
Uri mVideoUri = intent.getData();
File vidFile = new File(mVideoUri.getPath());
RequestParams params = new RequestParams();
try{
params.put("video", vidFile);
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
//finish upload here, this part isn't relevant to my question
}
The problem is that in my try block a FileNotFoundException gets thrown, and the stack trace prints out. It seems as though I should be getting the right file: I got most of the code up to the part where I make the File from the Android developer site, so it should work — which leads me to believe that the problem is at the File vidFile = new File(mVideoUri.getPath()); line. Any help would be appreciated.
Answer
I ended up finding another question on here that had some code that helped me out:
private String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
String[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
Cursor cursor = managedQuery(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
cursor.moveToFirst();
return cursor.getString(column_index);
}
Then in my handleCameraVideo method:
private void handleCameraVideo(Intent intent) {
Uri mVideoUri = intent.getData();
String data = getRealPathFromURI(mVideoUri);
File vidFile = new File(data);
....
This works and gets me the right file.