Android question...

Android question...

This might sound ridiculously simple to do but cross platform API isn't my strong point.

I started an Activity with the Intent of consuming content from the Gallery which works fine. However, the Intent returns the URI of the file (as content://storage/... /media/12345) instead of the actual file path.

I was expecting something like '/storage/emulated/0/.../VID_18161918.MP4'

Any pointers?

UPDATE ----
after going through the Android documentation and some examples (that probably work in Java). This is the code which I 'feel' should work.. but it is not... any help would be great


function TForm2.HandleIntentAction(const Data: JIntent): Boolean;
var
P: TJavaObjectArray;
C: JCursor;
I: Integer;

begin
Memo1.Lines.Text := JStringToString(Data.getData.toString); // this returns the URI in string perfectly... so I know that I am getting the file path properly


// this is to prepare the information I need... they call it projection
P := TJavaObjectArray.Create(2);
P.Items[1] := StringToJString('_ID');
P.Items[2] := StringToJString('DATA');

// this is suppose to give the information back to C ( : JCursor)
C := MainActivity.getContentResolver.query(Data.getData, P, nil, nil, nil);
C.moveToFirst;

I := 0;
repeat
Memo1.Lines.Add(JStringToString(C.getString(I))); // unforturnately... nothing comes here --- so I am guessing I am doing something wrong in creating the projection or calling the ContentResolver (??)

Inc(I);
until (C.isLast);


end;