But if you know when you're dealing with images from the media- provider that are stored on the SD-card, then using the MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATA column should be fine?
On Nov 25, 3:34 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > That only works if the provider's data exists somewhere that is > world-readable, which is basically only the media provider. It really > shouldn't be specified as a generic column, but something very specific to > the media provider. I would strongly recommend not using it. > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Streets Of Boston <[email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > Thanks! I never thought about going through the file-descriptor. > > But why is using the DATA column discouraged? It works fine and it's a > > public column (not part of a private API or such). > > > On Nov 17, 12:42 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Streets Of Boston > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > To get the fully qualified path-name to the image-file (jpg/png), > > > > query the Uri of the image and obtain the value of the DATA ("_data") > > > > column. This value is a String, the fully-qualified path to the image > > > > file. Then you can create a FileInputStream from this file. > > > > No, don't do this. Use ContentResolver.openFile() and create a > > > FileInputStream or whatever from the FileDescriptor: > > > >http://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/ContentProvide.. > > ., > > > java.lang.String) > > > > -- > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > Android framework engineer > > > [email protected] > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > > and > > > answer them. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%2bunsubs[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
