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Hello, i have an query regarding registForActivityResult, when to get the URI for the file selected

```val registerTakeFile = registerForActivityResult(
    ActivityResultContracts.OpenDocument()
) { uri -&gt;
    File(uri.path)
    if (uri != null) {
        var file = File(uri.path!!).name
        fileNames.value = file
    } else {
        fileNames.value = ""
    }
}```


The path that i'm getting is something like `/document/msf:27`

how to i get the real path from the URI, is there something that i'm missing here

You do not get access to the file at all, just the Uri. Use the `ContentResolver` methods like `openInputStream` to access the file contents from the Uri

I was using it in Composable Method. How do i get the ContentResolver instance in a composable function

add Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE to request only URIs that can be read with ContentResolver.openFileDescriptor() and support ContentResolver.query(arrayOf(OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, OpenableColumns.SIZE)) to retrieve more info

Note that `ActivityResultContracts.GetContent` and `GetMultipleContents` already add `CATEGORY_OPENABLE` for you, as per the docs

<@UJBPFB3SN> I was able to get the size of the file, But how do i get the path and other details of the file

```val registerTakeFile = registerForActivityResult(
    ActivityResultContracts.OpenDocument()
) { uri -&gt;
    File(uri.path)
    if (uri != null) {
        var inputStream: InputStream? = null
        val fileReader = ByteArray(4096)
        var fileSizeDownloaded: Long = 0
        inputStream = context.contentResolver.openInputStream(uri)
        while (true) {
            val read = inputStream!!.read(fileReader)
            if (read == -1) {
                break
            }
            fileSizeDownloaded += read
        }
     }
}```


There is no path; there is no access to the file

The Uri could be pointing to a file on a cloud server or Google Drive

So if i want to get the Path of a file in the device storage, there is no way to that.

You don't have access to the file even if you did have a path

Particularly on later versions of Android

I guess then i need to file a way around in building this functionality. I have to send the file, path and some other details for any particular file that user selects from the device FileExplorer to an post api

because i remember we were able to do this before the changes in the storage access framework.

Using a `File` has always been the wrong abstraction for any library. `InputStream` or `FileDescriptor` was what any library should have used as input